Egypt
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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
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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Date last Concluding Observations by Human Rights Committee
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
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)
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)
Membership of Human Rights Council:
2007-2009, 2017-2019
National Human Rights Institution
Accreditation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
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