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- International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights – ICESCR

Art. 13, 14
Ratified: 14 Jan 1982.

- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
Acceded: 14 Jan 1982.

- International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination - CERD
Ratified: 1 May 1967.
Reservation to Art. 22.


- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - CEDAW
Ratified: 18 Sept 1981.

Reservations and Declarations: Articles 2, 9 (2), 16 and 29; four states filed objections to all or some aspects of these reservations.

General reservation on article 2
The Arab Republic of Egypt is willing to comply with the content of this article, provided that such compliance does not run counter to the Islamic Sharia.
Reservation
In respect of article 29:
The Egyptian delegation also maintains the reservation contained in article 29, paragraph 2, concerning the right of a State signatory to the Convention to declare that it does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of that article concerning the submission to an arbitral body of any dispute which may arise between States concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention. This is in order to avoid being bound by the system of arbitration in this field.


- Convention on the Rights of the Child - CRC
Ratified: 6 Jul 1990.

 

- International Convention on the protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Their Families – CMV

Acceded: 19 Feb 1993.

 

- International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - CRPD

Ratified: 14 Apr 2008.