11 January 2018: The head of the National Council for Human Rights Mohamed Faiq confirmed the council’s stance on the death sentences, which have been expressed on several occasions, to reduce them and limit them to the bigger and tougher ...
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Joint statement by HoC, AOHR, AIHR and SWA December 18, 2017 marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Resolution for the Universal Moratorium on Capital Executions by the General Assembly of the United Nations. This is a historic vote ...
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6 December 2017 : the African Union has called on the Egyptian government to repeal the death sentence in 20 new cases. The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, a body within the AU, has urged the Egyptian government to ...
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On September 19, 2017, from 9 am at the Golden Tulip ElMechtel Hotel in Tunis, the conference “Containing the death penalty in time of war on terrorism” will be held in the framework of the same project supported by the ...
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2 August 2017: today the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) launched the activities of the training course on “Human Rights and promoting Criminal Justice” in Hurghada City, Egypt. The activity is part of the AOHR goals for Penal Reform ...
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A two-day seminar (15/16 May) was held in Cairo, Egypt, on the presentation of the project “Containing the death penalty in times of war on terrorism” by the association Hands Off Cain and financed by the EU Commission. The meeting, ...
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