Age, gender and diversity / Children-at-risk

Egypt: Update to Response to Information Request EGY20081.E of 10 April 1995 on the protection extended by the Egyptian authorities and/or police to a woman who charges her husband, a known heroin addict, with abuse; and on whether social status affects the response of the authorities/police; update to EGY20082.E of 10 April 1995 on how Egyptian society and Shari'a courts view heroin addiction; and update to EGY20083.E of 10 April 1995 on Article 20 of Shari'a Law 25 of 1929, as amended by Law 100 of 1985, which relates to the awarding of child custody, and whether a mother would receive custody of her children if she divorced her husband, because of his heroin addiction, before the children were ten years old 1 April 1995 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses