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United Nations Special Rapporteurs convey profound concerns regarding the draft Egyptian Criminal Procedures Law


 

Cairo, 14 November 2024

 

United Nations Special Rapporteurs convey profound concerns regarding

the draft Egyptian Criminal Procedures Law

 

 

In a letter addressed to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt on 8 November 2024, the following parties have expressed serious concerns regarding the amendments being undertaken by the Egyptian government to the Criminal Procedures Law:

 

-       The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression;

-       The Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;

-       The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders;

-       The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers;

-       The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism;

-       The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention;

-       The Working Group against Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.

 

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