Past Events

On 18-21 September 2022, Dr. Dalia Hussein, Deputy Director represented CRCICA at the XXVth Congress of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).  The event included 15 panels and approached interesting topics; inter alia, Three Classics Revisited &State Responsibility – Then and Now, Arbitration’s Printing Press: Drawing the Line Between Confidentiality and Transparency, Post Pandemic Dispute Resolution Toolbox and State of the World” in 2022 – New Developments and Reform in International Investment Arbitration. Panel 8 titled “Asia, Africa and the Middle East: Dynamism and Consolidation” was moderated by Prof. Emilia Onyema, Professor of International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London and Member of CRCICA’s Advisory Committee, who focused on the need for action on meaningful steps to address the stubborn lack of progress on diversity.

On 7 September 2022, the Egypt Branch organized jointly with CRCICA a Seminar on The Role of the State Council’s Judiciary in Supervising Arbitration Awards Related to State Contracts, held at CRCICA (the seat of the Branch).  The speaker was Counselor Monsef Nageeb Soliman, Former Vice-President of the State Council, and Lawyer and Arbitrator.  The Moderator was Ambassador Mohamed Mostafa Kamal (MCIArb), Former Assistant Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lawyer and Arbitrator, and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). The speaker focused on the role of the State Council and the State Council case law related to arbitration in state contracts; starting from the arbitration agreement and ending with the challenge of the arbitration awards.

Dr. Ismail Selim delivered the opening speech at the International Hybrid Conference on Human Trafficking, Social Media and AI Regulation and Climate Justice, which took place at the British University in Cairo before Senators, Judges, Ambassadors, Professors and other high profile Invitees.

On 3 July 2022, the Egypt Branch organized jointly with CRCICA a seminar on “The Challenges of the Application of the Egyptian Act No 182/2018 Regulating the Contracts Concluded by Public Entities”, held at CRCICA (the seat of the Branch). The event consisted of a panel discussion of expert engineers and lawyers.  Expert engineers were Dr. Salwa Fawzy, Contracts Director, Atrium Project Management, and Dr. Waleed El Nemr, Contracts Director, Hill International (Africa) Ltd.  Expert lawyers were Mr. Hazim A. Rizkana, Managing Partner, Rizkana & Partners, and Mr. Girgis Abd El-Shahid, Managing Partner of Shahid Law Firm.  The panel discussion presented the engineering and legal views on some controversial issues which had arisen during the 4 years that followed the entry into force of the Act. Attendees, mostly engineers and lawyers, raised interesting questions and comments.  For more information about the Act, please click here https://www.cc.gov.eg/legislation_single?id=386352 For the Executive Regulations of the Act, please click here https://egyption-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/692_2019.pdf To watch the video of the seminar, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9ie9ifkxQ

In July 2022, Dr. Ismail Selim gave the Opening Speech of the International Hybrid Conference on “Human Rights Trafficking, Social Media & AI Regulation and Climate Justice” at the British University in Egypt.   The Conference was held in the frame of the Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, the 31st of its kind.  Dr. Selim highlighted the value of moot court competitions in light of global as well as African challenges.  The conference was attended by senators, judges and ambassadors from over 30 African countries.