Programs: Regional & International Human Rights Mechanisms
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is calling on the Justice Minister to issue an immediate decree explicitly recognising the right of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt to grant power of attorney to lawyers and to access basi
For decades, the United States (U.S.) has supported the Israeli settler-colonial apartheid regime, including through diplomatic protection and the provision of the weapons which enable Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.
At the invitation of the European Parliament, Hossam Bahgat, Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), addressed the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) on September 2.
1 Jul 2026
The Executive Regulations (hereinafter bylaws) of the 2024 Asylum Law were published in the Official Gazette dated 21 May 2026, stipulating a three-month period before they enter into force. The Prime Minister’s Decree (no. 1568 of 2026) publishing the bylaws constitutes a major and long-anticipated step towards the operationalisation of the Asylum Law, especially the establishment of a national system to manage all asylum matters previously managed by UNHCR over decades.
The Undersigned Organizations expressed deep concern over the violations suffered by Sudanese writer and novelist Idris Ali Babikir during his detention in Egypt, which lasted nearly 50 days before he was forcibly deported to Sudan, despite hol
Seven UN human rights experts issued a new statement expressing deep concern over the unprecedented escalat
