The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) is following with growing concern the repercussions of the decision by the Presidency of the Republic to return the draft Criminal Procedures Law to the House of Representatives, and the inclination of the relevant parliamentary committees discussing and drafting the amendments towards imposing further restrictions and undermining the safeguards granted to defendants upon arrest, investigation, interrogation, or detention, in a manner that permits the interrogation of defendants in the absence of their lawyer.

While reaffirming its position calling for a comprehensive review of the underlying philosophy of the law and the formation of a specialized, independent committee to undertake such a review, the ACIJLP notes that the published amendments to Article 105 of the draft Criminal Procedures Law—which grant the Public Prosecution the right to interrogate defendants without the presence of their lawyer in cases of “fear of loss of time”—constitute a violation of the guarantees enshrined in Article 54 of the Constitution, as well as Articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which stipulate that no defendant shall be interrogated except in the presence of their lawyer.

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Cairo: October 6, 2025

Cairo: October 2, 2025

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) reaffirms the continuation of its campaign opposing the draft Criminal Procedures Law and asserts its firm position on the necessity of reconsidering the draft in its entirety, given that it undermines numerous constitutional rights and safeguards and disturbs the necessary balance between individual rights and the public interest.

Despite the withholding of the final version of the draft approved by the House of Representatives from public scrutiny, and the non-publication of the original memorandum of objections submitted by the Presidency—of which only the substance was reported on some press websites—the ACIJLP, in continuation of its campaign launched in 2019 rejecting the draft Criminal Procedures Law, records its rejection and objection to the Presidency’s observations on three articles, as these entail a diminution of the guarantees and rights of defendants and of the rights of the defense, as follows:

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The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court express their deep concern and grave dismay over credible reports indicating that the United States is planning to expand the scope of the sanctions it has imposed against the International Criminal Court (ICC). These sanctions initially targeted the Prosecutor of the Court, Deputy Prosecutors, judges, Palestinian non-governmental organizations, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.

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Cairo: September 22, 2025

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) expresses its deep satisfaction with the directive of the President of the Republic to return the draft Criminal Procedures Law to the House of Representatives in light of a number of objections. These include the need to strengthen guarantees for the sanctity of the home, ensure greater safeguards for defendants throughout trial proceedings, expand alternatives to pretrial detention, eliminate ambiguities in the drafting, reinforce principles of governance, clarity, and practicality, and provide relevant ministries and institutions with sufficient time to prepare the mechanisms and models introduced in the draft law.

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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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