EHAB MAHER ELSONBATY
18 Kamal Elshafey St., Heliopolis,Cairo, Egypt
Tel. +202.419.9510- Mobile: +2012.31.98.068
ehabelsonbaty@hotmail.com
ehabelsonbaty@yahoo.com
e.elsonabaty@qmul.ac.uk
Ph.D. degree Egypt On the topic of "The Legal Framework for International E-commerce”, Man. University 2006
Queen Mary, University of London London, UK
Visiting Scholar, the Institute for Computer & Communications Law, 2003/2004
- Centre for Commercial Law Studies
- Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali, bologna Univerisy Bologna, Italy
- The First Euro-Mediterranean Master of International Business & Law and Public Policies 2001 Venice International University Venice, Italy
- Studying period in the Master Europeo of Mediation Inter-Mediterranean (Investment and integration)17 Feb.-14 Mar. 2001 Ain Shams University, Faculty of Law Egypt
- Diploma in International Law, Faculty of Law May 1995 Min. University, Faculty of Law Egypt
- Diploma in Public Law, Faculty of Law May 1994 Min. University, Faculty of Law Egypt
(These two Diplomas are equivalent academically and administratively, to Master Degree in Law).
- Bachelor of Law Sep. 1990 to May 1993
- Legal Expert, Amiri Diwan, (Senior Judge in Egypt and secondment to the state of Qatar) Qatar
Oct. 2008 to present
- Secretary general for the Egyptian association for ADR . Egypt 2008
http://www.adregypt.com/
- Member of the Executive committee, The European Court of Arbitration – Middle East Branch Italy
2008 to present
- Member of the editorial Board for Obiter Electronic Law Journal United Kingdom
2004 to present
- Member of the editorial Board for digital evidence Law Journal, United Kingdom 2004 to present
http://www.digitalevidencejournal.org/
- Involved with Intellectual Property Law Journal, India 2005 to present
www.tkdl.gov.in/- Senior Judge, member of the civil, criminal and commercial panel, Damanhor Court. Egypt
2005 to 2008
- Professor of Business Law, BUE, British University in Egypt. Egypt
2008
- Lecturer of Private International Law, AinShams University Egypt
2008- Lecturer of Banking Law, Labour Law and Money Laundering Law, Egyptian Banking Institute., Egypt
Central Bank of Egypt 2007 to 2008
- Lecturer of norms of technology in litigation, Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport Egypt
2007 to 2008
- Lecturer of Cyber Crime Law in Police Academy. Egypt
2006 to 2008
-lecturer of legal issues in the Arab Association for Business Administration, Egypt 2007 - 2008
http://www.arabma.com/khobraa.aspx
- Member in the judicial committees to control the public elections. Cairo, Egypt
2000 to present
- Consultant for the Council of Europe Strasbourg - France
Giving expertise and training prosecutors on cyber crime law norms, Maker of the official Arabic translation of the
COE Convention on Cyber Crime, 2007- Secretary General of the First Regional Conference on Cyber Crime, Egypt
Nov. 2007
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- Lecturer of Private International Law, Mansora University Egypt
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2006 /2007
- Member of the organization committee for preventing and managing international Italy
commercial disputes EC conferecne due to be held in Rome . 2006l2007
http://www.adrmeda.org/romeconference07
http://www.adreurope.info/
http://www.digitallex.com/
http://www.spaziomediazione.it/news.asp?id=56
- Consultant for the United Nations office for Drugs & Crime, Austria
Training Iraqi Jurists on the United Nations norms and standards for criminal Justice (organized crime, corruption...etc) 2006 to 2007
http://www.isisc.org/public/FINAL%20EN.pdf
- Secondement at the Department of International and Cultural cooperation and human rights, Ministry of Justice. Egypt ,2004 to 2006
- Member of the National Committee for the International Humanitarian law, Ministry of Justice, Egypt , 2004 to 2006
- Member of the National Committee for the International Cooperation to Combat Terrorism ,Ministry of Justice, Egypt , 2004 to 2006
- Judge, member of the civil, criminal and commercial panel ,South Sinai Court, Egypt , Oct. 2002 to 2005
- Senior Public Prosecutor (District Attorney) at West Cairo Prosecution ,West Cairo, Egypt, 2000 to sep. 2002
- Public Prosecutor, (Cases investigations, documents legal reviewing, Cairo, Egypt
- Taking decisions for cases, preparing statements of pleading, pleading at the courts), July 1997 to 1999
- Attorney at Law, Elsonbaty Law Office, (Working experience in different kinds of cases) , Cairo, Egypt , Oct. 1993 to June 1997
- Arabic: mother tongue.
