Reports and Studies

November 2010

Law Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Welcome Step that Requires Careful Implementation

In May 2010, Egypt  enacted Law 64 of year 2010 on Combating Trafficking in Persons. This law provides  a definition of “crimes of trafficking in persons” and stipulates the penalties applicable. It also guarantees certain rights to victims of trafficking and imposes a duty of the state to ensure their full protection. At the time of writing (October 2010), the Implementing Statute of the law has not been issued.

 
April 2010

Two Years of Sectarian Violence: What happened? Where do we begin? An Analytical Study of Jan 2008 -Jan 2010

Introduction- 1.  Egypt is no different than other societies comprised of individuals and groups espousing different religious beliefs and affiliated with various religious communities. Many societies are able to live with these differences and, indeed, build on this diversity to enrich public life. Other societies, whether by design or default, are unable to manage diversity, some to the extent that they are unable to uphold coexistence.

 
February 2010

Organ Transplant Legislation: From Trade to Donation

Introduction- Organ transplantation is, without a doubt, one of the most significant achievements in modern medicine. In many cases, it is the only treatment for the late stages of organ failure and chronic heart, liver and kidney disease. Organ transplants continue to give hope to millions of people around the world.

 
January 2010

Freedom of Religion and Belief in Egypt Quarterly Report, Oct - Dec 2009

This Report- examines the most significant developments in Egypt for freedom of religion and belief during the months of October, November and December 2009.

 
December 2009

Supplementary Information on Egypt Presented to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

This submission is intended to supplement the combined 6th and 7th periodic report of the government of Egypt, which is scheduled to be reviewed by the CEDAW Committee during its 45th Session.

 
December 2009

Facts about the New Drug-Pricing Decree

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) filed an urgent lawsuit (no. 64/2457) with the Court of Administrative Justice seeking the suspension of the Minister of Health decree that went into effect on 25 September 2009. The decree establishes a new pricing system for drugs in Egypt, which will inevitably entail a sharp increase in prices.

 
December 2009

Preliminary Analysis of the New Health Insurance Bill

Introduction- The history of health insurance in Egypt began with the establishment of the General Health Insurance Organization in 1964. It was then followed by the issuance of several laws created to gradually guarantee the right to health insurance to all citizens.

 
October 2009

Freedom of Religion and Belief in Egypt Quarterly Report, Jul - Sept 2009

Report Summary- this report documents inter-religious sectarian attacks, and security interventions and abuses seen in cases in which Christians engage in religious rites in private buildings or attempt to obtain a license to establish new churches or are suspected of intending to turn existing buildings, or buildings under construction, into churches.

 
September 2009

Commentary on the Draft Implementing Regulationsof the Law for the Care of Psychiatric Patients

Introduction- In 1996, the General Assembly of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) endorsed the Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice as a reference to guide and organize the ethics and morality of the profession of psychiatry. It stressed that all its members follow these guidelines in the exercise of their profession.