Law

TIMEP’s legal unit serves as a resource on legal, judicial, and accountability-related issues for a non-technical audience, unpacking, presenting, and contextualizing the top developments in analysis pieces, explainers, and reports.

January 1, 1970
واقع وسُبل انتصاف صحفيات شمال أفريقيا
February 14, 2024

by TIMEP
February 14, 2024
by TIMEP
February 14, 2024
January 1, 1970
The Realities and Recourse for Women Journalists in and from North Africa
February 14, 2024

by TIMEP
February 14, 2024
by TIMEP
February 14, 2024
Law & Accountability Syria
January 1, 1970
Torture in Syria on the Docket of the International Court of Justice
October 3, 2023

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings against Syria have been lauded as a significant step…

by TIMEP
October 3, 2023
by TIMEP
October 3, 2023
Law & Accountability Digital & Cyberspace Syria
January 1, 1970
Understanding Assad’s New Cyber-Crackdown in Syria
October 5, 2022

A decade after the Assad regime silenced the mass peaceful demonstrations with brute military force across…

by Meroua Zouai
& Mondher Tounsi
October 5, 2022
by Meroua Zouai
& Mondher Tounsi
October 5, 2022
Law & Accountability Lebanon
January 1, 1970
The Beirut Port Explosion Comes to U.S. Court
August 2, 2022

Almost two years since one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions destroyed the Beirut port and…

#August4 #BeirutPort #impunity #KhalifaHaftar #Rhosus
by Mai El-Sadany
August 2, 2022
by Mai El-Sadany
August 2, 2022
#August4 #BeirutPort #impunity #KhalifaHaftar #Rhosus
Law & Accountability Tunisia
January 1, 1970
The Path to Tunisia’s 2022 Constitutional Referendum
July 19, 2022

Tunisia is preparing for a constitutional referendum set to take place on July 25, 2022, exactly…

#Constitution #Constitution #FEP #jihadists #KaisSaied
by Mai El-Sadany
& Mondher Tounsi
July 19, 2022
by Mai El-Sadany
& Mondher Tounsi
July 19, 2022
#Constitution #Constitution #FEP #jihadists #KaisSaied
Law & Accountability Religious & Ethnic Minorities Egypt
January 1, 1970
Egypt’s Religious Minorities: The Legal Framework
January 6, 2022

This brief delves into some of the primary issues affecting and implicating the country’s religious minorities,…

#TravelBan
by TIMEP
January 6, 2022
by TIMEP
January 6, 2022
#TravelBan
Law & Accountability Governance & Politics
January 1, 1970
Legislating in Sudan: The Transitional Period
October 18, 2021

On October 3, 2020, the parties signed the Juba Peace Agreement, which amended the Charter and…

#TravelBan
by TIMEP
October 18, 2021
by TIMEP
October 18, 2021
#TravelBan
Governance & Politics
January 1, 1970
Vaccine Access and Distribution in MENA
September 20, 2021

While international debates over intellectual property, vaccine nationalism, and global access have taken center stage, a…

by Sarah Ludwick
September 20, 2021
by Sarah Ludwick
September 20, 2021
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