The minister's remarks were made during her meeting with a delegation of the National Commission for Human Rights in Sudan chaired by Refaat Merghani in the presence of a delegation of the National Council of Human Rights in Egypt. The Sudanese official, for his part, lauded the Egyptian experiment in the field of enhancing human rights, terming it as a pioneering step at the Arab and regional levels. At the launch of Egypt’s 1st national human rights strategy on Saturday, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced that 2022 is a year of civil society. “The launch of the first national strategy for human rights is a luminous point in Egypt’s history. “Egypt is one of the first countries that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),” he added, affirming that Egypt’s vision for human rights is based on a number of principles.

Source: Egypt Today September 13, 2021 12:33 UTC