Egypt’s transition: a fundamentally flawed process
In a position paper published today, the ICJ sets out its concerns about measures taken by the transitional authorities in Egypt, in particular the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF).
Egypt : ICJ high-level mission calls for the establishment of effective democratic institutions and accountability for human rights violations
The ICJ today called upon Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the transitional government to take immediate, concrete, measures to protect human rights.
These measures should aim to end the practice of torture and arbitrary detention; pursue accountability for serious human violations; ensure that civilians are not prosecuted before military courts; and adopt, in accordance with international standards, legal and policy reforms necessary to establish the Rule of Law and effective democratic institutions in Egypt.
Egypt-establishment of effective democratic institutions-press release-2011 (full text, PDF)
Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Addendum: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention*, A/HRC/16/47/Add.1, 2 March 2011
Opinion No. 25/2009 (Egypt): Communication addressed to the Government on 18 May 2009 Concerning: The source has specifically requested that the names of the 10 individuals concerned not be published; the Government was fully informed of their identities. 6. The ten...
Call to the Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the human rights situation in Egypt
With the strong risk that escalating repression, violence and instability in Egypt could lead to an unprecedented deterioration in the human rights situation, it is critical that the international community take up this issue.
On 3 February 2011, the ICJ joined a call by NGOs urging the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a Special Session on the “human rights situation in the Arab Republic of Egypt.” The Human Rights Council should use the Special Session to foster concrete measures to prevent further violations of international human rights and protect those already suffering from such violations.
Egypt-humanrightsviolations-HRC-advocacy-2011 (full text, PDF)
International community must ensure rights of Egyptians are upheld
An appeal by Human Rights organizations to denounce the ongoing violence against public protests in Egypt.
We, civil society organizations from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing violent crackdown against the public protests and demands for democratic reform and government accountability that have been occurring across Egypt since the 25th of January.
Egypt-humanrightsviolations-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)
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