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\u00a0“<\/strong> A new vision to improve the conditions of the handicapped in Egypt<\/strong>“<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0Policy Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Issued it<\/p>\n

Public Policy Analysis and Human Rights Unit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Affiliate Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n

, Maat for Peace, Development, and Human Rights<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Under a project<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Universal Periodic Review as a Tool to Improve Public Policies during the Transition<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 2016<\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>\u201cThis release was implemented with the help of the European Union. The content of this publication is the responsibility of the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights and can in no way be considered a reflection of the vision of the European Union.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

A new vision to improve the conditions of the handicapped in Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Egypt is considered one of the highest countries in the world in the percentage of disability among members of society, where the percentage of disabled people from 10% to 12% out of the population of Egypt is at least 10 to 12 million people according to the statement of the Prime Minister[1]<\/a>It is a large number whose energies and capabilities have not been invested, which reflects the scale of the problem.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Egypt faces multiple challenges in the issue of people with disabilities, starting from the lack of protective legislation for persons with disabilities, and its restriction to the Rehabilitation Law No. 39 of 1975 and the absence of severe penalties for violating its articles, and there is also another challenge, which is the state's failure to establish programs For people with disabilities, to eradicate illiteracy, training, rehabilitation, and employment, and to achieve educational integration of various disability groups.<\/p>\n

Within the framework of the \u201cPublic Policy Analysis and Human Rights Unit\u201d interest in the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights with the recommendations that were made to Egypt in light of the UPR and the Egyptian government's position on the recommendations and in light of the Foundation\u2019s implementation of the \u201cUniversal Periodic Review as a tool for improving public policies during the transitional phase\u201d, Funded by the European Union during 2016-2017, the Foundation has focused on shedding light on this issue through a paper that explains the most important problems facing people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

The paper dealt with the issue in several axes, where it talked in the first axis about the conditions of people with disabilities in Egypt, then moved to monitor in the second axis the constitutional, legislative and legal frameworks, and in the third axis the paper talked about the most important problems of people with disabilities at the legislative level, and in its last axis the paper presented some solutions and recommendations which The most prominent of these was the adoption of a comprehensive law on the rights of persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Conditions of people with disabilities in Egypt <\/strong><\/p>\n

Egypt is one of the countries in the world with the highest disability rate among its society, with the number of disabled people from 10% to 12%. Despite this huge number of handicapped people in Egypt, they suffer, according to all the reports issued by human rights centers as well as from some government agencies such as the Central Agency for Mobilization and Statistics, which in its entirety refer to their poor conditions to a degree that can be described as neglect, and a waste of rights that have affirmed It has international charters, local laws, and the new constitution. So far, according to the vision of many people with disabilities, the disabled in Egypt has not achieved their right, except by consuming media talk without implementation. The articles that came in the 2014 constitution have not been achieved until now except for obliging electoral lists to Parliament to include the percentage approved by it. the Constitution.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the National Council for Disability Affairs, which was established in November 2012 and was included under the umbrella of social solidarity in September 2014 AD, has not yet achieved, according to all the stories of the disabled themselves, its objectives properly, including, for example: -<\/p>\n

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  1. The right to monitor the commitment of other ministries to implement the rights of the disabled<\/li>\n
  2. Establishing centers to train people with disabilities, raise their skills, and prepare them for the labor market<\/li>\n
  3. Increasing the percentage of their appointment in government institutions to 7%, as well as activating the Ministry of Housing's Availability Code Law<\/li>\n
  4. Enabling people with disabilities to exercise their lives or political rights.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Also in 2012, the Disability Affairs Unit was established in the National Council for Human Rights, whose first role was: - Enhancing understanding of disability issues, mobilizing support for the dignity of persons with disabilities and their rights and raising awareness of the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of political, social, economic and cultural life, and the goal is In the enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities, and full participation in society on an equal basis with others in society, with the emphasis that the rights of people with disabilities are not charity or charity, but rather a right and an essential part that must be included in the country's economic and social plans, given that the percentage of people with disabilities in Egypt has more than 10%, but these principles have not yet been implemented.<\/p>\n

    The new Egyptian constitution also stipulated nine articles related to the rights of persons with disabilities, but the government has not yet submitted a package of legislation and legislative amendments necessary to enforce the constitutional articles so far, such as the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law.<\/p>\n

    Constitutional, legal and human rights frameworks for the disabled\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n