US sanctions against independent Palestinian organizations reinforce impunity for war criminals

Cairo: September 5, 2025

The Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC), comprising 70 Arab non-governmental organizations, condemns the decision of the US administration to impose sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations operating in Gaza, one of which is a member of the Coalition, for their cooperation with the ICC.

The Arab Coalition for the ICC, established in 1999, reaffirms its full solidarity with Palestinian organizations that, under the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, continue to document and monitor war crimes and crimes against humanity committed amid relentless bombardment and starvation claiming the lives of children on a daily basis.

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Appointment of 46 Egyptian women to the State Council restores a constitutional entitlement deferred for a decade

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.

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Repeated summons of lawyers for interrogation amount to harassment that must end at once

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP) expresses its profound concern regarding the ongoing situation of human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry. She has been repeatedly summoned for interrogation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution and subjected to a travel ban, not on the basis of any criminal conduct, but solely as a consequence of her activism and her work in the defense of human rights and of those unjustly detained.

The most recent summons, delivered to her family and requiring her appearance for interrogation, August 18, 92025, before the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Case No. 6322 of 2025, constitutes the fourth case in which the aforementioned lawyer has been investigated. This pattern has caused distress and intimidation to her family.

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World Day for International Justice: The Arab Coalition urges global support for the International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court (ICC) — this year’s World Day for International Justice comes amid a fierce wave of attacks and mounting pressure aimed at obstructing the ICC’s ability to carry out its role of prosecuting perpetrators of the gravest international crimes and combating impunity worldwide.

Over the past two years, the International Criminal Court has faced the most intense and sustained assault on its authority since the Rome Statute entered into force in 2002. This is not the first instance of such hostility. The ICC has been subjected to multifaceted pressures from various states seeking to impede its work — ranging from efforts to thwart ratification and accession processes to legislative threats such as the 2003 Hague Invasion Act.

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The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession calls upon the Saudi authorities to halt the execution of 26 Egyptian nationals

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) calls upon the Saudi authorities to intervene immediately to halt the impending execution of 26 Egyptian nationals who were convicted of offenses that do not rise to the threshold of severity required to justify the imposition of the death penalty, which is the harshest and gravest punishment and constitutes a violation of the right to life.

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Libya : Libya’s acceptance of ICC jurisdiction is a pivotal step toward advancing international criminal justice

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court welcome the decision of the Libyan government to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes committed on Libyan territory between 2011 and 2017. This signals the halt of the jurisdictional challenge from the Libyan authorities regarding the primacy of national courts in adjudicating these crimes. As a result, the ICC is now able to proceed with its examination of the Libyan situation without encountering objections from the Libyan government over conflicting jurisdiction between the national judiciary and the ICC according to the complementarity principle.

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