Egypt: Al-Sisi must reject the new Criminal Procedure Code

The Egyptian Parliament approved a new criminal procedure code on Tuesday, April 29, which is supposed to constitute the cornerstone of justice and equality before the law and guarantee the rights of defendants and detainees. Despite sharp criticism... The post Egypt: The Egyptian Parliament ratifies the new criminal procedure code, entrenching the country's human rights crisis appeared first on Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.

Egypt: Al-Sisi must reject the new Criminal Procedure Code

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must not promulgate the new Criminal Procedures Code (CPC) adopted by the Egyptian Parliament, which, if enacted, would further undermine fair trial rights and facilitate the authorities’ ongoing crackdown against politicians, human rights defenders and lawyers, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. Despite serious criticism by some members of Parliament, domestic and international non-governmen…