Egypt’s Minister of Justice Minister Mahmoud Helmy El-Sherif participated on Monday in the 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Abu Dhabi under the theme “Protecting People and Planet in the Digital Age.”
The Congress is organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
El-Sherif presented Egypt’s experience in crime prevention, criminal justice reform and upholding the rule of law and human rights.
He highlighted recent legislative and judicial developments, including the new Criminal Procedure Law, the digitalisation of courts, the expansion of remote litigation and stronger protection for vulnerable groups.
He also highlighted efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and modernise the correctional system.
El-Sherif announced Egypt’s “justice commitment” for the 2026-2031 Abu Dhabi cycle. It includes strategies to combat organised and cybercrime and a new legal framework to counter organised fraud.
The commitment also includes establishing the Egyptian-African Centre for Cybercrime Prevention and Combating and a Regional Training Centre to Combat the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property.
It also calls for expanding digital forensics laboratories, completing procedures to ratify the UN Convention against Cybercrime, strengthening cooperation with Eurojust and updating the Arab Riyadh Convention on Judicial Co-operation.
El-Sherif also held talks with UNODC Executive Director Monica Juma. They discussed judicial training and the establishment of specialised regional centres.
During the conference, he participated in a high-level ministerial session on international judicial cooperation. He also met with the UAE justice minister to discuss judicial and legal co-operation.
El-Sherif later met Egyptian judges and judicial officials working in the UAE. He praised their contribution to strengthening the UAE’s judicial system and described them as ambassadors of Egypt’s legal expertise.
