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Protection of Children's Rights debated in Egypt's Assembly
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by René | June 9, 2008 at 07:45 am
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CAIRO, June 3, 2008: Amidst heated debate, Egypt's People’s Assembly continued discussing amendments to Child Law 12/1996, which aims to extend the legal protection of children.On March 4, President Hosni Mubarak signed the final version of the amendments to the law, which were drafted by the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, before it was sent to the PA.
The session kick started with Parliament speaker Fathi Sorour announcing that the amendments regarding female genital mutilation (FGM) and the minimum age of marriage will return to the legislative committee for review after MPs submitted more than 60 changes to each amendment.
Amendments include raising the legal age of marriage to 18, exempting minors from the death penalty, outlawing female genital mutilation, sexual molestation of children and sale of their organs. One other is to reduce the age of accountability from 18 to 15 in accord to Sharia law.
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at 03:32 on June 10th, 2008
René, this is a promising set of amendments in they go through. Keep us posted.
at 22:38 on June 11th, 2008
See the new story about the law passing
Female Genital Mutilation (circumcision) is now a crime.
at 23:27 on June 11th, 2008
Excellent news. And not at all before time!
at 18:16 on June 10th, 2008
Thanks and thanks. Do take note that this bill includes women's rights too, particularly female genital mutilation, or circumcision, as well as sexual molestation of children and sale of children's organs. If they have to make laws about it....