Under the patronage of Prof. Yasser Magdy Hatata,
President of Fayoum University, and the supervision of Prof. Assem Al-Essawy,
Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, the Human
Rights Unit at the Fayoum Governorate General Office, in cooperation with the
National Council for Human Rights and the University's Community Service and
Environmental Development Sector, organized a training program entitled
"Human Rights Education and Capacity Building through Strengthening
Training Programs for State Administrative Employees." The program was
held on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at the Embassy of Knowledge in the
University's Central Library.
The training program featured a number of lecturers
from the National Council for Human Rights: Mr. Gamal Barakat, Ms. Lamia Maher,
Ms. Faten Fouad, Mr. Bakhit Omar, Mr. Wael Mokhtar, and Mr. Mohamed Abdel Baky.
Also present at the event were Mr. Hamada Ruby Al-Dayan, Head of the Human
Rights Unit at the Fayoum Governorate General Office, Engineer Dina Fouad
Ismail, and Ms. Yara Mohamed Abdel Tawab, coordinators of the University's
Human Rights Unit, along with the participating trainees. The training program
discussed several topics, including an introduction to human rights and the
National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) as an independent national institution
aimed at promoting, protecting, and consolidating human rights values. Law No.
(94) of 2003 establishing the Council, as amended by Law No. (197) of 2017, was
also reviewed. The Council consists of (25) members, a president, a vice
president, and a secretary-general.
The Council is responsible for receiving complaints
related to human rights, monitoring the implementation of relevant agreements,
covenants, and charters, examining allegations of violations, and developing a
national action plan to promote and protect rights in Egypt. It also
coordinates with relevant state authorities and organizes visits to prisons,
detention centers, treatment facilities, and correctional facilities to hear
from inmates, verify their proper treatment, and report any violations or
assaults on the privacy of citizens to the Public Prosecution.
The program also included an introduction to a number
of legal terms, such as: (declaration, agreement, protocol, ratification, and
reservation), in addition to defining the concept of international human rights
legitimacy and the content of the rights contained therein, and reviewing the
most important fundamental human rights agreements.
The event concluded with a number of training
workshops for participants. The course aims to train 180 employees of the
state's administrative apparatus.
