Egypt
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- there have been various constitutions; the latest was approved by the constitutional committee in December 2013 and by the people in the referendum of January 14-15, 2014, then ratified by the interim President on January 19, 2014
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English, Islamic, and Napoleonic systems
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral system of the House of Representatives (Majlis Al-Nowaab); 596 seats; 448 members directly elected by a majority mechanism, 120 members - with quotas for women, youth, Christians, and workers - elected from lists, and 28 members appointed by the President; the legislature lasts 5 years
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) is composed of the president and 10 judges, serving as the final instance on issues of constitutionality of laws and conflicts between lower courts regarding jurisdiction and rulings; Court of Cassation (CC), composed of the President and 550 judges organized into circuits, is the highest level of appeal for civil and criminal proceedings, referred to as "ordinary"; the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) - is composed of the President and organized into circuits
- DEATH SENTENCES
- 16 confirmed by the Court of Cassation and 4 by the Supreme Military Court
RELIGIONS
90% Muslims; 9% Copts, 1% Christians
From the country
NOVEMBER 7, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TOP COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH, JAIL OVER TERROR CHARGES
Egypt's top court cancelled the execution verdict of one defendant and the 10-year jail sentences of six others and ordered their retrial over forming a terrorist cell to carry out anti-government activities, official MENA news agency reported.
OCTOBER 10, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LIBYAN WIFE
A 26-year-old Saudi national studying in Egypt was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Alexandria for murdering his Libyan-born wife, according to Sabq newspaper
- OCTOBER 8, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
COURT SENTENCES 13 OF ‘SOLDIERS OF EGYPT’ TO DEATH’
Thirteen convicts out of 44 were sentenced to death over charges of killing police personnel in a case dubbed in the media as “Soldiers of Egypt Cell.”
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BURNING AGOUZA'S NIGHTCLUB
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to death over charges of burning a nightclub in Al Agouza, resulting in killing 17 persons inside.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT SENTENCES 9 TO DEATH FOR KILLING BODYGUARD OF FORMER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
A Giza criminal court sentenced nine people to death for killing the bodyguard of then-governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hesham Ramez in February 2013.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 ‘IS MEMBERS’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven people for membership of the Islamic State (IS) group and over the beheading in Libya of 21 Christians, all but one of them from Egypt, judicial officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH OVER VIOLENCE
An Egyptian court has sentenced eleven people to death over charges of attempted murder and violence, official news agency MENA reported.
AUGUST 2, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROMOTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) launched today the activities of the training course on "Human Rights and promoting Criminal Justice" in Hurghada city,
- JULY 29, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 PROTESTS
A criminal court in Egypt sentenced to death eight defendants in a case related to the deadly protests of 2013 that followed the military-led ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi.
- JULY 22, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 28 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER PROSECUTOR'S DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced 28 people to death in connection with the 2015 assassination of the country's prosecutor-general, according to a local judicial source.
JULY 19, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FORMER CBE GOVERNOR’S BODYGUARD
Thirteen were sentenced to death by the Giza Criminal Court for the killing of former Central Bank Governor Hisham Ramez’s bodyguard.
- JULY 16, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: PRO-MORSI DEMONSTRATOR HANDED DEATH PENALTY