Tag Archives: Human Rights

Egypt Independent   In a sweeping legal victory for members of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the United Nations’ top court ordered Myanmar, on Thursday, to take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people. The International Court’ of Justice’s president, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the …

Egypt Independent   Three leading international NGOs announced on Monday, they are boycotting meetings that Saudi Arabia is holding with civil society groups, ahead of hosting this year’s Group of 20 summit; saying that participation would lend legitimacy to a kingdom “trying to whitewash its dire human rights record”. Saudi …

Even in the midst of protracted conflicts, it is possible to make progress towards peace, development and human rights by following certain guiding principles. Andrew Whitley The late UN secretary-general Kofi Annan had a maxim that he often used. He would say that “one cannot have real peace without development; …

Egyptianstreets  Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity announced the opening of a new shelter for battered women in Giza, Egypt Independent reports. The facility, opened on Tuesday, will host and mentor women survivors of violence and abuse. This comes as part of the annual 16 Day campaign to combat violence against …

Egypt Independent  on Tuesday, The Egyptian House of Representatives Health Committee approved, in principle a draft law submitted by the government to amend several provisions of law 71/2009, which regulate care for patients suffering from mental illnesses and protecting their rights. The explanatory note of the draft law said that …

How can transnational corporations be held to account in a world of nation states? A binding UN treaty would be an important step. Sharan Burrow   The global economic model has failed working people. The power and greed of huge corporations have captured governments, which are acting against the rights …

The US Business Roundtable statement in favour of stakeholder rather than shareholder capitalism has opened the question of corporate responsibility—crucially, it extends to global supply chains. Justine Nolan & Martijn Boersma   Companies often talk about being on a human rights ‘journey’, a long and winding course with many stops …

Emma Scoulding – Egyptianstreets   “On September 10, after four months of trouble in Egypt from dealing with residency, to travel dates and prison, I left Egypt at dawn,” writes Ameen Taky, a 32-year-old former furniture salesman from Yemen, in a post on his personal Facebook page. In a series of 27 …

Antonio Guterres* Around the world, hate is on the march. A menacing wave of intolerance and hate-based violence is targeting worshippers of many faiths across the globe. Sadly – and disturbingly – such vicious incidents are becoming all too familiar. In recent months, we have seen Jews murdered in synagogues, …

Egypt Today Egypt Ambassador United Nations to the Mohamed Idriss urged the world organisation and the international community to give priority to upholding the rights of the victims of terrorism. Idriss spoke at a meeting of the founding countries of the “Group of Friends of Victims of Terrorism” at the UN …