• Over the weekend, on Christmas Eve Eve, Egypt's Muslims declared victory in a vote overwhelmingly approving the new sharia constitution. (debbieschlussel.com)
  • This is going to be the first constitution in Egypt's history that is recognizing women's rights. (peacewomen.org)
  • Some associated with the Council of Senior Religious Scholars (the body making the pick) may have wished to mollify Egypt's Brotherhood president (who formally makes the appointment) that they would give active consideration to a Brotherhood candidate. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • On Tuesday, Egypt's National Dialogue's Board of Trustees urged state bodies to maintain their neutrality during the upcoming presidential elections and safeguard candidates' right to campaign freely. (ahram.org.eg)
  • The next parliament is the most critical legislative body in Egypt's history. (aljazeera.com)
  • Egypt's soul-searching over the past year has been marked by a wide array of forces - Islamists revolutionaries, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and Copts - trying to shape the future of the new Egypt to their own making. (fairobserver.com)
  • Egypt's state is not a unified body, but a collection of institutions that are concerned with their own independence from each other. (ispu.org)
  • Egypt's top Islamic clerical body has encouraged speaking out on sexual harassment and assault in a statement released on Saturday . (empower-mag.com)
  • Ayman Labib, a Christian, was beaten to death by Muslim classmates in a murder case that punctuates the protracted sectarian tension between Christians and Muslims in southern Egypt, where a bulk of Egypt's Christians live. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Since the uprising that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, sporadic but intense sectarian demonstrations across Egypt reflect rising fears in Egypt's Coptic community (which make up an estimated 5 to 10 percent of Egypt's total population) that the uprising has empowered a predominantly Muslim Egyptian society that is at best indifferent to the Christian minority's concerns. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Among a laundry list of grievances, critics say Copts are woefully underrepresented in Egypt's military, judiciary, diplomatic corps, academia and almost all electoral bodies. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • In June 2012 Parliament instituted the Constituent Assembly of Egypt, tasked to prepare a new constitution to be approved in a referendum. (wikipedia.org)
  • The constitution was supported by 63.8% of voters in the referendum, held in December of that year. (wikipedia.org)
  • The UN expert group has been closely following unfolding events in Egypt and takes note of the planned referendum on 15 December. (ohchr.org)
  • Egyptians were voting in a referendum on the country's draft constitution on Tuesday and Wednesday, a document that would enshrine unprecedented gender equality for women. (peacewomen.org)
  • The referendum and draft constitution do not echo the aims of those who unseated Mubarak in 2011, she said. (peacewomen.org)
  • New York) - At least seven peaceful activists from the Strong Egypt party face criminal charges, apparently for hanging posters calling for a "no" vote in the forthcoming constitutional referendum. (hrw.org)
  • Many Egyptians are going to the polls this week to vote in a referendum on an amended constitution. (ispu.org)
  • He has also given the body -- which was due to issue a draft constitution in December -- two extra months to come up with a charter, that will then be put to a referendum. (naharnet.com)
  • Voters turned out up in big numbers Saturday in most of the 10 Egyptian provinces where a first round of voting was held in a referendum on a disputed draft constitution amid allegations of mass irregularities, dpa reported. (trend.az)
  • In January 2014, voters approved a new constitution by referendum and in May 2014 elected former defense minister Abdelfattah ELSISI president. (flagcounter.com)
  • In April 2019, Egypt approved via national referendum a set of constitutional amendments extending ELSISI's term in office through 2024 and possibly through 2030 if re-elected for a third term. (flagcounter.com)
  • Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt became one of the main forces contending for political power in Egypt against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and other established centers of the former Hosni Mubarak regime. (wikipedia.org)
  • On January 7, police arrested three volunteers from the Strong Egypt party, a centrist party founded by Abd al-Moneim Abu al-Fotouh, who left the Muslim Brotherhood due to ideological differences in 2011. (hrw.org)
  • The Muslim Brotherhood is speculated to desire a monopoly over power, so the military is plotting a silent popular take-over, and so the liberals will make Egypt into a secular bastion of US interests. (fairobserver.com)
