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Constitutional Amendments

This report is issue no. 23 of LCHR's Civil Society series. The report presents an analysis to the current argument in Egypt about issues related to the political and parliamentary reform process including the issue of constitutional amendments.
The report shows that Egypt must implement a comprehensive program for political, economic and social reform, including the cancellation of the emergency law, releasing the detainees, compensating them, prosecuting those responsible for torture crimes, providing guarantees for free and impartial elections, allow the right to form political parties, syndicates and associations without any binds or interference, improving the conditions of citizens' economic, social and political rights, reducing the presidential authorities and supporting the judiciary independence.
The report also discusses why and how constitutional amendments take place. It also presents the concept of the constitution, how constitutions are developed, their historical development and the types of constitutions.
The report also presents more than 20 examples of constitutional articles that need to be amended or canceled in order to support the right to authority circulation and improve the conditions of citizens' participation and asserting the necessity of the judiciary independence.
Then the report presents some recommendations that can contribute in changing the overall conditions in Egypt. As change is subject to stopping the despotism of the state foundations and using violence against citizens, in addition to providing citizens with economic and social services that include educational and health care. That is the only way for a peaceful change that guarantees a better future for everyone.
The full report will be published on our website as soon as we finish the translation.