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EOHR - The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights is a non-governmental organization working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Egypt. EOHR is guided by the principles established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and all other international instruments.

EOHR monitors the human rights situation in Egypt and defends people against human rights violations regardless of the identity, affiliation, race or color of the victim. It acts against both governmental and non-governmental human rights violations. It seeks to create strong public awareness and support for human rights principles. EOHR urges the authorities to revise all laws that are not in conformity to international human rights standards and to stop all the practices that disregard Egypt’s international commitments as a state party to the International Covenant o Civil and Political rights (ICCPR) and other international human rights instruments.

EOHR also tries to encourage national and international civil institutions to joint efforts to stop human rights violations.

EOHR is registered with the United Nations and has observer status in the African Commission on Human rights and Peoples’ Rights. It is also a member of four organizations that hold a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. These are the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), L’Organiation Mondiale Contre La Torture (OMCT), THE Federation International Des Droits de L’Homme (fidh) and the international commission for jurists (JCI). EOHR is a member of the International Federation of Expression exchange (IFEX), which is managed by the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (CCPJ).

EOHR has a membership of 2,300 and has seventeen regional branches located throughout Egypt.

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