  • Opposition groups rallied the people ostensibly to protect the constitution and state from the Muslim Brotherhood. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • With a president who staunchly hails from the Muslim Brotherhood and a new constitution that critics say offers religious minorities, especially Copts, little to no assurances, existential fear has pervaded villages like the Labib family's. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and its Islamist allies have campaigned heavily for the draft constitution, arguing that it is necessary to fast-track the transition from Mubarak's authoritarian rule. (trend.az)
  • Remember that this is George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's legacy, since Bush called for and began the push for Muslim "democracy" all over the Middle East (and got it in Iran-back Shi'ites ruling Iraq and HAMAS ruling Gaza), and Barack Obama pushed out Hosni Mubarak to make it happen in Egypt (which Bush praised in a Wall Street Journal column). (debbieschlussel.com)
  • A new judiciary body of "protection of the revolution" is created to reopen investigations, prosecutions and trials of former regime officials, including ousted President Hosni Mubarak, for the killing of protesters during last year's uprising. (tundratabloids.com)
  • Mohammed Hosni Mubarak (born May 4, 1928) has led Egypt as president since 1981. (remzfamily.com)
  • President Hosni Mubarak announced on Saturday his picks for the 10 MPs that are appointed as per the constitution, which included seven Copts and one female. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • It is of the view that critical review of the draft Constitution is still necessary. (ohchr.org)
  • While the Working Group welcomes a number of positive provisions on human rights in the draft Constitution, including free maternal and health services, it draws attention to issues relating to equality for women that need to be brought in line with international human rights standards. (ohchr.org)
  • The party's officials blamed the attack on hardline Islamists, claiming that the assailants had sought to "intimidate" al-Wafd for its opposition to the draft constitution. (trend.az)
  • If the draft constitution is voted down, Morsi will call an election within three months to pick a new constituent assembly. (trend.az)
  • In Egypt in 1952, even though the country was ready for a revolution and was waiting for it to occur, junior officers and their troops were told that their mobilisation was to implement a state of emergency. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty from Britain in 1952. (flagcounter.com)
  • Separately, a judge who served as the head of the embattled constitution-drafting body said reforms should be postponed until after a new parliament is elected, MENA reported. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • This applies to decisions he has made since taking office in June and any he makes until a new constitution is approved and a new parliament is elected, expected in the spring at the earliest. (tundratabloids.com)
  • No judicial body can dissolve the upper house of parliament or the assembly writing the new constitution. (tundratabloids.com)
  • More contentiously, he declared the upper house of parliament and the constituent assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution immune from dissolution by any court. (ipsnews.net)
  • Hoping to assuage fears, Mursi promised to relinquish his supplementary powers once a new constitution is adopted and a new parliament elected. (ipsnews.net)
  • The democratically elected lower house of parliament and the first constitution-drafting committee had been dissolved by court orders, and there was speculation that the courts would soon try to disband the upper house of parliament and the Constituent Assembly, the body that is writing the nation's new constitution. (globalexchange.org)
  • Local legislation consists of the Constitution, laws issued by the Parliament, and Decrees issued by the government within the parameters permitted and/or delegated by the Laws. (globalarbitrationreview.com)
  • He also said no judicial body can dissolve the upper house of parliament or the Islamist-dominated constituent assembly that is writing a new constitution and which has been criticized by the secular-minded opposition for failing to represent all segments of society. (naharnet.com)
  • Egypt elected a new legislature in December 2015, its first parliament since 2012. (flagcounter.com)
  • Abdullah Badran of the Nour Party wrote on Facebook that the constitution required greater consultation with the judiciary. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • What's fundamentally problematic and threatens both the rule of law and overall democratic checks and balances is his decision to give his decrees immunity from the judiciary until the constitution is passed," Morayef told Agence France Presse. (naharnet.com)
  • While he waits, he is trying to motivate a listless base to protest against the country's ruling Brotherhood, which critics say pushed through a deeply contested new constitution that allows for a stricter interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, leaving Copts few guarantees. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • The constitution is radically different, it essentially enshrines second-class citizenship to Copts by putting the highest constitutional matters of the state beyond their purview," says Michael Hanna, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation research institute in New York. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • As I've noted before, most of these "Christians" in Egypt are Coptic Jew-haters who supported Muslim extremists every step of the way until Mubarak was pushed out, so I don't feel too badly for them and their karma-laden current state. (debbieschlussel.com)
