Submitted by المركز الدولي ل... on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 04:05
In the first session of the second day, Ziad Abdel Tawab, deputy director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights, described the impact of the Mubarak trial in Egypt and the increasing pressure the military rulers are putting on human rights activists through military courts. Some 12000 civilians have been prosecuted by the military courts in legally flawed proceedings, in which the rights of defendants are not ensured. “The promise of Mubarak trial was a carrot, but the military is using the stick of its courts to crack down on the activists,” asserted Tawab.
The fourth session of the conference identified the reform of security institutions as currently a pressing need in Egypt. Moderator Amr Salah, member of the executive bureau of the Egypt Youth Coalition, opened the session which focused on vetting and institutional reform as a means of preventing future violations, providing comparative examples from Bosnia and Iraq.
Submitted by المركز الدولي ل... on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 10:18
Magdy Andel Hameed devoted the introduction to drawing attention to the ongoing human rights abuses taking place against activists by the military authorities in Egypt. He posed several questions to the panelists which sought to define the crimes of the past, the time periods that reparations can be applied to, and transitional justice measures to deal with crimes committed against women.
Submitted by المركز الدولي ل... on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 08:55
The second session, "Addressing Past Violations: Truth, Justice and Accountability," focused on providing comparative experiences from Americas, Europe, South Africa, and the lessons learned from those contexts to be considered in the transitions occurring in the Middle East.
