Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions
Egypt has been in the core group of the following resolutions: access to medicines, vaccines, and other health products in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; terrorism and human rights; local government and human rights; youth and human rights; safety of the child in the digital environment; right to work; promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities; protection of the family; the role of freedom of expression in women’s empowerment; freedom of opinion and expression; protection of journalists in situations of armed conflict; trafficking in persons, especially women and children; and protection of the human rights of civilians in armed conflict.
Voting record
Since it first became a member of the Council in 2007, Egypt has (in the absence of consensus) almost always abstained or voted against resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), except for one resolution on the situation in Myanmar in 2018, for which it voted in favour. Concerning country-specific resolutions under item 2, Egypt has voted against texts concerning Yemen (2018, 2019), Venezuela (2018), Nicaragua (2019), the Philippines (2019) and Eritrea (2019). Egypt voted in favour of texts on the situations of Myanmar, Venezuela, the Occupied Palestinian Territory
and Burundi. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory), Egypt has tended to vote in favour, with the exception of two texts it voted against in 2009. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Egypt has joined consensus on all texts except for the following that were voted on during its time as a member: on cooperation with Ukraine (Egypt abstained twice), cooperation with Georgia (abstained twice) and technical assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (voted in favour twice).
For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Egypt has generally joined consensus and voted in favour where there has been a vote. However, it abstained during voting on resolutions on discrimination based on religion or belief (2007, 2009), as well as one text on civil society space and another one on torture. Egypt voted against resolutions on the question of the death penalty (2017, 2019) and against a resolution on drug control (2018). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social, and cultural rights, Egypt has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.
HRC participation
During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:
262
Regional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 78
241
Subregional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 50
155
Political group
statements
Average of statements for all countries: 109
131
Cross-regional
group statements
Average of statements for all countries: 96
11
Other joint
statements
Average of statements for all countries: 5
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Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.
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