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
Latest News
EGYPT : URGENT APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF MALAK AL-KASHIF
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on UN Special Rapporteurs, Members of the European Parliament, and representatives in national Parliaments of the European Union to urgently intervene and communicate with the Egyptian authorities to immediately release jailed activist Malak Al-Kashif, who was arrested for expressing her […]
Egypt: Reprisal against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan for human rights advocacy
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.We, the undersigned organizations strongly condemn the defamation campaign by the Egyptian authorities against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan, following the recent advocacy work of the organization he leads, The Freedom Initiative, in Washington D.C. These attacks are part of an intimidation campaign against human rights groups […]
Committee for Justice gets UN support for the case of human rights defender “Ezzat Ghoneim”
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.– A UN Working Group condemns the Egyptian government’s procedures against human rights defenders under the pretext of fighting terrorism. – The Working Group on Arbitrary detention demands the release of Mr. Ghoneim and providing reparations. Press statement Committee for Justice Geneva, 7May 2019 Committee for Justice […]
Egypt: African Rights Summit Amid Dire Abuses Commission Should Loudly Sound the Alarm
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Egypt is hosting an Africa human rights summit meeting beginning April 24, 2019, while its government is presiding over the worst human rights crisis in the country in recent decades, 11 African, Egyptian, and international organizations said today. The 64th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on […]
Egypt: International organizations urged to monitor constitutional referendum amid repressive climate
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Joint Press Statement The undersigned rights organizations call on international organizations to monitor the upcoming referendum to amend the Egyptian constitution; if approved, the amendments will grant unilateral authority to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi by expanding presidential term limits together with eliminating judicial independence[J1] […]
Detention Watch bimonthly report of January and February 2019: Violations persist
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.425 violations monitored across the two months with extrajudicial killings and arbitrary detentions leading the violations Sharqia governorate had the biggest number of enforced disappearance incidents: Committee for Justice issued its report on monitoring Egyptian places of detention – official and nonofficial – covering the months of […]
Reports
Detention Watch bimonthly report of January and February 2019: Violations persist
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. 425 violations monitored across the two months with extrajudicial killings and arbitrary [...]
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Detention Watch 2018 Annual Report
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. The first annual report on monitoring places of detention Committee for Justice [...]
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First annual report for Human Rights council monitoring “An Eye on the Council”
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. February 12, Geneva, February 2019, this year, Committee for Justice issues [...]
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In a joint report regarding executions in Egypt. Three independent organizations call on Egyptian authorities to establish a moratorium on executions
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Press release Geneva (11 February 2019) The Egyptian Front for Human Rights, [...]
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DETENTION WATCH “VIOLATIONS IN EGYPTIAN PLACES OF DETENTION” BIMONTHLY REPORT November-December 2018
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Following CfJ’s previous periodic reports on human rights violations against detainees in Egyptian [...]
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EGYPT: Enforced disappearance and medical negligence lead the violations race in Egypt during September and October 2018
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Detention watch report: EGYPT: Enforced disappearance and medical negligence lead the violations [...]
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Joint Report: Civilians hastily executed without due process protections by Egyptian military courts
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Geneva 15 October 2018 Today October 15, six independent rights organizations released [...]
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Egypt: The crisis continues .. Enforced disappearance tops the violations in places of detention in the months of July and August 2018
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. A new document to include to the United Nations report on [...]
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