Egypt

EGYPT: A DECADE SINCE THE RABAA MASSACRE - DOUBLE STANDARDS AND LOST JUSTICE

Alkarama regrets the lack of justice for the victims of the Rabaa massacre in Egypt, despite the decade since.

On August 14, 2013, police forces and members of the Egyptian army stormed Rabaa and Al-Nahda squares and opened fire on peaceful protesters, killing and injuring thousands of people and burning the bodies of the dead, in a horrific crime that caused a deep wound in the conscience of humanity.

16 Aug 2023

EGYPT: the National Council for Human Rights used as a PR tool by the government to gloss over a dismal human rights record, according to Alkarama's report to the Global Alliance of NHRIs.

On 1st of June 2023, Alkarama submitted its report on the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the body responsible fo

07 Jun 2023

Egypt: Families of Badr prison inmates appeal to the international community to help protect their loved ones and allow family visits in prison

The families of political prisoners in the Badr Prison, north-east of Cairo, have called for the right to visit their loved ones and for the lifting of the restrictions imposed on the prisoners.

12 Mar 2023

Our concerns

Crackdown on peaceful dissent and political opposition through the use of repressive laws including counter-terrorism legislation;
Arbitrary detention following mass and military trials of individuals including political opponents and peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights defenders
Systematic practice of torture as well as inhuman conditions of detention and denial of medical care in prisons;
Extrajudicial executions of victims of enforced disappearance masked during counter-terrorist operations.

Human Rights Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR Ratified ?

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ICCPR Ratification Date

14 Jan 1982

Individual Complaint procedure with the Human Rights committee (ICCPR Optional protocol 1) Ratified ?

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Second Optional Protocol of ICCPR (abolition of death penalty) ratified ?

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Click here for the last Concluding Observations

Next Human Rights Committee State Report due

01 Nov 2004

OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)

UNCAT Ratified ?

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UNCAT Ratification Date

25 Jun 1986

OPCAT (National Preventive Mechanism) Ratified ?

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National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT) created ?

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UNCAT Art 20 (confidential inquiries) ratified ?

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UNCAT Art 22 (Individual Complaint procedure) Ratified ?

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Date of last Concluding Observations by Committee against Torture (CAT)

23 Dec 2002

Click here for the last Concluding Observations

Next CAT State Report Due

25 Jun 2016

OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)

ICPPED Ratified ?

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Human Rights Council

Date last Universal Period Review (UPR)

13 Nov 2019

UPR Next Review

01 Nov 2024

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/EGIndex.aspx

Membership of Human Rights Council:

2010

National Human Rights Institution

Accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)

Latest Reports

Egypt’s national human rights institution before the Global Alliance of NHRIs

01 Jun 2023

On 1st of June 2023, Alkarama submitted its report on the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) to the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the body responsible for evaluating National Human Rights Institutions’ compliance with the Paris Principles.

Egypt

National Human Rights Institution

Report