Human Rights Index

A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) sign and ratify OP-CEDAW and deposit, as soon as possible, instrument of acceptance of amendment to art. 20, paragraph 1 CEDAW, concerning meeting time of CEDAW	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 356 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	w) ratification in 1999 of Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) of ILO	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation	children general
	Paragraph(s) 4 CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)
	r) ratify ILO Convention No. 182 concerning Prohibition and Immediate Action for Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation	children persons living in poverty
	Paragraph(s) 50 CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)
	r) ratify and implement OP-CRC-SC and OP-CRC-AC	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation 35.5 - Children in armed conflict	children persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 55 CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)

A/56/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) State has not made optional declaration provided for in article 14 ICERD	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 294 A/56/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2001)
	r) possibility of such declaration be considered (make optional declaration provided for in article 14 ICERD)	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 294 A/56/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2001)
	r) ratify amendments to article 8, paragraph 6 ICERD	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 9 - Racial discrimination	general
	Paragraph(s) 295 A/56/18(SUPP) (CERD, 2001)

CAT/C/CR/29/4 (CAT, 2002)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) consider adopting declarations referred to in articles 21 and 22 CAT	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CAT/C/CR/29/4 (CAT, 2002)

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	w) State has adhered to following instruments: - Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants By Land, Sea and Air, supplementing United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, respectively ratified on 5 March 2004 and acceded on 1 March 2005, respectively - ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, of 1999, ratified on 6 May 2002 - OP-CRC-SC and OP-CRC-AC, acceded on 12 July 2002 and 6 February 2007, respectively	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 13 - Prohibition of slavery, trafficking 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation 39 - Migrants	children general migrants migrant workers women
	Paragraph(s) 7 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)
	n) Egypt has not yet made declarations provided for in articles 76 and 77 ICRMW recognizing competence of CMW to receive communications from States and individuals	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 39 - Migrants	migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 12 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)
	r) consider making declarations provided for in articles 76 and 77 ICRMW	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 39 - Migrants	migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 13 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)
	n) Egypt has still not acceded to ILO Convention No. 97, concerning Migration for Employment, of 1949 or to Convention No. 143, concerning Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions), of 1975	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 39 - Migrants	migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 14 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)
	r) consider acceding to ILO Conventions No. 97 and No. 143, which concern migrant workers, as soon as possible	Egypt	2.1 - Status of international instruments 39 - Migrants	migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 15 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)

A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	w) efforts of National Council for Women to encourage Government to withdraw reservations to articles 2 and 9, paragraph 2, and art. 16 CEDAW c) these reservations entered by State upon ratification have been retained	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 326 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)
	r) expedite steps necessary for withdrawal of reservations. in that regard, CEDAW draws attention to CEDAW's statement on reservations in report on its nineteenth session and, in particular, its view that articles 2 and 16 are central to object and purpose of CEDAW and that, in accordance with art. 28, paragraph 2, they should be withdrawn	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 327 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) reservation to articles 20 and 21 CRC is unnecessary n) art. 20 (3)CRC expressly recognizes kafalah of Islamic law as form of alternative care n) art. 21 expressly refers to those States that "recognize and/or permit" system of adoption, which does not apply to State because it does not recognize system of adoption	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 35.2 - Children: family environment and alternative care	children general
	Paragraph(s) 9 CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)
	r) continue efforts to consider withdrawal of reservation to articles 20 and 21 CRC, in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993)	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 35.2 - Children: family environment and alternative care	children general
	Paragraph(s) 10 CRC/C/15/ADD.145 (CRC, 2001)

CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) State considers Islamic Shariah compatible with ICCPR c) general and ambiguous nature of declaration made by State upon ratifying ICCPR	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations	general
	Paragraph(s) 5 CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)
	r) either clarify scope of declaration or withdraw it	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations	general
	Paragraph(s) 5 CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	c) State's reservations to art. 4 and art. 18, paragraph 6 ICRMW	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 15 - Administration of justice & fair trial 39 - Migrants	migrants migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 10 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)
	r) review reservations to art. 4 and art. 18, paragraph 6 ICRMW, with a view to withdrawing them r) in this context, State has not made a reservation to art. 14, paragraph 6 ICCPR which provides all individuals, including migrant workers, with right to claim compensation for wrongful conviction	Egypt	2.2 - Reservations 15 - Administration of justice & fair trial 39 - Migrants	migrants migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 11 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)

CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	c) state of emergency proclaimed in 1981 is still in effect, meaning that State has been in semi-permanent state of emergency ever since	Egypt	2.3 - Derogation	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)
	r) consider reviewing need to maintain state of emergency	Egypt	2.3 - Derogation	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CCPR/CO/76/EGY (HRC, 2002)

CAT/C/CR/29/4 (CAT, 2002)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) difficulties in prolonged fight against terrorism, but no exceptional circumstances whatsoever can be invoked as justification for torture c) possible restrictions of human rights which may result from measures taken for that purpose	Egypt	2.3 - Derogation 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 4 CAT/C/CR/29/4 (CAT, 2002)

CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) State envisages possibility of lifting the state of emergency which has been in force since 1981 n) an amendment to the Constitution adopted on 19 March 2007 allows for adoption of anti-terrorism legislation c) this new legislation may affect implementation of certain laws and international treaties, including ICRMW	Egypt	2.3 - Derogation 4.1 - Legal framework 39 - Migrants	general migrant workers
	Paragraph(s) 8 CMW/C/EGY/CO/1 (CMW, 2007)