Egypt

Status of International legal instruments (signatory, ratification): See treaty body sites: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/TreatyBodies.aspx

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Signature: 1967, Ratification/Accession: 1982 – Needs to be compliant with Sharia law. [1]

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women – Signature: 1980, Ratification/Accession: 1981 – Needs to be compliant with Sharia Law.

International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination – Signature: 1966, Ratification/Accession: 1967 – Any dispute needs the approval of all the parties to get the ICJ to play the role of the arbirter. [2]

Convention on the Rights of the Child – Signature: 1990, Ratification/Accession: 1990

ILO Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (169) – Not Ratified

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples  – Yes

 

[1] Declaration: … Taking into consideration the provisions of the Islamic Sharia and the fact that they do not conflict with the text annexed to the instrument, we accept, support and ratify it … .

[2] "The United Arab Republic does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 22 of the Convention, under which any dispute between two or more States Parties with respect to the interpretation or application of the Convention is, at the request of any of the parties to the dispute, to be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision, and it states that, in each individual case, the consent of all parties to such a dispute is necessary for referring the dispute to the International Court of Justice."