  • The place of religion in the political order is arguably the most contentious issue in post-Mubarak Egypt. (fairobserver.com)
  • Mursi's declaration evoked strong reactions across Egypt, filling squares with demonstrators and reviving the spirit and slogans of the uprising last year that toppled Mubarak. (ipsnews.net)
  • I was in Egypt under Mubarak. (globalexchange.org)
  • Prosecutors charged the first group of three, arrested on January 7, under a section of the penal code that criminalizes "propogat[ing]… the call for changing the basic principles of the constitution…when the use of force or terrorism, or any other illegal method, is noted during the act. (hrw.org)
  • Morsi became the first democratically elected and first civilian President of Egypt. (wikipedia.org)
  • It has been built on the dead bodies of 800 people in Rabaa al-Adawiya," Safwat said, referring to last summer's crackdown on Morsi supporters that led to the deaths of hundreds of Islamist demonstrators. (peacewomen.org)
  • Morsi spoke to U.S. President Barack Obama by phone on Monday, stressing that Egypt was moving forward with a peaceful democratic transition based on the law and constitution. (voanews.com)
  • Egypt watchers were briefly all a-twitter yesterday about the appointment of the country's first post-revolutionary mufti. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In less than one week of the region's trending sexual assault case , led by Egyptian youth, the prime minister of Egypt amended the country's law to provide increased protection for the identities of sexual assault victims. (empower-mag.com)
  • There are several places to be discussed, whether at Ettehadiya [Presidential] Palace [in Heliopolis] or in front of Cairo University," Zomor said, adding that the "celebrations will be all over Egypt and not just Cairo. (egyptindependent.com)
  • and 22-year-old Ali Mohamed Ali, a law student at al-Azhar University - were arrested around 10 p.m., minutes after they had finished hanging several dozen "No to the Constitution" posters in the Garden City neighborhood of downtown Cairo, Abd al-Karim and a witness told Human Rights Watch. (hrw.org)
  • The police arrested three other party members, Sami Ashraf, Mohamed Abu Leila, and Ahmed Badawi, as they finished hanging posters in Hadayek al-Qobba, a district in eastern Cairo, at around 7 p.m. on January 12, according to Abd al-Rahman Yusif, a Strong Egypt party lawyer who spoke to the men at the Hadayek al-Qobba police station where they were held later that night. (hrw.org)
  • CAIRO - Egypt has had nine constitutions* since its first, in 1882. (worldcrunch.com)
  • 4 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt - Today, World Obesity Day 2024, is a chance to highlight the need to talk about obesity and youth. (who.int)
  • 6 February 2024, Cairo, Egypt - A US$ 10 million agreement signed today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) will provide more than one million people in Gaza with access to emergency life-saving health services. (who.int)
  • Gamila Ismail and Farid Zahran , who serve as the heads of the liberal Dostour ("Constitution") Party and the leftist Egyptian Social Democratic Party, respectively. (ahram.org.eg)
  • Egyptian citizens should be free to vote for or against the new constitution, not fear arrest for simply campaigning for a 'no' vote," said Joe Stork , Middle East and North Africa deputy director. (hrw.org)
  • The pharaoh was undoubtedly the most important terrestrial figure in ancient Egypt and played a significant role in the functioning of Egyptian society. (bartleby.com)
  • Despite the highly informative ideas, a limitation of the book is that it was written to describe Egyptian environmental aspects for readers to learn more about Egypt and maybe the desire to someday travel to Egypt. (bartleby.com)
  • Amr Abdel Rahman, director of the civil liberties unit at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, says that granting the military unspecified powers over democracy, the Constitution, the civilian nature of the state and individual rights and freedoms may lead the Armed Forces to become the final arbiter of the Constitution, a prospect he describes as 'frightening. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Egyptian citizens face the unusual task of voting for a president whose powers and relationship to other government bodies remain vague. (fairobserver.com)
  • Parties are free to agree to all the above, except that provisions that contravene Egyptian public order or morals are not enforceable in Egypt. (globalarbitrationreview.com)
  • Also, if Egypt is the seat of arbitration, the institutional rules chosen by parties shall not contravene mandatory provisions of the Egyptian Arbitration Law (EAL). (globalarbitrationreview.com)
  • The handful of Christians present on the constitution-drafting committee joined about two dozen other secular-leaning delegates in withdrawing last month, shortly before the document was passed. (debbieschlussel.com)
