Egypt's new constitution and religious minorities' rights: Prospects of improvement?
Briefing
23-01-2014
The longstanding issue of discrimination against religious minorities has worsened in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, even more so since the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. The new constitution, approved by referendum on 14-15 January 2014, has been welcomed by the majority of Copts as offering them better protection than the previous charter, adopted under Muslim Brotherhood rule.
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- Afrika
- bescherming van minderheden
- discriminatie op grond van godsdienst
- economische geografie
- Egypte
- GEOGRAFIE
- godsdienstige groep
- grondrechten
- herziening van de grondwet
- islamitisch recht
- POLITIEK
- politieke geografie
- RECHT
- rechten en vrijheden
- rechten van de mens
- rechtsbronnen en rechtstakken
- referendum
- sociale omstandigheden
- SOCIALE VRAAGSTUKKEN
- verkiezingsmethode en stemming