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Who is CFJ?

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) is an independent association for the defense of human rights based in Geneva, Switzerland and established in 2015 by a diverse group of human rights advocates. CFJ’s mission is to defend victims of and persons vulnerable to human rights violations with focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. CFJ seeks – through observing and documentation – to present a credible picture of human rights abuses enabling the international community, CSOs and knowledge hubs to provide alternative solutions concerning the human rights situation in the region, to conduct justice for victims, obtain reparation and counter impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations.

Our Mission

The mission of the Committee for Justice is to contribute to the protection and defense of victims of human rights violations with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa region. In order to do that, CFJ collects the necessary information to present a credible picture of the human rights situation in the region. Its method consists in observing, monitoring and documenting abuses and developments in policy and practice in those countries, where there is a lack of information

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Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.7 June 2018 The undersigned rights organizations demand that the Egyptian authorities heed the recommendation of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to immediately suspend the trial of Nubian protesters, guarantee their right to compensation pursuant to international law, and comply with Egypt’s constitutional obligations toward […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 22 May 2018 Following CfJ’s eight reports on human rights violations against detainees in Egyptian detention places for the entirety of months in 2017 and[1]; Detention Watch project proceeds in this issue to provide an analytical overview of the human rights situation in Egyptian detention places […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Joint Statement The undersigned human rights organizations condemn arrest of Amal Fathy on May 11th and call for her immediate release. Egyptian state security forces arrested Fathy, a member of the April 6th movement, and raided her home after she posted a video on Face book critical […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Joint Statement Geneva 28 March 2018 The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the decision of the Supreme Military Court of Appeals issued on Monday 26 March 2018 to reject the appeal filed by two of the defendants in case No. 174 of 2015, military crimes west of Cairo […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 25 March 2018 The Committee for Justice is publishing its first 2018 reports of the reports’ series “Detention Watch” which are covering the human rights violations inside detention centers in Egypt. This reports series is the outcome of research efforts made by excellent researchers in Egypt working on the […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 21 March 2018 In a memo sent on Tuesday, March 13th, seven independent Egyptian rights organizations warned the UN Secretary-General of the alarming deterioration of the human rights situation and the risk of pushing Egypt to the verge of a precarious transformation. With the violent closure of all […]