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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. With President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi recently issuing a decree to amend Law 70 of 2017 regulating civic organizations, the undersigned rights organizations emphasize the futility of any attempt to revise this fundamentally flawed law: a complete redrafting of the law, on the basis of civil society […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. October 30, 2018 Save Abdullah Boumedine The undersigned organizations condemn the unlawful measures taken by the Egyptian authorities against Abdullah Boumedine Nasr al-Din, age 12, of the town of Arish in the Sinai region. He was arrested from his home on terrorism charges, forcibly disappeared for […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. November 2, 2018 Mrs. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul, Gambia SUBJECT: DON’T PROVIDE POLITICAL COVER FOR BRUTAL REPRESSION OF EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT We are writing to urge you to reject the bid to hold the upcoming ACHPR 64th ordinary […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 15 October 2018 Today October 15, six independent rights organizations released a new report as part of the campaign to end capital punishment in Egypt. The report, “Military Execution,” examines the state-sponsored killing of 33 civilians between July 2013 and September 2018, following eight trials in […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.A new document to include to the United Nations report on Egyptian authorities’ violations Solving the crisis of ‘Regini’ and similar cases by taking radical steps to stop the crime of enforced disappearance 157 cases in July (77.8% of monitored violations) 140 cases in August (71% of […]
Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Geneva 1 October 2018 The undersigned organizations denounce the ruling on September 24, 2018 to uphold the death sentences of 20 defendants in connection with the 2013 attack on the Kerdasa police station. Egypt’s use of the capital punishment has been escalating at an unprecedented rate, with […]