Egypt has lost regional influence, but the united states continues to provide alsisis government with the second largest fmf package in the world. Growing confidence in the currency and greater stability will boos private sector. The uk home office announced on 6 february 2020 that nso group would be one of 300 firms invited to. How to protect civil society and promote stability. Egypt is trying to appear like a country open for human rights delegates and sessions. A new social contract whereby the state encourages further political, social and economic participation from civil society. Bahrain is a monarchy led by king hamad bin isa alkhalifa with a population of approximately 725,000, approximately 430,000 of whom are citizens. Websites run by human rights watch, reporters without borders, the april 6. The section also discusses whether the government grants access to and cooperates with outside entities including foreign human rights organizations, international organizations, and foreign governments interested in human rights developments in the country. The national council for human rights nchr is an egyptian human rights organization established in 2003 with a mission of promoting and maintaining human rights in egypt.
Rights groups blast egypts human rights record news. While egypt is not in the headlines these days, there are important and worrying developments in security, economy, foreign policy, human rights, and politicsall of which have implications for the countrys stability. Egypt country report bertelsmann transformation index. It was the first human rights organization in the country and remains one of. Country reports on human rights practices for 2016 united states department of state bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor. Upr egypt session 34 november 2019 civil society and other. The inclusive internet index 2019 ranked egypt 82nd out of 100 countries on. Egypt human rights report 20 jewish virtual library.
Human rights abuses in egypt are best discussed privately. Everything you need to know about human rights in egypt. As sisi arrives in paris, groups urge france to leverage its clout with egypt to address human rights abuses. The arab republic of egypt is a member of the united nations and the african union. Security, human rights, and reform in egypt carnegie. A new report concluded that the climate for human rights in egypt continues to deteriorate. When it comes to issues like employment and access to housing, lgbtq persons face discrimination by nongovernment actors as well. In egypt, the ministry of the interior said that more than 164 people were shot dead in exchanges of fire with security forces during the year. This report draws on interviews with dozens of egyptian human rights defenders, civil society activists, foreign diplomats. At the same time, egypt faced a significant terrorist threat. Every year, amnesty international evaluates the human rights situation in countries around the world. Egypt is a republic governed at years end by interim president adly mansour, appointed by the armed forces on july 3 following the removal of president mohamed morsy and his government the same day. It recommended that the day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the charter and the welfare of the children of the world. It reports on national human rights commissions, parliamentary commissions, relations.
In april and may, egypt hosted the 64th ordinary session of the african commission on human and peoples rights achpr, the african unions top rights body, in an oppressive atmosphere. This report, prepared by the law library of congress, describes the programs of eighteen countries and the european union involving combating human trafficking, with a special focus on the training of personnel. Egypt creates new human rights watchdog to protect itself. The government inconsistently punished or prosecuted officials who committed abuses, whether in the security services or. The president, abdel fattah elsisi, was reelected in 2018. Egypt 2014 human rights report executive summary egypt is a republic governed by a president and a unicameral legislature, according to a new constitution approved by a. Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Geneva the euromediterranean human rights monitor expressed its deep shock at the spread of the mounting sexual violence against african refugee women in cairo in the.
Human rights firsts factfinding trip to cairo in july 2017 was a rare occurrence because the government of egypt has blocked international human rights organizations from sending researchers to the country since 2014. More than a year after the revolution and midpresidential election, egypt struggles to put itself together and human rights priorities are taking a back seat. Various sources have raised concern to egypts response to human rights issues. The scope of egypts human rights crisis expanded, as the authorities arrested opponents, critics, satirists, current and former human rights and labor rights activists, journalists, presidential candidates and sexual harassment survivors. Positive developments included the announcement of the revision of the ngo law and the acquittal of 43 defendants under the foreign funding case. In 2015, egypt held parliamentary elections, completing the final institutional stage on its road map for political transition. Progress on human rights and fundamental freedoms in egypt remains slow while the country continues to face important security, social and economic challenges. Harsh repression continues as human rights lawyer is sentenced for giving a bbc interview over human rights.
The nchr publishes annual reports concerning the current status of human rights within the country. Egypt human development report human development reports. It investigates, monitors, and reports on human rights violations and defends. Christians in egypt face unprecedented persecution, report says.
