Search

... V- RecommendationsThe African Commission urges the Government of Egypt to:24. Intensify efforts for the effective implementation of the African Charter, and ensure that gender equity and equality is integrated in all programmes, structures and activities;25. Withdraw reservations on the African Charter, particularly those on the equality of women and address the continued rise in Female Genital ...

... Promotional Mission to the Arab Republe of EgyptAugust 2007The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) will undertake a Mission to the Arab Republic of Egypt, aimed at promoting human and peoples’ rights. The Mission will be undertaken by a delegation composed of: · Mr. Yaser Sid Ahmad EL-Hassan, Vice-Chairperson of the African Commission and Commissioner ...

... The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) meeting at its 16th Extraordinary Session held from 20 to 29 July 2014, in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda; Recallingits mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Considering that the Arab Republic of Egypt is a party ...

... Communication 334/06 - Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and Interights v Arab Republic of Egypt Summary of the Complaint 1. This Communication is brought before the African Commission on Human and Peoples‟ Rights (the African Commission or the Commission) on behalf of Mohamed Gayez Sabbah, Mohamed Abdalla Abu-Gareer and Ossama Mohamed Al-Nakhlawy (the Victims), by the Egyptian Initiative ...

... The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, meeting at its 14th Extra-Ordinary Session, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 20 to 24 July 2013; Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights on the African Continent pursuant to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Consideringthatthe Arab Republic of Egypt is a Party to the African ...

... 261/02 : Interights et al / Egypt Summary of Facts 1. The complaint is submitted by INTERIGHTS representing the Pan-African Movement (PAM), the Legal Resources Consortium (LRC), the Legal Defence and [Assistance] Project (LEDAP) and Recontre Africaine pour la Defense des Droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) wh[ich] filed the same on behalf of Professor Saadeddin Mohammed Ibrahim, head of the Ibn Khaldun ...

... The Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa is deeply concerned about the arrest and detention of human rights defenders in Egypt, including Sanaa Seif, Hanan Mustafa Mohamed, Salwa Mihriz, Samar Ibrahim, Rania El-Sheikh, Nahid Sherif, Fikreya Mohamed and Yara Sallam, a winner of the human rights defenders’ award for North Africa in October 2013. Information ...

... The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting at its 16th Extraordinary Session held from 20 to 29 July 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda; Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Recalling the obligations of the Arab Republic of Egypt under the African ...

... 244/01 : Arab Organisation for Human Rights / Egypt Summary of Facts 1. The complaint is filed by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR), Egypt, on behalf of Professor Saadeddin Mohammed Ibrahim (male, 61), Nadia Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Nour (female, 49), Khaled Ahmed Mohammed Al-Fayyad (male, 29), Usama Hashem Hammad ‘Ali (male, 28), Mohammed Hassanein Hassanein ‘Amara (male, 49), Magda ...

... 201/97 : Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights / Egypt Summary of Facts th 1. On June 17 1997, a State Security Investigation force arrested eight people for peacefully opposing the implementation of Law 96 of 1992, which regulates the relation between landowners and tenants of agricultural land. The individuals arrested were Hamdien Sabbahi, a journalist; Mohamed Abdu, a veterinarian; Mohamed ...

... Communication 323/06: Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and AC HP R INTERIGHTS v Egypt Summary of the Complaint: 1. This Communication is brought by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and INTERIGHTS (the Complainants) on behalf of Nawal 'Ali Mohamed Ahmed (the First Victim), 'Abir Al-'Askari (the Second Victim), Shaimaa Abou Al-Kheir (the Third Victim) and Iman Taha ...

... Authorities Part III deals with the international contribution of Egypt to the international Conventions for Human Rights From the Conclusion:“All principals of Human Rights and liberties take its place and importance either by the Egyptian Constitution or by Egyptian legislations issued by the Egyptian Legislator. These principals and rights shall be protected by virtue of the law to safeguard against ...

... The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) continues to monitor closely the deteriorating human rights situation and “shrinking” civil society space in the Arab Republic of Egypt, State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter). The Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, Hon. Commissioner Reine ...

... the harsh sentences handed down against human rights defenders Sanaa Seif, Yara Sallam and 21 co-accused on Sunday, 26 October 2014 by the Heliopolis Misdemeanor Court in the Arab Republic of Egypt. They are reportedly appealing the ruling The Court’s ruling sentencing 23 activists to three years’ imprisonment, a further three years’ of police monitoring and a fine of more than 10,000 Egyptian Pounds ...

... BANJUL / GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of African and UN human rights experts today called on the Egyptian authorities to bring its legal system into compliance with international and regional standards so as to ensure long-term justice and contribute to reconciliation efforts in Egypt. The appeal by nine United Nations independent experts, together with the Chairperson of the Working Group ...

... The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) meeting at its 17thExtra-Ordinary Session held from 19 to 28 February 2015, in Banjul, The Gambia; Recallingits mandate to promote and protecthuman and peoples’ rights in Africa pursuant to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter); Bearing in mind that the Arab Republic of Egypt is a Member ...

... to a fair trial and that persons sentenced in violation of the international commitments of the Arab Republic of Egypt must be released. The Special Rapporteur further calls on the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt to take all the necessary and urgent measures for the protection of human rights defenders and to uphold the right of assembly and demonstration. Finally, the Special Rapporteur ...

... Communication 355/07 - Hossam Ezzat & Rania Enayet (represented by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights & INTERIGHTS) v The Arab Republic of Egypt Summary of facts 1. The Complaint was received by the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Secretariat) on 8 November 2007 from Mr Hossam Baggat of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and Sibongile Ndashe ...

... The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, Ms Reine Alapini-Gansou, has been informed of the sentence handed down on appeal against human rights defenders Yara Sallam, Sanaa Seif and 21 other co-accused on Sunday, 28 December 2014, in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Special Rapporteur condemns the sentence which runs completely counter to the principles of the African Charter ...