  • When asked about his readiness to enter into an electoral coalition with liberal and secular groups, such as the Constitution Party led by former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, Hamad said: "They don't share our orientation. (aljazeera.com)
  • It will be assigned the task of implementing the constitution of the revolution," Younis Makhioun, the new leader of the Al Nour Party, told an audience at his inauguration address early this month. (aljazeera.com)
  • Al Nour Party is the official body representing the principles adopted by Al Dawah Al Salafia throughout its history … we have more than 180,000 associated members," said Nader Bakar, an Al Nour spokesperson, to party leaders at the same gathering. (aljazeera.com)
  • Egypt awaits the army," said the state-owned El Akhbar. (voanews.com)
  • Moreover, the board stressed the need for state apparatuses and institutions to maintain their neutrality toward candidates in a way that ensures they have equal opportunities according to the constitution. (ahram.org.eg)
  • It's also used to redistrict state and local government bodies. (washingtonian.com)
  • The proposal calls for granting the Armed Forces the additional responsibilities of 'preserving democracy and the Constitution, protecting the basic principles of the state and its civilian nature, and protecting people's rights and individual freedoms. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The role of safeguarding the Constitution should be the responsibility of the people and all state bodies, not a single authority, he adds. (worldcrunch.com)
  • It must be understood that "the state" covers all national institutions and regulatory bodies, not just the constitutional and legal systems. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • This means that the armed forces moved to protect the state, its institutions, bodies and systems, and in the process destroyed the state, its institutions, bodies and systems. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • The era of one man state is gone and the law does not allow the president in egypt more than two terms. (naharnet.com)
  • Egypt is a constitutional state with a republican system of government. (remzfamily.com)
  • As the legal text containing the basic principles on which the political and legal order of the State rest, the constitution has become a symbol for all political positions. (iemed.org)
  • 1787 - Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US Constitution. (dniwolne.eu)
  • Among the appointed is Mohamed El-Dakroury, vice president of the state council and advisor to multiple governmental bodies. (dailynewsegypt.com)
  • Three others, apprehended on January 12 for "distributing fliers, attempting to overthrow the regime, provoking citizens to reject the constitution, and engaging in incitement against the police and army," will be brought in front of prosecutors on January 13 to face specific charges. (hrw.org)
  • Some of them have done so at the fall of the preceding regime and have embarked upon the development of a new text (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen). (iemed.org)
  • Following a revolutionary process having led to the fall of their presidents, certain countries have chosen to break with the preceding regime by abolishing their constitutions and engaging in the process of drawing up a new constitutional text. (iemed.org)
  • Under the constitution, they are charged with appointing judges and making and executing laws and policies to solve the nation's problems. (riazhaq.com)
  • Meanwhile, a deputy chief justice in the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), who spoke to Mada Masr on condition of anonymity, points out that the SCC protects the Constitution from any violations of its articles. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The contrast with the past is great, since even though nearly all Arab countries had a constitution or a basic law, with the notorious exception of Libya under Gaddafi, the political authoritarianism characterising the entire region entailed a constitutional inertia that had hardly been broken except to allow a president to aspire to additional terms in office or to modify the provisions governing accession to office. (iemed.org)
  • Egypt is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to a fair trial in article 14, and freedom of opinion and expression in article 19. (wri-irg.org)
  • The interim constitution of Egypt also guarantees the right to freedom of expression, and the freedom of the press. (wri-irg.org)
  • The National Salvation Front (NSF), the leading opposition coalition, has also called on all Egyptians to take to the streets on the revolution's anniversary to protest against the Constitution. (egyptindependent.com)
  • The opposition just wants power, and they don't really care about what the constitution says. (trend.az)
  • I don't think the constitution in the way it's been written…guarantees any of that," she said. (peacewomen.org)
