CHARGED WITH BEING CHILDREN:

Egyptian Police Abuse of Children in Need of Protection

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I. SUMMARY

Abuses during Arrest, Transport, and in Police Lockups
Procedural Abuses
Key Recommendations to the Government of Egypt:
Methods
International Standards
Terminology

II. CONTEXT

Families in Crisis
Child Labor
Education and Poverty

III. overview of the Juvenile Justice System

Role of the Ministry of Interior
Role of the Ministry of Justice
Role of the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs

IV. Arrest and Transport

Police Beatings and Other Ill-treatment
Police Extortion
Conditions During Transport

V. POLICE LOCKUPS

Police Beatings
Sexual Abuse and Violence against Girls
Detention with Adult Criminal Detainees
Failure to Adequately Separate Children by Age and Offense
Medical Care
Food
Overcrowding
Water and Hygiene
Education, Recreation, and Work

VI. The Child Law: arbitrary enforcement and vague laws

Defining Children "Vulnerable to Delinquency" and "Vulnerable to Danger"
Arrest Campaigns
Detention without Prosecution Office Review

VII. INSTITUTIONAL BARRIeRS TO ENSURING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

Lack of Effective Oversight within the Ministry of Interior
Inadequate Public Prosecution Office Investigations
Inadequate Judicial Review
Overworked Juvenile Court Social Welfare Experts
Lack of Access to Legal Counsel

VIII. International Standards

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Arbitrary and Unlawful Arrest and Detention
Classifying and Segregating Detainees
Right to Privacy and Minimum Standards for Treatment During Transport
Medical Care
Overcrowding, Food, Water, and Hygiene
Education, Recreation, and Work

IX. RECOMMENDATIONS

To the Government of Egypt

Mechanisms for Investigating Arbitrary Arrest, Torture, and Ill-treatment
Mechanisms for Preventing Abuses in Custody
Conditions of Detention
Children in Need of Protection

To Donor Governments
To the United Nations

APPENDIX A

Selected Articles from the Child Law and its Executive Statute

APPENDIX B

Social Inquiry Report: Short Form

APPENDIX C

Social Inquiry Report: Long Form

APPENDIX D

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

Acknowledgments