• Mr. Essam El-Islambouli – Constitutional Jurist and Lawyer at the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Constitutional Court
• Mr. Negad El-Borai – Lawyer at the Court of Cassation and Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Dialogue
• Mr. Malek Adly, Director of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
• Mr. Nasser Amin – Lawyer and Secretary General of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession and Coordinator of the Arab Coalition of NGOs for the International Criminal Court
• Ms. Hoda Abdel Wahab – Lawyer at the Court of Cassation and Executive Director of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession and Director of the Justice Support Foundation

Justice Support Foundation affiliated to ACIJLP (The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession) has organized a round table, Tuesday evening, the 10^th of January, 2023, to discuss the amendments to be made to the Egyptian Criminal Procedure Law while concurrently being discussed at the parliament. Thirty people, including members of the National Dialogue Committee, former ministers, members of the Senate, and a number of independent lawyers and workers in civil society institutions, as well as some legal researchers have attended the round table.

Initiating the round table, Mr. Nasser Amin has welcomed the participants and reviewed the draft law of the new Criminal Procedures Law regarding its most important provisions. He explained that the project is being considered in the Parliament since 2017, and that circumstances has been changed a lot since then which demands a new approach in the philosophy and principles of law so that it precisely and strictly balances between the requirements of society’s right and the rights and freedoms of individuals, without overriding each other.

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The International Commission of Jurists (Geneva-based) in cooperation with the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and Hisham Mubarak Law Center (HMLC) organize a Conference on “the Role of the constitution in the Transition to Democracy in Egypt”,  during the period from 6^th to 7^th February 2012 in Shepheard Hotel, Cairo. 

The Conference discusses several issues related to the role of constitutions in securing steady transitions to democracy; the constitution-making process; the establishment and the functioning of a Constituent Assembly; and the process of adopting the constitution and the importance of respecting the principles of inclusivity, participation, consensus and transparency. The Conference tackles the separation and balance of powers; civilian oversight over the army and security services; legislative oversight of the executive; the role, functioning and independence of the judiciary; and limitations on the scope and role of military tribunals and special courts, including guarantees of fair trials.

The conference is co- chaired by a number of experts in the field of Law and Legislation on both national and international levels, including Mr. Wilder Tayler, Secretary General- ICJ, Justice Azhar Cachalia, Judge – the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, Raji Sourani, ICJ Commissioner and Said Benarbia, Senior Legal Adviser, ICJ.

The Conference includes a number of participants, named Justice Ahmed Mekki, Vice-presidentof the Court of Cassation, Justice Hisham Geneina, President, Cairo Appeals Court,

Judge Essam Farag, Vice President of the Court of Cassation, Prof. Mohammed Nour Farahat, Law Professor at Zagazig University, Dr. Gaber Nasser, Professor of Constitutional Law in Cairo University, Prof. Amr El Shalakani, Law Professor at the American University in Cairo, Mr. Sameh Ashour, President of the Bar Association and the Head of the Arab Lawyers Union, Mr. Ahmed Saif il Islam, Lawyer and founder of HMLC, Mr. Mahmoud Kandil, Lawyer and Human rights activist, Mr. Abdellah Khalil, Lawyer and Human rights activist, Mr. Essam Al Islamboulli, Lawyer in the supreme Constitutional Court, Ms. Mozn Hassan, the Executive Director of Nazra, Mr. Nasser Amin, Director of ACIJLP, Mr. Ahmed Ragheb, Director of HMLC, Mr. Hossam Haddad, Human rights activist in HMLC and Mr. Mina Khalil, Human rights activist in HMLC.