Country reports on human rights practices for 2018. At this writing, 26 trials had concluded with 21 acquittals on grounds of lack of evidence or self. Unhabitat unhabitat united nations human settlements programme. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. Document type symboltitle due date submitted date publication date download englishdraft frenchdraft spanishdraft arabicdraft chinesedraft russiandraft.
This systematic violation of the human rights of egypts lgbtq persons under the watch of the egyptian government occurs in deliberate disregard for the countrys constitution and international legal obligations. In 2017, the human rights situation in egypt continued to deteriorate. Overview of the human rights and democracy situation. Report of the special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children mission to egypt ahrc1735add.
A full list of recommendations appears at the end of this report. And surely for further info on countries, we have consulted human rights watch world report for 2020. Egypt is a developing country and is classified by the world bank as the 51st among the poorest countries. Egypt is moving in the wrong direction, endangering key u. Egypt amnesty international usa human rights organization. A 2016 state department report on human rights in egypt is rife with accounts of torture, unlawful detention, and abuses by state security forces. The egyptian organization for human rights eohr, founded in april 1985 and with its headquarters in cairo, egypt, is a nonprofit ngo and one of the longeststanding bodies for the defense of human rights in egypt. Sexual violence haunts african refugee women in egypt en.
In a report last week, the group said at least 40 rights lawyers and political activists have been arrested since october. Conditions for male and female prisoners were generally comparable throughout the country. The information has been carefully selected and compiled from unhcrs global network of field. This report which is issued jointly by the united nations development programme undp in egypt and the ministry of planning and local development, is based on two important notions of change. Human rights in egypt the cairo institute for human rights studies calls on the council and the international community to take action to ensure that the current egyptian government takes sufficient steps to end human rights violations in egypt. Egypt economy, politics and gdp growth summary the. Uk deeply concerned by detention of human rights lawyer in egypt. United states department of state bureau of democracy, human rights and labor. Global overview includes an overarching summary and key information from the years report hover over countriesregions for a list of countries and other areas. Having set the criteria, lets check out which the worst human rights countries in 2020 are. Egypt bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor. Human rights first recommends, therefore, that the united states use military aid and other forms of leverage to press sisi to end arbitrary arrests and torture and to improve prison conditions, among other steps to reform the countrys egregious human rights situation.
Report of the united nations high commissioner for human rights on the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism ahrc37add. With his term extended and a further term permitted he could rule until 2030 although he will face some dissent to his authoritarian rule. Within a report, hover over table of contents to see the topics covered in the report. The egypt human development report ehdr for 2010 was prepared by a core group led by heba handoussa, with the participation of a multidisciplinary team of 26 authors, and in collaboration with egypts institute of national planning, the ministry of economic development, and. Country reports on human rights practices 2006 released by the bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor march 6, 2007. According to human rights groups, more than 40,000 opposition members have been jailed in egypt since elsissi came to power. Economic policy reform will continue, albeit at a slower pace.
In september 2016, human rights watch published a report documenting degrading conditions at cairos al aqrab prison, which it claims amount to torture in some cases and may have contributed to. Human rights watch said in september that egypts crackdown on freedom of expression has reached alarming new levels. Refworld human rights and democracy report 2017 egypt. English situation report on egypt and 8 other countries about education, health, children, refugees and more.
A december 10 report by the arabic network for human rights information claimed that police refused to release for as long as months several defendants whom courts ordered released. To download the joint submission in english, click here. By resolution 836ixof 14 december 1954,the general assembly recommended that all countries institute a universal childrens day,to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. There were restrictions on civil society and freedom of expression, discrimination against lgbt people, and widespread reports of torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions.
Country reports on human rights practices for 2018 united states department of state bureau of democracy, human rights and labor in connection with the 2016 killing of 14 inmates in pavon prison. Chairman roslehtinen, ranking member deutch, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify. Jurisdictions include argentina, brazil, canada, china, egypt, england and wales, european union, france, germany, israel, italy, japan, jordan, malaysia, mexico, netherlands, south. Bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor download pdf translations. Stay up to date and learn about key human rights issues in egypt.