Marsad Egypt Egyptian Security Sector Observatory Given Egypt’s current political climate, interest in transitional justice has been growing—it has beenportrayed as lifesaving and vital to the country “moving forward” in its shift to more democratic rule. Yet many of those proclaiming Egypt’s “dire need” for transitional justice have so far failed to properly analyze the interim government’s …
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Minister demands constitutional commission for transitional justice
Mohamed Amin al-Mahdy, minister of transitional justice and national reconciliation, has called for a constitutional commission to address transitional justice and ensure rights for all social and political groups. “We must look forward, not backwards,” he said.
The Battle over Egypt’s Judiciary
Egypt’s elected Islamists have locked horns in a struggle with the judiciary that veers between full confrontation and guarded accommodation. Islamists’ concerns about the judiciary are not unfounded, but as the dominant political actors in the country today, the choice between confrontation and accommodation is largely theirs to make.
President Morsy Should End Military Trials of Civilians
(New York) – In one of the first real tests of the powers of the civilian president since the military “handover to civilian authority,” President Mohamed Morsy should pardon all those convicted by military courts. He should also order an immediate end to military trials of civilians and refer those …