The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court on the Abolition of Public Interest Litigation, Decision of 14 January 2023 in the Constitutional Challenge 120/36

What is it about?

In January the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court confirmed that the abolition of public interest litigation in Egypt is in line with the Constitution (2014). Public interest litigation in the past was an important political means permitting NGOs to submit the privatization of public enterprises and the allocation of state land to judicial scrutiny. The long-awaited decision conforms to a tendency of limiting judicial control in the interest of economic stability, hereby giving state lead economic development the priority over citizens’ rights and participation.

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