- English: fluent.
- Italian: fluent.
- French: Proficient.
- Electronic Evidence, Edited by Stephen Mason, Chapter on Egypt, 2008, British Institute for Comparative Law Studies.
- Encyclopedia of the legal framework for e-commerce, Book, Arab Renaissance House, Cairo, 2007. http://www.egyptict.org/index.aspx
www.library.bethlehem.edu/arb_catalog/ETRAClist.doc- Regulating e-commerce in the Egyptian, European and International Context, towards a global regulation of e-commerce, paper presented to the IDEF Institut International de Droit d'Expression et d'Inspiration Françaises conference about Law and Challenges of Technology held in the Smart Village in Cairo, Dec. 2006.
http://www.institut-idef.org/- Assets recovery under the Egyptian Legal System, Paper presented to the Seminar on the UN Convention against Corruption, Cairo, June, 2005.
- The electronic signature law: between creating the future and the future of creation, Digital Evidence Law Journal, Volume 2, N. 1,
http://www.digitalevidencejournal.org/vol21.html.- The Egyptian Digital Signature Law, article in Alahram Weekly newspaper, 25 Jan. 2005. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/728/ec8.htm.
- European union section in Julia Hornle (ed.), Marketing to Children and the Internet Data Collection from Children by Website Operator, Research Report, Queen Mary University of London, 2004, The Institute of Computer & Communications Law (ICCL), CCLS, Queen Mary, University of -London.
- E– commerce and the applicable law rules, paper presented in the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association (BILETA) 19 annual conference, "out of the box", 25–26 March 2004, University of Durham, United Kingdom.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/law/
http://www.bileta.ac.uk/- The development of an adequate framework for the E-Commerce, Obiter electronic journal, Jan. 2004, http://www.lawfile.org.uk/Obiter%201%20-%202004.pdf
http://www.odr.info/weblog.php?id=10
http://www.software-e-commerce.com- Women in the judiciary - Egypt case, articles in Judges Club monthly Journal, Alahram Weekly Newspaper and Alahram newspaper, July 2002.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/624/op16.htm- The politics and judges in Italy and Egypt, term paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, July 2001.
- Federalism and the environmental protection policy in the U.S.A., term paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, June 2001.
- The managerial responsibility between Egypt and Italy considering the legislative decree No.80/1998, paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali),
http://www.cerisdi.it/SEMINARINTERNAZIONALI.HTM
Published in many Italian Journals, Italy, June 2001.- Strategy, power and the concrete system of action, the contribution of Crozier to organisational theories, term paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001.
- Studying case of judicial organisation, Term paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001.
- Analysing the social and cohesion European policies using the concept of policy networks, Term paper presented in CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001.
- Asylum between Italy and Egypt from the legal and practical aspects, research paper presented in Venice International University, Italy, March 2001.
- The International organisation efforts to solve the legal problems of Electronic Commerce, term paper presented to the technical and legal aspects of Electronic Commerce conference, Cairo, June 2000.
- The Barrada assault, article in Alahram Weekly newspaper, Vol.483, 25 May 2000.
- Study of Emergency status, term paper, 1999.
- Verdict supporting the Presidential decree on holding military courts for terrorists, term paper, 1998.
- The Necessity case and reasons for exemption from the criminal punishment, term paper presented for the degree of the National Centre For Judicial searches, 1997.
- The status of Copts as a minority and the International Law, research paper for Diploma degree, 1995.
- Judicial review in the Constitutional Supreme Court in Egypt and the Supreme Court in U.S.A., research paper for Diploma degree, 1994.
Skills Training
- Advanced Communication Skills Training Course, British Council Egypt, July, 2008.
- Training of Trainers Course, Egyptian Banking Institute, Central Bank of Egypt, 2008.
