Dr. Haitham Hegazy is the Head of the Technical Office at the National Center for Judicial Studies at the Ministry of Justice in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
During his tenure at the Center, Dr. Hegazy contributed to the design and implementation of training programs for members of the judiciary in the Arab Republic of Egypt and many friendly countries, including the Sultanate of Oman, Palestine, and South Sudan. He also participated in the implementation of a regional conference on cybercrime and digital forensics with the presence of experts from twelve countries.
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Cairo University in 1993, a Master's degree in International and Comparative Law from the American University in Cairo in 2010, and a certificate in migration governance from the American University in Cairo in June 2021.
He joined the judiciary in the Arab Republic of Egypt in February 1995 as a deputy prosecutor and continued to progress within the public prosecution, eventually becoming the director of the North Cairo Accidents Prosecution Office and the director of the Imbaba Prosecution Office from 2001 to 2003.
He transferred to work in the courts and worked in various specialties and ranks of the courts in the Arab Republic of Egypt for fifteen years.
He initially worked as the president of courts in Aswan and North Cairo in criminal, civil, and commercial circuits, and as an execution judge in the Bulaq Partial Court. He also served as the president of the criminal court in Beni Suef and the president of the labor court in the Mansoura Court of Appeal.
He joined the Cairo Economic Court since its establishment in 2009 and served as the first president of a primary circuit in the court responsible for adjudicating disputes in execution and appeals against the decisions of the execution judge.
He was seconded to work full-time in the international and cultural cooperation sector at the Ministry of Justice in the Arab Republic of Egypt from October 2011 to May 2013. During this time, he actively participated in the drafting of bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding related to judicial cooperation and capacity building with various international organizations and friendly nations. He also represented the Ministry of Justice in multiple regional and national quality committees and was responsible for reviewing requests for judicial assistance in both civil and criminal cases.
From May 2013 to November 2017, he joined the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Italy as an expert in training and developing judicial institutions. He worked specifically within the Transitional Judicial Training Program in Afghanistan. His contributions included aiding in the establishment and improvement of judicial training institutions and the capacity building of justice personnel in Afghanistan. Furthermore, he played a key role in formulating the human capacity development plan for judges and law enforcement officials as part of the five-year plan for justice development and reform. Additionally, he assisted in the creation of legislative frameworks and organizational structures for training centers associated with the Supreme Court, Public Prosecution, and Ministry of Interior. He also supervised the design and implementation of training plans for managers of training centers, judges, public prosecutors, and law enforcement officials in Afghanistan. Moreover, he oversaw the preparation of a guide for continuous judicial training and a booklet on the causation of criminal judgments in accordance with Afghan law.