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Egypt | In meetings with British Foreign Secretary and EU Human Rights Envoy : Combating sectarian violence requires respect for human rights and justice

2017 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Judicial Affairs Minorities Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism Unknown

February 25, 2017 03:34 am

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Source: Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Author(s): Unknown Original Link: http://www.cihrs.org/?p=19894&lang=en In meetings with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and EU Human Rights Envoy Stavros Lambrinidis; Mohamed Zaree, CIHRS Egypt Programme director emphasized that respect for human rights and justice is the only way to contain terrorism and promote long-term stability...

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Bricks in the Wall: El Nadeem, the NGO Law, and Egypt’s Crackdown

2017 Civil Society Human Rights Hussein Baoumi Judicial Affairs Paper The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

February 10, 2017 05:52 am

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Source: The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy Author(s): Hussein Baoumi Original Link: https://timep.org/commentary/bricks-in-the-wall-el-nadeem-the-ngo-law-and-egypts-crackdown/ Yesterday, the El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture was closed by Egyptian security forces, following a crackdown on most of that country’s public sphere that Human Rights Watch and others...

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Black Label

2017 Carnegie Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Judicial Affairs Michele Dunne Nathan J. Brown Paper

January 25, 2017 03:35 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Michele Dunne Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/67771 Since 1997, U.S. law has empowered the secretary of state to designate specific groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” bringing down on them—and those who support them—an imposing range of penalties and sanctions. Such designations have come through a...

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What Egypt’s Court Ruling on Protest Law Means

2016 David Risley Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Middle East Institute Paper

December 14, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Middle East Institute Author(s): David Risley Original Link: http://www.mei.edu/content/article/what-egypt-s-court-ruling-protest-law-means Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (S.C.C.) recently ruled that a central element of the country’s controversial Protest Law relating to police power to ban public demonstrations is unconstitutional. Article 73 of the constitution states in...

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An Egyptian Court Just Struck Down Part of a Repressive New Law. Here’s What that Means

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

December 07, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown, Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/07/egyptian-court-just-struck-down-part-of-repressive-new-law.-here-s-what-that-means-pub-66380 Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) struck down a portion of the country’s protest law this week — one issued by decree by its own chief justice (then-interim president) in...

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New NGO Legislation Takes Egypt Down a Dangerous Path

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper

December 06, 2016 03:34 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/12/06/new-ngo-legislation-takes-egypt-down-dangerous-path-pub-66379 Last week, an overwhelming majority of the Egyptian parliament passed repressive legislation regulating nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), with virtually no debate. The vote once again emphasizes how the rubber-stamp role of...

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Egypt’s Anti Protest Law: Legalising Authoritarianism

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Democracy and Politics Human Rights Judicial Affairs Paper

November 24, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/11/24/egypt-s-anti-protest-law-legalising-authoritarianism-pub-66274 Since the summer of 2013, following the military coup led by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the ruling regime in Egypt has managed to handcuff the public space, surround it with restrictions. This has been in a stark contrast...

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Judicial Militancy Within Red Lines

2016 Carnegie Egypt Judicial Affairs Nathan J. Brown Paper

November 02, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Nathan J. Brown Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64999 When I first visited Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) a quarter of a century ago, it was tucked away in dusty offices in the High Court building in downtown Cairo. The only bar to entering it was figuring out the location. It is now ensconced

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Working Paper- Judicial Review in Public-Private Business Contracts in Egypt Evidence from Administrative Court Rulings in Government Tenders and Bids Law Disputes

2016 Economic Research Forum Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Sahar Tohamy

November 01, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Economic Research Forum Author(s): Sahar Tohamy Original Link: http://erf.org.eg/publications/judicial-review-in-public-private-business-contracts-in-egypt-evidence-from-administrative-court-rulings-in-government-tenders-and-bids-law-disputes/ Abstract: This paper examines the role that administrative court review in Egypt plays in supporting the integrity of public-private business...

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Down by Law

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Economy Egypt Judicial Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

October 20, 2016 03:39 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/64914 A few weeks ago, on September 24, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced that it had arrested seventeen members of the Muslim Brotherhood who were plotting to increase “pessimism” in the country. The ministry informed the public that those arrested represented a “subversive cell” tasked to...

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The Expanding Jurisdiction of Egypt’s Military Courts

2016 Carnegie Judicial Affairs Military Affairs Paper Sahar Aziz

October 12, 2016 06:27 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Sahar Aziz Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64840 Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution was stillborn. Although the military has long been a key political player, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s regime has promoted the...

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Egypt’s Parliament Opens the Door for More Repression

2016 Amr Hamzawy Carnegie Judicial Affairs Paper

September 22, 2016 05:54 am

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Amr Hamzawy Original Link: http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/09/22/egypt-s-parliament-opens-door-for-more-repression-pub-64666 Recently, Egypt’s parliament has approved — without revision — almost all of the 342 presidential-decree laws issued by then-Interim President Adly Mansour and by President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. Despite the clear autocratic nature...

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