- Communication Skills Training Course, British Council Egypt, July, 2007.
Legal Training courses
- Avanced Training on ADR, FIRST INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED BUSINESS MEDIATION ACADEMY TRAINING, AND TRAINING OF TRAINER PROGRAM, April 29- May 1, 2008 - Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt.- three-days intensive Training for International Commercial Mediators and Arbitrators held in Cairo, ADR centre (Rome), Egypt. 5-7 Feb.2007.
http://www.adrmeda.org/cairo_training.html- Regional training for International refugees’ law judges, American University in Cairo, Jan. 2003. (Member of the advisory panel).
- Training course to prepare new judges, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, July 2002.
- Observing period in the Italian police (Carabenieri- Guardia di Finanza) and the Italian judicial system (prosecution-court), June 2001.
- Training course, the aspects of the WTO agreements and its disputes settlement system, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, June 2000.
- Training course, Software property protection, Business Software Alliance, Hilton hotel, Cairo, Feb. 1999.
- Training course, Intellectual property protection, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, Dec.1998.
- Training course, Drugs Law, The National Social & Criminology researches Centre, Cairo, Feb.1998.
- Training course, Different aspects of Law and the judicial system, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, Oct.-Dec.1997.
Language Training Courses
- Legal French course, The French Culture Centre, Cairo, 2002.
- Italian language course, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, 2001.
- Italian language course, Venice International University, 2001.
- FCE courses, The British Council, Cairo, Feb.-Dec.2000.
- English for Law courses, The British Council, Cairo, 1999.
- Legal English course, Legal Rights Program, AMID East/Egypt, Cairo, 1997-1998.
- Legal French course, The French Culture Centre, Cairo, 1997-1998 /2002.
Computer Training Courses
- Introduction session about using the electronic library, legal searching in Lexis, West law and Electronic Journals, Institute Of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Oct. - Nov. 2003.
- Computer training course, The Cabinet INF. and Decision Support Centre, Information Technology Institute, Cairo, June-August 1998.
- ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), 7-9 October 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria, (As a speaker)
www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/events/2008/sofia/
- ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Eastern and Southern Africa, 25-28 August 2008, Lusaka, Zambia. (as a speaker)
www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/events/2008/lusaka/presentations.html
- Training Course on Internet Law and E- contracts, Arab League (ARADO), Amman, Aug.2008 (as a speaker)
- 4TH INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION [ADR] IN AFRICA, WORKSHOP, “EMPOWERING AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY THROUGH ARBITRATION & ADR”, 29TH,30TH AND 31ST JULY 2008, CONRAD HOTEL,CAIRO-EGYPT. (as a speaker)
- Training Course on Mediation in Commercial Disputes, Tripoli Law Bar & El – Azm Wal Saada Association, 25 – 26 July 2008, Tripoli, Lebanon. (as the Principle trainer) http://www.lbmarket.com/cl/article3235.html
- International Conference on Digital Evidence ,MIS Training, 26th- 27th June 2008,London, (as a speaker)
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http://www.biicl.org/events/view/-/id/259/
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- Egypt, Middle East and Africa, 6th Digital Assurance Exhibition and Conference, Cairo International Convention Center, 25-27 May 2008, - Training Course on Internet Law and E- contracts, Arab League (ARADO), Amman, Aug.2008 (as a speaker)
http://cardex-middleeast.com/
- "Young People in the Internet and Mobile Age: Safe and Empowered!" held in Cairo, at the Smart Village Convention Center, on the 24th & 25th March 2008. (As a speaker) http://www.cyberpeaceinitiative.org/page/ehab_el_sonbaty
- Internet Crime and the Role of Law Enforcements, UNESCO – Cairo, March, 2008. (As a speaker)
- Training Course on cyber security and e-government, Arab League (ARADO), Sharm Elsheikh, March, 2008 (as a speaker)
- Seminar on ADR, Meda Project, EC project, Alexandria Library, Dec. 2007. (As a speaker).
