strengthen the culture of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Egypt and in the EU, — support Egyptian efforts to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of competent Egyptian public institutions and councils, — continue the review of respective national legislations to further align their laws and practices with international human rights instruments to which they are party and taking into account relevant UN recommendations, — examine the possibility of accession to the optional protocols to international human rights conventions to which Egypt is a party, — continue and enhance cooperation with UN and African human rights treaty mechanisms, as well as with the newly established UN Human Rights Council, — examine the possibility for the EU Member States to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families,