REFORM OR RHETORIC? A civil society benchmark for criminal justice reform in egypt’s 2027–2032 national human rights strategy

02/09/2026

Egypt’s criminal justice system is in dire need of reform. While Egypt’s Constitution and international obligations prohibit torture and arbitrary detention and guarantee fair trial […]

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Committee for Justice (CFJ) Condemns the Growing Normalisation of Child Marriage in The Gambia Despite Existing Legal Protections

15/07/2026

Banjul, The Gambia – 9 July 2026 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses deep concern over the increasing normalisation of child marriage in The Gambia, […]

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CFJ Expresses Deep Concern Over Rising Knife Violence and Violent Attacks in The Gambia

15/07/2026

Banjul, The Gambia – 14 July 2026 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) expresses grave concern over the increasing number of violent attacks and fatal stabbings […]

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Ten Years Since the Establishment of the Committee for Justice (CFJ)

04/06/2026

The tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Committee for Justice marks a significant milestone in our journey. It is an occasion to reflect on […]

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International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s legal professionals continue to suffer

24/01/2023

On January 24 every year, the world marks the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer to commemorate the killing of four lawyers and their colleague […]

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CFJ expresses solidarity with Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo who was barred from entering Egypt to attend COP27

10/11/2022

The Committee for Justice on Thursday denounced Egypt’s deportation of Italian human rights defender Giorgio Caracciolo, the Deputy Director of International Programmes at the Danish […]

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‘There is no environmental justice without a free civic space’: Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27

30/09/2022

Amelia Smith At last year’s Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, campaigners stormed the streets in their thousands, some smearing blood over themselves, others taking off […]

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After CFJ campaign, French citizen appears in Egypt after one year of mysterious disappearance

17/08/2022

The French citizen, Yann Bourdon, who had gone missing for nearly a year in Cairo, Egypt, reappeared on 9 August and returned to his home […]

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Human Rights Defenders Training Platform

17/08/2022

The Committee for Justice is proud to announce the establishment of the Human Rights Defenders Training Platform as part of its Human Rights Defenders Watch […]

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CFJ: President Biden should acknowledge UN resolutions issued for detainees in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

27/07/2022

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 21 July 2022 Yasmine Omar, the United Nations and Regional Manager at the Committee for Justice, stressed […]

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Regeni case in Italy: Extending the judicial process leads to further impunity for killers 

12/04/2022

Press release   Translated by Committee for Justice   Geneva: April 11 2022 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, stressed that […]

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Egypt: New wave of executions against 7 defendants in political cases

11/03/2022

The international silence on human rights violations in Egypt, especially the right to life, made the authorities there continue to carry out mass death sentences […]

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Egypt: Remote renewal of pretrial detention is another attempt to undermine the rights of detainees

04/01/2022

The administrative decision issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Justice to start implementing the system of remote renewal of pretrial detention (via video conference) is […]

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EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech

27/10/2021

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]

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Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ 

30/08/2021

The phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced […]

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