Egypt

Egypt

International Treaties 

1. The Geneva Convention 

https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0173.pdf

2. United Nations Convention against Torture 

https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cat.pdf

3. Convention on the Rights of Child

https://www.ohchr.org/documents/professionalinterest/crc.pdf

4. Optional Protocol on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict 

https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/tools-for-action/optional-protocol/

5. Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPSCCRC.aspx

6. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 

https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/ccpr.pdf

Regional Treaties 

1. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

http://www.humanrights.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/African-Charter-on-Human-and-Peoples-Rights.pdf

Domestic Law 

1. Rape In Egypt’s Penal Code Article 267 – Law No. 58 01 The year 1937 Promulgating the Penal Code http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/57560/111585/F1337119832/EGY57560.pdf

 

Reports of other International/Regional Organisations / National Governments

1.Exposing state hypocrisy: sexual violence by security forces in Egypt, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), jUNE 2015 

https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/egypt_report.pdf

Books/Articles /Documents/ Research Papers / Workshops / Publications

1. Mariz Tadros, ‘Challenging Reified Masculinities: Men as Survivors of Politically Motivated Sexual Assault in Egypt’ [2016] 12(3) Middle East Women’s Studies 323-342

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309754649_Challenging_Reified_Masculinities_Men_as_Survivors_of_Politically_Motivated_Sexual_Assault_in_Egypt

 2. Mariz Tadros, ‘Politically Motivated Sexual Assault and the Law in Violent Transitions: A Case Study from Egypt’, IDS Evidence Report No 8 Sexuality, Poverty and Law 13, June 2013 

https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/20.500.12413/2950/ER8%20final%20online.pdf?sequence=1&utm_source=idswebsite&utm_medium=download&utm_campaign=opendocs

3. Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ramon Mendos, State-Sponsored Homophobia  A World Survey Of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection And Recognition, Edition,  May 2017 

https://ilga.org/downloads/2017/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2017_WEB.pdf

Websites

1. Aswat Masriya , ‘The Untold Story of Sexual Harassment Against Men in Egypt’ (Egyptian Streets, 3 July 2014) 

https://egyptianstreets.com/2014/07/03/the-untold-story-of-sexual-harassment-against-men-in-egypt

2. Ageofconsent, ‘Age of Consent in Egypt ‘ (Ageofconsent, ageofconsent.net) 

https://www.ageofconsent.net/world/egypt 

3. Hrw.org, ‘Egypt: Epidemic of Sexual Violence ‘ (Human Rights Watch, July 3, 2013) 

https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/03/egypt-epidemic-sexual-violence

News 

1.  ‘Egyptian police ‘using rape as a weapon’ against activists’ Louisa loveluck, Telegraphcouk, 22 January 2015) 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11361382/Egyptian-police-using-rape-as-a-weapon-against-activists.

2. Patrick kingsley, ‘Egyptian police ‘using rape as a weapon’ against dissident groups’ (The Guardian, 12 April 2014)

://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/12/egypt-police-rape-dissidents-crackdown-16000-arrested

3. Egypt: Draft bill to criminalize same-sex relations amid unprecedented homophobic crackdown, Amnesty International News, 9 November 2017

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/11/egypt-draft-bill-to-criminalize-same-sex-relations-amid-unprecedented-homophobic-crackdown/

4. You can’t be out’: Gay Egyptians continue to fear persecution, Hadley Stewart, NBC News, Aug. 18, 2018

://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/hunt-has-never-stopped-gay-egyptians-continue-fear-persecution-n901886

5. Egypt: Rampant torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions signal catastrophic decline in human rights one year after ousting of Morsi, Amnesty International News, 3 July 2014

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2014/07/egypt-anniversary-morsi-ousting/