Economic Human Rights and Foreign Direct Investment in Egypt

Vital importance to any society is the establishment and conduct of human rights, including economic and social rights. This paper comparatively examines the economic and social rights within the Egyptian Constitution and local law provisions, with the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the International Convenant on Economic Rights. Universal economic rights are summarized and outlined towards a total of 18 legal instruments for basic economic rights of a world citizen. Egypt's relative provision for each instrument of economic rights is portrayed, leading to general recommendations regarding future law revisions and possible constitutional amendments. In the second part of the paper, the conduct of FDI is critically discussed within the context of basic economic rights. Related policies are subsequently examined in relation to property rights, regulation, poverty, unemployment, resource distribution, resource utilization, and intellectual production