Human Rights – Middle East Policy Platform

Egypt’s Taming of Judiciary: The Case of the SCJB

2022 Abbas Qabbari Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

June 21, 2022 15:17 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abbas Qabbari Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypts-taming-of-judiciary-the-case-of-the-scjb/ Judicial customs have settled on formation of boards of directors for judicial bodies and agencies, with multiple powers and burdens, based on laws acquired by the judiciary from various regimes. Contrary to these established custom, the...

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Egypt: Prisoner’s right to complain bet. Mandella Rules and domestic laws

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Sherif Hilali

June 17, 2022 14:48 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-prisoners-right-to-complain-bet-mandella-rules-and-domestic-laws/ The UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules, affirm the prisoners’ right to be provided with information as well as their right to file complaints, as stated in rules...

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Egypt: The need for effective judicial oversight of prisons

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper Sherif Hilali

June 13, 2022 14:34 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Sherif Hilali Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-the-need-for-effective-judicial-oversight-of-prisons/ Violation of prisoners’ rights pervades Egyptian prisons and detention centers, where there is no real oversight by the Public Prosecution and Judiciary over the prisons administration. Read more at original link

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Egypt national security & counterterrorism as a pretext for abuses

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Yehia Mohamed

June 03, 2022 14:38 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Yehia Mohamed Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-national-security-counterterrorism-as-a-pretext-for-abuses/ In 1994, the United Nations Development Program addressed the concept of security, stating that it had been narrowly interpreted for decades; where it was primarily viewed as a state-centered concept, not caring much about the...

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Cyber Violence and Women in Egypt

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Habiba Abdelaal Human Rights Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

March 31, 2022 13:53 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Habiba Abdelaal Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/cyber-violence-and-women-in-egypt/ While increasing access to the internet aims to pave the way for a more equitable and inclusive world, the weaponization of the internet and other technologies against women has grown commonplace. The internet and social media...

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Q&A with Lobna Darwish: Women in Egypt

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Women Affairs

March 25, 2022 14:13 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/qa-with-lobna-darwish-women-in-egypt/ As the world marks International Women’s Day, TIMEP speaks to women advocates across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region on the ways in which they are challenging the roots of gender...

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Egypt and the many knots on human rights

2022 Alessia Melcangi Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Italian Institute for International Political Studies Paper

February 08, 2022 15:27 pm

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Source: Italian Institute for International Political Studies Author(s): Alessia Melcangi Original Link: https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/legitto-e-i-tanti-nodi-sui-diritti-umani-33097 If foreign policy Egypt continues to play a leading game in the complex Middle Eastern chessboard and with its main international partners, showing a strategy based on diplomacy and dialogue, at the...

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Renewed Arbitrary Detention: Keeping the Egyptian Opposition in Detention

2022 Amr Ahmed Ibrahim Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 31, 2022 16:01 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amr Ahmed Ibrahim Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/renewed-arbitrary-detention-keeping-the-egyptian-opposition-in-detention/ Renewed arbitrary—or “rotation” of detention—is the act of re-detaining those who have been already granted a release order after the termination of their sentences, a verdict of...

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Transgender Policy in Egypt: Murder by Medical Bureaucracy

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Malak Elkashif Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 18, 2022 15:05 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Malak Elkashif Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/transgender-policy-in-egypt-murder-by-medical-bureaucracy/ Every November 20, transgender people around the world launch campaigns that disseminate information on the hate crimes against transgender victims and provide statistics on the numbers of transgender...

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WORLD REPORT 2022 – Egypt, Events of 2021

2022 Civil Society Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Judicial Affairs Media Minorities Paper Women Affairs

January 14, 2022 14:57 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Human Rights Watch Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2022/country-chapters/egypt In 2021, authorities escalated the use of the abusive Emergency State Security Courts to prosecute peaceful activists and critics who joined thousands of dissidents already in Egypt’s congested prisons. Courts issued death sentences in mass trials, adding to the...

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Beyond Sectarian Violence: Socioeconomic Challenges for Copts in Egypt

2022 Amy Fallas Democracy and Politics Economy Egypt Human Rights Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 12, 2022 16:49 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): Amy Fallas Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/analysis/beyond-sectarian-violence-socioeconomic-challenges-for-copts-in-egypt As Coptic Christians held Christmas celebrations this past week, many also observed another more somber anniversary. On January 1, 2011, an explosion at Al-Qudiseen Church in Alexandria, Egypt killed...

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Egypt’s Religious Minorities: The Legal Framework

2022 Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Minorities Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

January 06, 2022 15:29 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/explainers/egypts-religious-minorities-the-legal-framework/ Egypt’s legal framework is an important angle through which to understand the state of religious minorities in the country. This brief delves into some of the primary issues affecting and implicating the country’s religious...

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