23/03/2011 | Related Legal Text | Amendment of Law 40 of 1977 on Political Parties [Decree 12/2011]

March 23, 2011 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Miriam Fam, Egypt Passes Parties Law, Sets Date for Parliament Elections, Bloomberg, March 28, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 5, 2012).
2. Mohammed Mahmoud, Amendments to Egypt political parties law open door to competition, Al-Shorfa.com, March 26, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 5, 2012).
3. Factbox: New law opens door to political parties in Egypt, Reuters, March 28, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 5, 2012).
4. Egypt’s new Political Party Law fails to please everyone, Egypt Independent, March 29, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 5, 2012).

19/03/2011 | Amendment | Amendments adopted by 19 March referendum

March 19, 2011 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages:

العربية - [RN comparative chart - old constitution, proposal by RN HLS study group and adopted amendments]

English – [RN comparative chart - old constitution, proposal by RN HLS study group and adopted amendments]

Secondary Materials:

1. Michele Dunne & Mara Revkin, Overview of Egypt’s Constitutional Referendum, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 16, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 3, 2012).
2. ElBaradei rejects proposed constitutional amendments, Egypt Independent, March 6, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 3, 2012).
3. Egyptian Constitutional Amendments HLS study- Comparative Chart, Right to Nonviolence Announcement, March 8, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 3, 2012).
4.إستفتاء.مصر – الاستفتاء, Website Referendum Amendment [Arabic], Link (last visited Jul 3, 2012).
5. ‫اللجنة القضائية العليا للإشراف علي استفتاء تعديل الدستور المصري‬, Referendum Facebook site, Link (last visited Jul 3, 2012).”

13/02/2011 | New Constitutional Document | SCAF Constitutional Proclamation

February 13, 2011 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Egypt: Constitutional Proclamation, Scoop News, February 14, 2011, Link (last visited Jul 9, 2012).
2. Press Release: Egyptian Military Constitutional Proclamation, Link (last visited Jul 9, 2012).

26/05/2007 | Amendment | Amendments relating to the Office of the President, budgetary Reforms, and the State Prosecutor

June 26, 2007 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Lisa Balydes & Safinaz El Tarouty, Women’s Electoral Participation in Egypt: The Implications of Gender for Voter Recruitment and Mobilization, 63 Middle East Journal 364-380 (2009).
2. BBC News, At a glance: Egypt’s constitution (2011), Link (last visited Jan 10, 2011).
3. Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, The 2007 Constitutional Amendments in Egypt, and Their Implications on the Balance of Power, 22 Arab Law Quarterly 397-417, Link (2008).
4. Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron, Strong Presidentialism: The Model of Egypt, in Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity (Grote, Rainer & Röder, Tilmann J. eds., 2011).
5. Nathan J. Brown, Michele Dunne & Amr Hamzawy, Egypts Controversial Constitutional Amendments (2007), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).
6. Hatem Elliesie, Rule of Law in Egypt, in Understanding the Rule of Law in various Legal Oders of the World (Matthias Koetter & Gunnar Folke Schuppert eds., 2010).
7. Tamir Moustafa, The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics, and Economic Development in Egypt (2009).
8. UNDP, Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments and Procedures (2011), Link (last visited Jan 12, 2012).

02/07/2005 | Related Legal Text | Amendment of Law 120 of 1980 on the Formation of the Shura Council [Law 176/2005]

July 2, 2005 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Tamir Moustafa, The struggle for constitutional power law, politics, and economic development in Egypt (2007), Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).
2. Jeannie Lynn Sowers, The journey to Tahrir : revolution, protest and social change in Egypt, 1999-2011 (2012).
3. EOHR issues its second report on the parliamentary elections Monitoring the submission of candidacy for the parliamentary elections ‘The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights’, Egypt Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), November 8, 2010, Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).

02/06/2005 | Related Legal Text | Amendment of Law 38 of 1972 on the People’s Assembly [Law 175/2005]

June 2, 2005 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Tamir Moustafa, The struggle for constitutional power law, politics, and economic development in Egypt (2007), Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).
2. Jeannie Lynn Sowers, The journey to Tahrir : revolution, protest and social change in Egypt, 1999-2011 (2012).
3. EOHR issues its second report on the parliamentary elections Monitoring the submission of candidacy for the parliamentary elections ‘The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights’, Egypt Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), November 8, 2010, Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).

25/05/2005 | Amendment | Article 76

May 25, 2005 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. ArabNews.com, Egyptian judiciary rejects halting referendum on the constitution (2005), Link.
2. UNDP, Egypt’s Constitutional Amendments and Procedures (2011), Link.
3. Jeremy M. Sharp, Egypt: 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (2005), Link.

05/07/2002 | Related Legal Text | Law 84 of 2002 (“NGO Law”)

July 5, 2002 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages:

العربية

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Mohamed Azouz, Justice Ministry requests information on civil society groups, Egypt Independent, January 3, 2012, Link (last visited Jul 6, 2012).
2. NGO law and regulation in Egypt, The International Programme of the Charity Commission, Link (last visited Jul 6, 2012).

01/07/2000 | Related Legal Text | Amendment of Law 73 of 1956 on Exercizing of Political Rights

June 1, 2000 in Egypt

Links to the text in the following languages:

العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Gamal Essam El-Din, A new page is turned, Al-Ahram Weekly, July 26, 2000, Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).
2. Tamir Moustafa, The struggle for constitutional power law, politics, and economic development in Egypt (2007).
3. EOHR appeals for genuine guarantees for general elections, is concerned about government’s control over media, Egypt Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), March 23, 2000, Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).
4. Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 – Egypt, (2000), Link (last visited Jun 16, 2012).

18/05/1996 | Interpretation | Supreme Constitutional Court Case No. 8 of Judicial Year 17 (“Niqab” decision)

May 18, 1996 in Egypt

Links to the amendment in the following languages

العربية - [Support the project - submit available references]

English

Secondary Materials:

1. Nathan J. Brown & Lombardi, Clark B., The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt on Islamic Law, Veiling and Civil Rights: An Annotated Translation of Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Case No. 8 of Judicial Year 17 (May 18, 1996), 21 American University International Law Review 437–460 (2005), Link.
2. Clark B. Lombardi, Islamic Law as a Source of Constitutional Law in Egypt: The Constitutionalization of the Sharia in a Modern Arab State, 37 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 81.
3. Kirsten Stilt, Islamic Law and the Remaking of the Iraqi Legal System, 36 George Washington International Law Review 395 (2004).

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