EGYPT: Child Law Amendments

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This file on 'Egypt's Child Law Amendments' contains news articles collected by INTACT to document the path the amendments to Egypt's 1996 Child Law took from the day of their initial suggestion by the National Council of Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) in January 2008, up till they were finally approval by the People‘s Assembly on the 8th of June 2008.

The amendments were passed by the Shoura Council and signed by President Mubarak in March and then handed on to the Parliament for final approval.

Criticism and opposition mainly came from conservative and religious groups who see certain parts of the amendments as contradiction to Islamic teachings.

Wrong or precipitate reporting caused quite some confusion whereupon INTACT decided to compile a catalog out of the most relevant news articles in chronological order in order to allow for an easy review.

Further Information:

** Egypt: efforts against rape, FGM and sexual harassment

** Egypt: misuses religion to censor debate on rights

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Egypt_Child_Law_Amendments.pdf

Organisation: 
The International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM
Articles: 
Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/Egypt_Child_Law_Amendments.pdf

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