Three human rights watchdogs have mentioned that the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) September report contains “false and deceptive claims.”
Amnesty Worldwide, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Research and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have mentioned that the claims within the report seem to whitewash violations of worldwide human rights regulation carried out by Egyptian authorities and safety forces.
On 1 November the three organisations wrote a letter to UNDP administrator Achim Steiner with particulars of the false and deceptive claims.
UNDP Egypt mentioned there had been an enchancment in jail situations and that Egypt has labored to strengthen accountability mechanisms, although the particular rapporteur on extrajudicial killings has said that the jail situations in Egypt places the lives of hundreds of detainees at risk, the letter said.
The event programme additionally feedback positively on Regulation 149/2019 on NGOs, stating that it serves to “strengthen the position of NGOs,” when in reality it prohibits Egyptian organisations from hiring, participating, consulting, or cooperating with international volunteers or employees or international organisations with out approval from the federal government.
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UNDP’s report additionally commends Egypt’s counter-terror laws although it has been systematically used to criminalise dissent and erode truthful trial ensures, the letter states.
“The UNDP’s report units out a story that contradicts experiences and statements made by different UN businesses and impartial Human Rights Council specialists, in addition to scores of experiences and assessments made by impartial nationwide and worldwide human rights organisations over the previous eight years,” reads the letter.
“The Egypt Human Improvement report, in addition to public statements made by UNDP Egypt, replicate a profound dissonance between the discourse of the UNDP and the fact on the bottom in Egypt. The report gives deceptive data to determination makers, together with monetary establishments, which have a accountability to take up urgent human rights and rule of regulation points with Egypt.”
The letter calls on the UNDP to revise and align its content material with different UN professional assessments and the UN’s framework of human rights.
It requested the programme to make sure it consults with UN our bodies and impartial civil society actors earlier than releasing such experiences and open an investigation into the drafting and publication of the report and make the findings public.