  • Christians in Egypt, especially in the rural south, have long complained of systemic discrimination and violence. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Last week Tunisia seemed to be heading for the whirlpool that has sucked Egypt down. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In Tunisia, as in Egypt, hyperbolic rhetoric has poisoned the political climate. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • There have been revolutions in Libya and Egypt and Tunisia … but the same status for women has persisted. (greenleft.org.au)
  • This is the case in Egypt and Tunisia, as well as Libya and Yemen, who are following or have followed different methods in drawing up their new constitutions. (iemed.org)
  • In North Africa, Tunisia is ranked the highest while Egypt is the lowest at position 136. (lu.se)
  • Using a Variety of Evidence from the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Discuss the Role/Life of the Pharaoh in New Kingdom Egypt. (bartleby.com)
  • These finds have shed light on the role and lifestyle of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt. (bartleby.com)
  • One of the first priorities after the transition to civilian rule will be to break the impasse between the Islamists and the liberals over a new constitution. (fairobserver.com)
  • The country, my family…they both will never be the same," she weeps, peering at the charcoal log of grades the meticulous high-schooler used to chart his progress and a possible way out of his rundown, forgotten village in rural Egypt. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • During his reign, Egypt made significant progress along the path of limited political reform and economic liberalization. (remzfamily.com)
  • Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. (infoplease.com)
  • The highest legislative body is the unicameral People's Assembly (454 deputies). (remzfamily.com)
  • With candidates vying for an ill-defined but crucial position it is imperative for voters to ignore the political demagogy that has led Egypt astray so many times since the Revolution. (fairobserver.com)
  • Some had hoped Maspero would be a turning point for the country, but instead it's become yet another scar on a revolution waged to make Egypt more equitable than it had been under three decades of Mubarak's repressive rule. (pulitzercenter.org)
  • Treaty bodies regularly recommend that States guarantee women's human rights in the national Constitution and thus ensure that they prevail over inconsistent laws of lesser status" Ms. Chandrakirana said. (ohchr.org)
  • Although the concept of a national census dates at least to pharaonic Egypt, some nations have given up person-by-person counts and instead use statistical estimates. (washingtonian.com)
  • Although the current Constitution already has articles that grant undemocratic powers to the National Defense Council and military courts, Abdel Rahman explains that the proposed changes go explicitly further. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The National Constituent Assembly, charged with writing a constitution, had been shut down. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In support of the National Council of Women, the religious body stated that it highlights all support to victims of sexual assaults, particularly encouraging them to report any crimes. (empower-mag.com)
  • Proposed changes to the Constitution could reshape the role of the Armed Forces, even giving them authority to annul unfavorable election results, experts warn. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The source stresses that expanding the military's mandate to include safeguarding the Constitution raises questions about what such phrasing means, how it will be interpreted, and what role the military will subsequently assume. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The amendments would also allow future presidents up to two consecutive six-year terms in office, re-establish the senate, allow for one or more vice presidents, establish a 25% quota for female parliamentarians, reaffirm the military's role as guardian of Egypt, and expand presidential authority to appointment the heads of judicial councils. (flagcounter.com)
  • At the beginning of September, the fifty-member committee tasked with amending the 2012 constitution was announced with a presidential decree . (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • According to Article 142 of the constitution, presidential candidates are required to secure endorsements from 20 MPs or 25,000 registered voters spread across at least 15 governorates, with a minimum of 1,000 endorsements from each governorate. (ahram.org.eg)
  • But outrage was sparked by the proviso that all presidential decisions be immune from judicial review until the adoption of a new constitution. (globalexchange.org)
  • Mursi gave the Islamist-dominated constituent assembly an extra two months to draft a new constitution to replace the one suspended after Mubarak's ouster. (ipsnews.net)
  • According to article 225 of the Constitution, new laws are published in the Official Gazette within 15 days of the date of issuance and enter into force within 30 days of the date of their publication in the Gazette, unless otherwise stated in the relevant legislation. (globalarbitrationreview.com)
  • The suit used as legal basis provisions of FCTC and Brazilian legislation (Federal Constitution, Brazilian Civil Code - Law 10.406/2002 -, etc. (who.int)
