On 20 March 2015, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the outcome of Egypt's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a process aimed at reviewing the human rights record of all UN Member States by every four years. In a context of serious and gross human rights violations in the country, the Egyptian authorities have accepted many of the HRC's recommendations regarding civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural ones. However, past experiences and practice in the field show that the authorities have to do more than just promises.

On 12 March 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the enforced disappearances of Ibrahim Ahmed Shaker, aged 20, Serag Eldin Ali Awad Abdel Mawla, 17, Metwally Abou Al Majd Suleiman Mohamed, 45 and his son Hisham Metwally Abou Al Majd Mohamed, 18. The four men were abducted in January 2015 and have not reappeared since, leaving their families in the fear that they could be ill-treated while secretly detained by the Egyptian security apparatus.

On 7 March 2015, the Egyptian authorities carried out their first execution since Morsi's ouster in July 2013, despite Alkarama's urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (SUMX) asking the authorities to halt the execution. Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan Abdelnaby Negm was sentenced to death on 16 May 2014 following an unfair trial conducted by Alexandria's Criminal Court who admitted as evidence the confessions Hassan obtained under torture. His sentence was later confirmed by the Grand Mufti of Egypt and his appeal rejected by the Court of Cassation on 5 February 2015.

On 4 March 2015, Alkarama called on the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions (SUMX) regarding the arbitrary executions of seven civilians during the Egyptian military operation on the Eastern Libyan coastal city of Derna on 16 February 2015. Amongst the victims were Rabha Saleh Ahmed Al Mansouri, 44, and three of her children, Afrah, 7, Huzaifa, 2 and Zakaria, 6. Only Mrs Al Mansouri's husband and their 8-year-old son survived the bombing of their house by the Egyptian army.