MOHAMED EL-ANSARY is a seasoned human rights lawyer and researcher specializing in international law, the rule of law, and democratic governance. He has worked with leading organizations such as Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, and the International Commission of Jurists. His work spans legal research, strategic litigation, and policy recommendations on issues such as judicial independence, freedom of expression, and human rights violations in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia to hold perpetrators accountable. El-Ansary has represented clients in high-profile legal cases, challenged repressive laws in Egypt and Libya, and provided legal analysis to international bodies, including the UN and the ICC. He has numerous publications, including his work with a team of researchers to write a report entitled Egypt’s Judiciary: A Tool of Repression – Lack of Effective Guarantees of Independence and Impartiality, published in October 2016 by the International Commission of Jurists. He also authored the 2017 POMED (now MEDC) report, The Role of the Public Prosecution in Egypt’s Repression. El-Ansary holds an LL.M in American Law from Syracuse University and a diploma in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law from Cairo University. He is a licensed attorney in Egypt and is preparing to sit for the New York State Bar Examination in 2025. Find him on LinkedIn.
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