  • Hundreds of thousands have found sanctuary in Syria and Jordan, tens of thousands in Egypt and Lebanon. (buchanan.org)
  • Article 54 of the WHO Constitution states that the Pan American Sanitary Organization and all other pre-existing inter-governmental regional health organizations "shall in due course be integrated with the Organization" based on mutual consent of the competent authorities expressed through the organizations concerned. (who.int)
  • The law was adopted in accordance with Article 5 of the Constitution, which provides for a multi-party political system. (remzfamily.com)
  • According to Article 2 of the WHO Constitution, WHO is required to "develop, establish and promote international standards with respect to food, biological, pharmaceutical and similar products. (who.int)
  • He says he hopes the changes will not grant the military monopoly power over interpreting the Constitution, a situation that would dangerously compromise the separation of powers and leave the Constitution subject to the whims of top military generals. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Marie praised the provisions in the proposed constitution that protect women. (peacewomen.org)
  • Sanitary Bureau, shall serve respectively as the Regional Committee and the Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Western Hemisphere, within the provisions of the Constitution of the World Health Organization. (who.int)
  • The military does not directly and openly govern in Egypt, even while it is the most powerful institution in the country and has a veto on governance. (ispu.org)
  • A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. (flagcounter.com)
  • Clashes erupted as the rival camps held demonstrations in cities across Egypt on Friday. (ipsnews.net)
  • GENEVA (14 December 2012) - The United Nations Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice expressed deep concern regarding equality, non-discrimination and protection and promotion of women's human rights in the final draft of the new Constitution which was approved by the Constituent Assembly on 30 November. (ohchr.org)
  • We are concerned that almost no women were represented in the Constituent Assembly charged with drafting the new Constitution and that women's perspectives were grossly under-represented in the final draft. (ohchr.org)
  • Divisions over the constitution have sparked deadly protests and attacks on several Brotherhood offices. (trend.az)
  • Jama'a al-Islamiya and the Construction and Development Party are discussing plans to take to the streets on 25 January to celebrate the new Constitution and show their support for President Mohamed Morsy, group spokesperson Tarek al-Zomor said on Friday. (egyptindependent.com)
  • The posters read "No to the Constitution" and "2013 = 2012" in Arabic at the top, and include the name of the Strong Egypt party in both Arabic and English at the bottom. (hrw.org)
  • The purpose of this journal was to inform scholars and readers about the country of Egypt and its origins: the Ancient Egyption civilization and how it was built upon nature itself. (bartleby.com)
  • Bakar was trying to stress the link between Al Nour and the tightly knit network of Salafi scholars associated with Al Dawah Al Salafia, the main Salafi religious group in Egypt and the ideological parent of Al Nour. (aljazeera.com)
  • The Supreme Court is now a quasi-political body with a 6-3 conservative majority. (salon.com)
  • Check cancermatters for political system of Egypt. (remzfamily.com)
  • All laws and decisions by the president are final, cannot be appealed, overturned or halted by the courts or other bodies. (tundratabloids.com)
  • Judge Tarek El-Bishry was appointed to head a committee to prepare a transitional constitution. (wikipedia.org)
  • The committee began its work on September 8, tackling the constitution that had been amended by a ten-person legal committee. (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • The deputy chief justice also says that, during the drafting of the 2014 Constitution, a proposal was submitted to the committee of 10 legal experts that would have granted the SCC the ultimate authority to interpret the Constitution, as is the case in many foreign countries. (worldcrunch.com)
  • You can also view the key highlights in English here and a breakdown of what has changed from the 2012 to the amended constitution here . (atlanticcouncil.org)
  • see http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/GC34.pdf ). (wri-irg.org)
  • The move appears aimed at pre-empting the verdicts of ongoing legal challenges that could see either body declared unconstitutional. (ipsnews.net)
  • The NEA, which was established as per the 2014 constitution, is the independent body responsible for organizing and managing elections. (ahram.org.eg)
  • Since the so-called Arab Spring shook Egypt and the region to its foundations in 2010, the roles and rights of women in the Middle East's most populous country have been under the spotlight. (peacewomen.org)
  • In accordance with the Constitution, the most important figure in the hierarchy of power in Egypt is the president. (remzfamily.com)
  • Anwar Sadat (1918-81) was the president of Egypt in 1970-81. (remzfamily.com)