Urgent | The House of Representatives’ Legislative Committee approves cases of compensation for pretrial detention
The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives continued its meetings today, Tuesday, September 3, 2024, headed by Counselor Ibrahim Al-Hunaidi (Chairman of the Committee), in the presence of Counselor Mahmoud Fawzy, Minister of Parliamentary and Legal Affairs, Counselor Mohamed Abdel-Aleem Kafafi, Legal Advisor (Chairman of the Council and Rapporteur of the Subcommittee), Abdel-Halim Allam (Bar Association), and the Human Rights Committee Bureau, representatives of the Ministries of Justice and Interior, representatives of the Supreme Judicial Council, the Military Judiciary Authority, the Public Prosecution, the National Council for Human Rights, and the Judges Club, to complete the discussion of the articles of the new draft Criminal Procedures Law prepared by the Subcommittee.
During today’s meeting, the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee completed the discussion of the remaining articles of the draft law, as it finished the fifth new book on international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, which is considered a major shift in the field of tracking and prosecuting crimes in light of the international agreements in force against Egypt, ensuring the achievement of the principle of reciprocity.
The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee also approved the article on approving cases of compensation for pretrial detention, amid Widespread praise from the committee members, the opposition, and the National Council for Human Rights, stressing that this article came in response to the constitutional entitlement stipulated in Article 54 of the Constitution, and the multiple demands in the field of human rights for the necessity of approving cases of compensation for pretrial detention, and represents a major shift in the field of human rights in Egypt and has a very positive impact at the international level.
Abdel Halim Allam (the head of the Bar Association) submitted a request to the head of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee to re-discuss some articles, and the request was accepted, and the committee discussed the amendments proposed by the Bar Association, and in response to the demands of the Association, the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee agreed to amend some articles, most notably (15, 72, 105, 274), and the discussion of some other amendments was postponed until the Association agrees on them with the Supreme Judicial Council, the Public Prosecution, and the Judges Club.
At the end of the meeting, the committee decided to complete the discussion of the draft law in its meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
