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.

Media & Press Law & Accountability
January 1, 1970
Access to Information in Jordan
June 23, 2021

Although Jordan has a law to guarantee access to information, its vagueness, exceptions regime, and relationship with the larger legal framework are limitations.

#TravelBan
by Yasmin Omar
June 23, 2021
by Yasmin Omar
June 23, 2021
#TravelBan
Media & Press Law & Accountability Lebanon
January 1, 1970
Access to Information in Lebanon
June 23, 2021

Lebanon’s Access to Information Law was passed in 2017 with very little media coverage and public…

#TravelBan
by Kareem Chehayeb
June 23, 2021
by Kareem Chehayeb
June 23, 2021
#TravelBan
Law & Accountability
January 1, 1970
Remote Hearings, Detention, and the Pandemic in MENA
April 23, 2021

Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, many courtrooms have gone remote. While the…

#TravelBan
by Mai El-Sadany
& Madeleine Hall
& Yasmin Omar
April 23, 2021
by Mai El-Sadany
& Madeleine Hall
& Yasmin Omar
April 23, 2021
#TravelBan
Law & Accountability Syria
January 1, 1970
Organizing in Syria: Legislative Fact Sheet
March 26, 2021

A fact sheet by TIMEP's Legal Unit explores how the Syrian regime has used the law…

#genderbasedviolence militarystate
by TIMEP
March 26, 2021
by TIMEP
March 26, 2021
#genderbasedviolence militarystate
Governance & Politics Egypt
January 1, 1970
Organizing in Egypt: Legislative Fact Sheet
February 4, 2021

Since the January 25 Revolution, Egyptian authorities have passed a number of laws that severely affect…

#genderbasedviolence militarystate
by TIMEP
February 4, 2021
by TIMEP
February 4, 2021
#genderbasedviolence militarystate
Law & Accountability Tunisia
January 1, 1970
Organizing in Tunisia: Legislative Fact Sheet
December 18, 2020

This fact sheet, put together by TIMEP’s Legal Unit, tracks and unpacks some of the key…

#genderbasedviolence militarystate
by TIMEP
December 18, 2020
by TIMEP
December 18, 2020
#genderbasedviolence militarystate
Law & Accountability Syria
January 1, 1970
Q&A with ECCHR's Patrick Kroker: Syrian War Crimes in Foreign Courts
December 4, 2020

Since 2011, over 20 complaints have been filed outside of Syria against regime officials for war…

by TIMEP
December 4, 2020
by TIMEP
December 4, 2020
Law & Accountability Syria
January 1, 1970
Why Accountability in Foreign Courts for Syrian War Crimes Matters
November 24, 2020

The impossibility of justice in Syrian courts and the unlikely prospects before the ICC have given…

by Sana Sekkarie
November 24, 2020
by Sana Sekkarie
November 24, 2020
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