- International Conference on The Vital Role of State Courts in Arbitration, THE CAIRO REGIONAL CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (CRCICA), 19 -21 November 2007, Pyramisa Hotel
Sharm El Sheikh- Egypt
www.crcica.org.eg/CRCICA_SharmII_English.pdf
- Work shop on Copy Rights and Cyber Crime, for Police Officers, ITIDA, Smart Village, Egypt. Sep. 2007. (As a trainer)
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- Regional Conference on “Cyber crime”, UNDP, POGAR, COE, Casablanca, Kingdom of Morocco, 19 -20 June, 2007, (as a speaker)
www.pogar.com
http://www.arab-niaba.org/events/pubsbyactivity.asp?aid=122
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- Council of Europe Octopus Interface Conference on Cooperation Against Cyber Crime, 11 - 12 June 2007, Palais de l’Europe of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, (as a speaker)
http://www.coe.int/- ITU Regional Workshop on “IP Based Regulations Awareness” Muscat, Oman 19 – 21 May 2007, (As a speaker and an expert)
http://www.ituarabic.org/coe/2007/ipbasedregulations-07/
- Member of the Organization Committee for the Egyptian Court of Cassation 75th Anniversary, May, 2007.
- Training Arab Police Officers on Cyber Sucirity and Cyber Crime isses, The Arab Organization for Administrative Dvelopment, The Arab League, April, 2007.
http://www.arado.org.eg/AradoActivitiesDetails.asp?type=N&id=11236
http://www.sarlazem.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3931
- Regulating E-Finance, the gap between the visaion and the reality, CAIRO ICT 2007 FORUM,
http://www.cairoict.com/news-details.asp?articleid=66&zoneid=1- Cyber crime, new wine in old bottles, Presnentation done for the American Chamber of Commerce, Cairo, 16th Jan.2007.
http://www.amcham.org.eg/
http://www.amcham.org.eg/operation/- Seminars for Iraqi Judges on the reform of the criminal justice system, role of law and combating terrorism, Siracusa, Italy with ISISC – Dubai with IBA, as the UNODC conslutant for the criminla Justice reform in Iraq, Nov- Dec. 2006.
- Represented the Egyptian Minster of Justice in the Tenth Meeting of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General, Port Louis, Mauritius, 7th September 2006.
- Participated in the Meeting of the Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA Committee on Legal Affairs, Port Louis, Mauritius, 5-6 September 2006.
- Electronic signature and cyber security, MCIT, ITIDA & CLDP, Cairo, July 2006 (as a speaker representing Egypt).
- For a developed technology facing the future challenges, NDP, Heliopilis, Cairo, July 2006 (as a key note speaker).
- Preparation meeting to establish virtuel forum to combat cyber crime, Seoul, Korea, June 2006(as a vice chair).
http://www.nrcs.re.kr/04news/sub03_view.php?gubun=view&p_seq=54&page=3- Settlement of Commercial Disputes in the Mediterranean, an International Dialogue of Judges, Lawyers and Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialists, ADR Centre, Beirut, April 28, 2006. http://www.adrmeda.org/lebanon_jurists.html
- Regional Seminar on the International Judicail Co-operation, organized by the MOJ in Egypt, DOJ in the USA and the UNODC, Cairo, March 2006.
- Judicial Strategies, Terrorism and Interconnection of criminal networks, EuroMed Justice Programme, Rabat (Morocco) 13-16 February 2006.(as a representative of Egypt).
- Council of Europe event in the WSIS about Cyber Crime Convention, November 2005, (appointed as a speaker)
www.mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-pct/2005-November/001023.html
- Conference on Women in the Judiciary, The Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession, Delegation of European Commission in Egypt, February 2005.(as a speaker)
- Cyber-Security Consultative Visit For Egyptian Officials, Washington, D.C. Sponsored By: Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) U.S. Department of Commerce Co-Hosted By: Bureau of Political-Military Affairs U.S. Department of State, September 12-16, 2005.
