This came during a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty, who chairs the Supreme Standing Committee for Human Rights (SSCHR), according to statement by the Egyptian presidency.

The statement noted that El-Sisi's directives reflect Egypt's commitment to ensuring a dignified, stable life for Egyptians, while safeguarding their rights and reinforcing the principles of citizenship, law rule, and equality.

During the meeting, the president also praised ongoing efforts to raise the state institutions' awareness of human rights and enhance public understanding of both rights and responsibilities.

Moreover, he underscored the importance of developing the legislative and institutional frameworks to support these efforts.

For his part, FM Abdelatty presented the third annual executive report on the National Human Rights Strategy (NHRS), launched in 2021, to President El-Sisi.

This coincides with Cairo's preparation to participate in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Egypt's human rights, scheduled for January 2025 at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Abdelatty outlined the progress Egypt made over the past year in implementing all the strategy's pillars to ensure improving the Egyptians' human rights comprehensivly.

"This concept includes civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, along with enhancing the rights of women, youth, children, elderly people, and persons with disabilities," the statement added.

The report detailed all the initiatives, programmes, and procedures undertaken within the NHRS' four pillars: civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; human rights of women, children, persons with disabilities, youth, and the elderly; and rights of education and capacity building.

It also highlighted the national efforts exerted to develop the related legislative and institutional frameworks, consolidate the human rights concept within society, and strengthen workers' capabilities in all government bodies.

On Tuesday, Egypt highlighted the NHRS' goals to promote all human rights through an exclusively national initiative, based on the state's constitutional and international obligations. This came in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day observed annually on 10 December. 

The strong political will and national commitment have significantly helped making a progress in achieving the NHRS' objectives, the ministry emphasized.

This progress is evident in the institutional, legislative, and awareness-raising levels — aiming to positively influence all the aspects of life for everyone without discrimination.

Furthermore, the ministry indicated that the political leadership's recent decisions have further highlighted this progress, supporting the implementation of the strategy.

This was manifest by the activation of the National Dialogue to ensure the participation of all societal segments in setting future priorities and the president's response to its recommendations.

Other significant actions include the reactivation of the Presidential Pardon Committee to strengthen personal freedom and the introduction of a new Criminal Procedures draft law.

Once approved, this draft law will revolutionize the criminal justice system, enhance rights and freedoms, and provide guarantees for fair trials, the ministry said.

Additionally, it highlighted the launch of the presidential initiative "Bedaya" – A New Beginning, which aims to enhance the quality of life for Egyptian citizens and promote their rights to development, health, and education besides other fundamental rights for a dignified life and social protection.