Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/28/2024 8:05:19 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry expressed regret on Wednesday that the high-level segment of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meetings saw several international parties turn a blind eye to the human suffering of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/27/2024 8:54:12 PM
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday blasted the international community's handling of the Gaza war, accusing them of applying double standards to violations of international human rights law by failing to hold Israel accountable.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/27/2024 12:09:00 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry pushed for a ceasefire in Gaza and increased international support for the Palestinian people while meeting with his counterparts at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/24/2024 7:53:38 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry will head to Geneva on Sunday to participate in the high-level segment (HLS) of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the HLS of the Conference on Disarmament.
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Egypt
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Politics
2/25/2023 1:19:40 PM
A high-level Egyptian delegation headed by the Minister of Justice Omar Marwan left for Geneva on Saturday to review the country's fifth periodic report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/14/2022 12:01:11 AM
Egypt says that it coordinated with more than 95 countries at the 50th UN Human Rights Council session on Monday to issue a joint statement on the family’s role within society and its right to protection from the state.
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World
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Region
6/7/2022 9:06:30 PM
UN investigators on Tuesday blamed Israel's continued occupation and discrimination against Palestinians for the endless cycles of violence in the decades-long conflict, prompting angry Israeli protests.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/8/2022 1:18:00 AM
Egypt said the resolution to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) "squanders the organisation’s mechanisms” and “could weaken the credibility of the UN and its mechanisms," before abstaining on the vote.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/7/2022 6:54:29 PM
Ukraine urged its residents in the east of the country Thursday to take their "last chance" to flee mounting Russian attacks, after devastation around the capital Kyiv shocked the world.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
4/7/2022 3:17:26 PM
The Group of Seven industrialised nations on Thursday called for Russia to be suspended from the UN's human rights body over "heinous acts and atrocities" in Ukraine.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/18/2022 10:14:19 PM
Human rights in Egypt took centre stage during last week’s fourth World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
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World
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Africa
12/17/2021 4:20:33 PM
Countries urged the top UN rights body Friday to send international investigators to conflict-hit Ethiopia amid warnings of looming generalised violence, as Addis Ababa accused them of hijacking the process to exert "political pressure".
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World
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Region
10/24/2021 3:36:05 PM
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) recent election to the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the third time reflects the country’s efforts to strengthen human rights and its "increasing international presence," the Vice-President of the European Commission for promoting our European Way of Life said.
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Egypt
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Society
9/11/2021 12:21:53 PM
The launching ceremony on Saturday for the new national strategy was attended by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
6/4/2021 12:40:00 PM
The UNHRC resolution to form a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war is the first of its kind to investigate violations inside Israel. Rights defenders explain why this is a transformative moment
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Opinion
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Test Page
3/18/2021 11:12:00 AM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/17/2021 8:30:00 PM
State authorities mobilised this week to answer criticisms of Egypt’s human rights record
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Egypt
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Politics
3/14/2021 10:07:00 PM
Shoukry told MPs that Egypt is also making sure that Qatar is serious about having friendly relations with Cairo
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Egypt
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Politics
3/14/2021 4:47:00 PM
Head of parliament’s Human Rights Committee said Egypt would present its own statement at the UNHRC to respond to all the western countries’ “unfounded claims” about its human rights record
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Egypt
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Politics
3/14/2021 3:19:23 PM
The Senate said that while it is appropriate for 'friendly countries' to be interested in Egypt’s internal affairs, it cautioned against using this interest as a 'pretext' to raise baseless allegations against the state
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