Analysis and commentary regarding the Egyptian judiciary, legal system, and laws
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The SCC ruled that if protest demonstration organizers comply with the requirement of prior notice to the police, police or other security services cannot constitutionally ban public demonstrations without first obtaining judicial approval. In essence, the Court has inserted the judiciary as a check on government authority to ban public protest activity.
Read MoreIn continuation of what appears to be a fairly consistent pattern, Egypt's Court of Cassation (supreme court of the common court system) yesterday reversed the convictions and death sentences ordered by a lower court for Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 11 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders, reversed the convictions and life sentences of 25 other defendants, and ordered a retrial in what is commonly referred to as the Rabaa Control Room Case.
Read MoreThe original trial and conviction of three Al-Jazeera English journalists attracted a huge amount of negative news media attention and was hugely damaging to the reputation of the Egyptian judiciary. But, far more important than the proceedings and rulings of the trial court, and what far more accurately reflects the standards of Egyptian justice, is the reasoning behind the subsequent reversal—more like repudiation—of the trial court's rulings on appeal to the Court of Cassation.
Read MoreEgypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has consistently struck down political isolation laws (or political participation laws) that prohibit some groups of citizens, including opposition groups, from participating in the political process.
Read MoreEgypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has consistently struck down election laws that favor state-approved political parties over independent candidates, or that treat some groups of citizens unequally.
Read MoreSummary and analysis of the Supreme Constitutional Court's jurisprudence on Article 2 of the constitution, relating to Islamic law.
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