Cairo: August 28, 2025
The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP) welcomes the decision of the Egyptian government to appoint 46 Egyptian women to the State Council as Assistant Delegates. Decision No. 92 of 2010, issued by the Special Council of the State Council on February 22, 2010, had stipulated “the completion of the appointment procedures for those deemed qualified among the applicants for the position of Assistant Delegate from graduates of the 2008 and 2009 classes.” The decision was not brought into force at the time.
Appointment Decision No. 447 of 2025 thus brings an end to legal discrimination against women assuming judicial office in the State Council. Women were first appointed to the Constitutional Court in 2003, to the ordinary judiciary in 2006, and to the Public Prosecution in 2023. This latest decision therefore closes the chapter on gender-based exclusion from the State Council, which Egyptian women endured for decades.
