Minister of Parliamentary Affairs: Egypt has received wide international and international praise for the development of its human rights file
Counsel Mahmoud Fawzi, Minister of Parliamentary, Legal and Political Affairs, participated in the meeting of the Senate Foreign, Arab and African Affairs Committee, which was held on the sidelines of national preparations for the comprehensive periodic review session of the human rights file during next January.
The Minister of Parliamentary, Legal and Political Affairs explained, during the meeting’s activities, that the universal periodic review mechanism aims to improve the human rights situation in the member states of the United Nations through a periodic human rights review of all countries every four and a half years, and he added. Egypt has had three previous reviews, and the fourth participation will be in January 2025.
In this regard, the Minister confirmed that Egypt submitted its national report for the fourth round of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, during last October, after conducting several Consultations with government agencies, experts, and civil society organizations, as the national report reflects the most prominent developments that the country has witnessed in civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, with a focus on the rights of women, children, persons with disabilities, youth, and the elderly.
It has The Minister confirmed During the meeting, the effective role played by the Permanent Supreme Committee for Human Rights, headed by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs; To promote human rights in its comprehensive and sustainable sense, and its pivotal role in following up on the implementation of the objectives of the National Human Rights Strategy (2021-2026) launched by the President of the Republic in 2021.
He indicated that he had participated in the activities of the side event held on the 5th. From this December at the headquarters of the Egyptian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva under the title “Strengthening Political Participation in Egypt and Human Rights” His Excellency reviewed the most prominent developments that the country witnessed during the review period in the field of civil and political rights, including legislative and institutional development, electoral entitlements, the National Dialogue Initiative, and procedures related to presidential pardons and the reintegration of those released into society, with wide participation from the various diplomatic missions in Geneva, and the Commission. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The Minister stressed that Egypt had received wide international and international praise during the side event for the development of its human rights file during The review period, and recommendations for Arab countries to adopt the institutional model of the Permanent Higher Committee for Human Rights in Egypt, as it is the most appropriate way to address human rights issues with their multi-dimensional and multi-faceted nature, and in its comprehensive and sustainable sense.
- For more: Elrisala website and for social networking, you can follow us on Facebook
- Source of information and images “rosaelyoussef”“
