Egypt Today Egypt renewed on Thursday its moral and legal commitment to better support refugees it hosts on its soil. In a statement on the occasion of the World Refugee Day, the Foreign Ministry said the World Refugee Day represents a chance to remind the world of the suffering …
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Egypt Today Egypt’s official Gazette published Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi’s decree approving Egypt’s acceptance of the Arab Charter on Human Rights adopted at a summit of the League of Arab States in May 2004. The Arab Charter on Human Rights was first issued in 1994, 26 years after …
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Egypt Today The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) will hold a seminar on terrorism and human rights in Egypt in Geneva, according to a statement from the EOHR on Thursday. The seminar will convene on the side-lines of the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council …
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Lolwa Reda – Egypt Today Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed to Geneva on Tuesday to deliver a speech to the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), according to a ministerial statement. Ministerial spokesperson Ahmed Hafez commented on Shoukry’s trip, explaining that the minister plans …
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The new committee will be tasked to deal with human rights issues and respond to allegations made against Egypt in respect of human rights Ahram Online Egypt’s Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly decided Tuesday to establish a permanent higher committee on human rights, MENA state news …
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Preventing child marriage is a development priority as well as a matter of human rights, with legislation, education and community attitudes all having a role to play, writes Salma El-Nashar Salma El-Nashar* – Al-Ahram Weekly It is not an easy thing to take away someone’s innocence and childhood, especially if …
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