Comparative constitutionalism scholar and RN affiliate Jaclyn Neo in an op-ed for The Daily Star proposes that in order to meet the minimal (but not sufficient) conditions for a democratic state and institutionalize the goals of the Nile revolution, the Egyptian constitution should enshrine three core human rights principles – unamendable or to be altered only by […]
RN Chairman Mallat offers a detailed analysis in leading Egyptian newspaper Ahram Online of the key failures and setbacks in terms of substance, process, and legitimacy in the Draft Constitution ratified by the Constituent Assembly 29 November 2012 Rather than enshrine the democratic aspirations of the Egyptian revolution, the draft Constitution to be put […]
RN Chairman Chibli Mallat in an op-ed in Jurist challenges both on procedural and substantive grounds the recent action by Egyptian President Morsi and calls on the judiciary to respond with a well-reasoned decision to declare it ultra vires or beyond the powers of a president on principle. President Morsi: The Dubious Authority of a […]
Chairman Chibli Mallat appeared on BBC World News 22 October 2012 to address the grave situation in Lebanon in the aftermath of the assassination on 19 October of Intelligence Chief General Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut. Interviewed by Zeinab Badawi, Mallat noted that in the absence of a political solution the low-grade civil war witnessed in recent […]
“My surprise came when instead of receiving a list of duties on my first day, I was told I was free to conceive and design a project that was of mutual interest to myself and RN” Research associate Bouchra Chakroune’s first-hand account of her internship with RN in the summer of 2012 in Beirut is […]
Discussion about nonviolence and foreign intervention was the central theme of a seminar addressed by RN Chairman Chibli Mallat at a human rights workshop, “Nonviolence and the Spirit of the Middle East Revolution: Legal Challenges”, sponsored by the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School on 6 September 2012. Discussions followed his […]
