The Egyptian government issued the Anti-Terrorism Law 94/2015, claiming the law is meant to deal with the exceptional circumstances Egypt had undergone at that period. The law sought to identify terrorist crimes and regulate the procedures of detaining and trying suspects. It also contained a number of provisions on infringing on basic rights stipulated in the Egyptian constitution and international charters.
Five years after the law was issued, the Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession has published a legal paper titled “Cluster Acts: Five Years on the Anti-Terrorism Law”.
The paper focuses on the repercussions of the regulations stipulated by the law in light of the international standards related to legislation issued in exceptional circumstances. The paper tackles the direct effect of the law on constraining basic rights and freedoms, and the impact the law has left on other laws. The Anti-Terrorism Law founded a new legislative philosophy, which resulted in issuing legal articles bearing the same provisions in other legislation. The paper closes with conclusions of the most significant points and a number of recommendations necessary to halt the repercussions of applying the Anti-Terrorism Law.
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A legal paper Clustered Legislations Five Years on the Anti-Terrorism Law.pdf
