Traduction de «Loi de 1978 sur l'organisation du gouvernement » (Français → Anglais) :

9. Urges the Egyptian government to withdraw the draft laws on civil associations and foundations and on public demonstrations and to propose legislation - taking into consideration the draft law submitted by 60 civil society organisations in 2011 - which will protect, support and promote the activities of Egyptian civil society organisations and international NGOs in the country; calls for an immediate end to all pressure, intimidation or harassment directed against trade unions and journalists;

13. Stresses that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right; expresses its concern at the recent tendency in Pakistan to curb the freedom of thought, expression and information by blocking and controlling much frequented internet services; calls on the Government to stop censorship of the internet and to revise both the draft anti-terrorism and draft NGO legislation, which would massive ...[+++]ly curtail the independence and freedom of operation of NGOs and could lead to the breakdown of work by internationally connected NGOs in Pakistan;

17. Commends the Ombudsman for his work in promoting human rights, his openness towards vulnerable people and his cooperation with civil society organisations; deplores the fact that the Ombudsman’s annual and special reports have not been debated in the Parliament, and therefore cannot be published and are not officially acknowledged; urges the Government and the Parliament to improve cooperation with the office of the Ombudsman; deplores the fact that, so far, the Ombudsman has not regularly been informed or consulted by the Gove ...[+++]rnment in a timely manner on relevant draft legislation; notes with concern that the budget allocated to the Ombudsman’s office remains insufficient and has been further reduced; underlines the fact that the institution needs further financial and political support from both the Parliament and the Government in order to continue carrying out its duties; calls for a broad awareness campaign to highlight the role and importance of the institution;

N. whereas Israeli non-governmental human rights organisations are facing a campaign of defamation, which is aimed at discrediting those speaking out against Israeli policies in the Palestinian Occupied Territories; noting that the attacks increased immediately after the publication of the Goldstone report; whereas, at the same time, the Knesset's Constitutional Committee is due to adopt a severely restrictive government-backed bill on 17 March, which would require NGOs to register as political organisations and revoke their charity status, thus restricting their ability to receive funding from foreign political entities and increasing ...[+++] state monitoring of the activities of NGOs;

They include the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, used by the government to effectively silence journalists; the Public Order and Security Act, which has severely curtailed the freedom of assembly, and hundreds of defenders of human rights, including workers of independent means, have been arbitrarily detained; and the Private Voluntary Organisations Act, brought back by the government in 2002 and presumably used to intimidate and harass NGOs.

In July 2005 President Barroso and the Chief Executives of Hong Kong and Macao — Donald Tsang and Edmund Ho — agreed it was important to have structured, regular dialogue between the European Commission and the two SAR governments on matters within the competence of the two governments under their respective Basic Laws.