The Committee for Justice (CFJ) said that UN mechanisms and their reports are an effective tool for exerting pressure on authoritarian regimes in order to reduce repression against populations. It […]
The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances has issued its concluding report on five countries, including Gambia, following their review during the Committee’s latest session. The report includes detailed findings […]
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, it calls on the Egyptian authorities to take serious steps […]
The Committee for Justice (CFJ) stated that enforced disappearance constitutes a violation of human rights that extends beyond the disappeared individual to impact their family and society at large. The […]
Cairo will host the 24th Exhibition for Textile & Carpet Machineries, Printing Technologies and Accessories (Egypt Stitch & Tex Expo) from September 24 to 27, 2026, bringing together 425 Egyptian and international exhibitors. The exhibition, to be held at the Cairo International Convention Center under the theme “The …
Two Sudanese women have been sentenced to death by stoning in separate cases in Sudan, raising serious concerns about Sudan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations, particularly following its ratification of the UNCAT
The undersigned human rights organisations express their categorical rejection of the draft law “regulating foreigners’ asylum in Egypt”, which was recently approved by the Defence and National Security Committee of the Egyptian Parliament. This bill is expected to be discussed and voted on in the next plenary session…
In a new escalation by the government against refugees, Professor Othman Hussein Yaqoub (a Sudanese national) and Director of the African Vision Center for Sudanese Education on the 6th of October City, was arrested due to his teaching of the Sudanese curriculum. He was arrested on 01-07-2024 from the school premises …
The undersigned organisations demand that States that have provided and continue to provide arms and other forms of military assistance to Israel, adhere to their legal obligations and act resolutely and urgently to prevent Israel from perpetuating further international crimes and other serious violations of internati…
An inside view of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on July 23, 2018. (Photo by Abdullah Asiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Law & Accountability Syria Torture in Syria on the Docket of the International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings against Syria have…