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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.Geneva 11 August 2018 The undersigned rights organizations condemn Amal Fathy’s referral to trial in case no. 7991/2018. Fathy is the wife of human rights defender Mohamed Lotfy, the director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF). The Maadi Misdemeanor Court held the first hearing […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 25 July 2018 Following CfJ’s reports on human rights violations against detainees in Egyptian detention places for the entirety of months in 2017 and 2018[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.Geneva 23 July 2018 The undersigned organizations denounce the three laws regulating media passed by the Egyptian Parliament on July 16th. We declare our full solidarity with all journalists and media professionals who reject these laws, which sound the death knell of professional journalism and independent media […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 11 July 2018 The undersigned organizations condemn the continuation of discriminatory policies against Egypt’s indigenous Nubian community, exemplified by the Egyptian security authorities’ prohibition on the celebration of World Nubian Day, observed annually on July 7 to celebrate and promote Nubian history and culture. The Egyptian […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.International Community Must Act to Save Former President Morsi’s Life and Thousands of other Egyptian Prisoners. Joint Statement The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the systematic and severe maltreatment of former Egyptian president, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, who was arrested on July 3, 2013 after three days mass protest […]
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 […]