- Seminar on Forms of inter-state cooperation: judicial mutual assistance, extradition and enforcement of foreign decisions, Euro Med Programme, Spain, Barcelona, June 2005. (as a representative of Egypt). www.eipa.nl
- The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2005 (as an Individual expert and panellist)
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http://www.unis.unvienna.org/
http://www.crime-research.org/interviews/Bangkok/4 http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/soccp334.doc.htm
http://tofdra.modblog.com
www.unicri.it/wwk/related/pni/docs/presentations_(0505).pdf
http://www.un.org/webcast/crime2005/statements22.htm
www.i-newswire.com/pr17057.html
http://www.kurginyan.ru/partners.shtml?cat=5&id=40- Seminar on the Applicable Law on E-commerce Contracts (a comparative study between the English and Egyptian legal systems, ICCL, CCLS, University of London, July 2004, (as a lecturer)
http://www.scholars.chevening.com/cgi-bin/course.cgi?show=297&b=3- The preparatory meetings, being held to plan the workshop on "Measures to combat computer-related crime" for the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice begins its work today in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC), June 2004 & Jan. 2005, (as an expert).
http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2004/uniscp498.html- ERA -E-business Regulatory Alliance working group on Rome II convention, Palace of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, March 2003.(as an observer)
- Spam problems seminar, E-business Regulatory Alliance, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, Nov.2003. (as an observer)
- Building an inclusive equality agenda: legislature, structures and strategies, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, Belfast, 30 Nov. – 5 Dec. 2003. (as an observer)
- E- Business- a Regulatory Nightmare? E-business Regulatory Alliance, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, Oct.2003. (as an observer)
- Afro - Arab experts’ consultation- Legal tools for the prevention of female genital mutilation, the Egyptian higher council for motherhood and childhood, Cairo, June 2003. (as an observer)
- Seminar for judges from Arab league states on refugees and human rights law, the American University in Cairo, Jan. 2003.
(as a member of the advisory panel)
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- Regional Seminar on the legal and regulatory aspects of the e-commerce and e-government, The National Centre for Judicial Searches and IDLO, Cairo, Oct 2002 (as an observer). http://www.pogar.org/activities/training/e-gov.pdf- Alternatives to criminal trial programmes, Second session, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, June 2002 (as an observer).
- The justice as a base for the developing and the peace, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, Nov. 2001, (as an observer).
- The international commerce, prospective of co-operation between the states of the Mediterranean, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, Nov. 2001, (as an observer).
- Ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, Nov. 2001, (as an observer).
- The new economy: challenge and prospective, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, Nov. 2001 (as an observer).
- Conference for prosecutors on the organised crime, Palace of Justice, Palermo, Italy, July 2001, (as an observer and speaker).
- Meeting about the project of reforming the enterprises working in Sicily and the Mediterranean, Messina, Italy, June 2001, (As an observer and speaker).
- Internationalisation of the firms, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, May 2001 (as an observer and speaker).
- Mediterranean and the enterprises, strategically and cultural aspects, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, May 2001 (as an observer and speaker).
- Turkey, Europe and the Mediterranean, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001.(as an observer and speaker).
- Small and medium enterprises in the Mediterranean, seminar, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001. (as an observer and speaker)
- Working day about the Public Administration reforming in Italy, CERISDI(Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, April 2001 (as an observer).
- International conference of the socio-medico policies in the Mediterranean, CERISDI (Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali), Italy, Mar. 2001 (as an observer).
- Arab Judicial Colloquium, The Arab League, Cairo, Nov.2000 (as an observer).
- E-commerce and Insolvency conference, The Arab League, Cairo, Nov.2000 (as an observer).
- Alternatives to criminal trial programme, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, July 2000 (as an observer).
- Technical and legal aspects of the Electronic Commerce conference, Semiramis Intercontinental hotel, Cairo, June 2000 (as an observer and speaker).
- International conference on the legislating and judicial protection for the software programs, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, June 2000 (as an observer).
- Asian African Legal Consultative Committee, session no.39, Sheraton hotel, Cairo, Feb.2000 (as an observer and an organiser).
- Regional Arab conference celebrating the 50 Anniversary of Geneva Conventions on the Humanitarian Law, Sheraton hotel, Cairo, 1999 (as an observer and organiser).
- Criminal justice seminar, The National Centre for Judicial Searches, Cairo, 1999 (as an observer).
- International Criminal Court conference, Cairo International Conferences Centre 1998 (as an observer and organiser).
- The rule of Law & Human Rights conference, Cairo, June 1998 (as an observer and speaker).
- Civil Law 50 anniversary conference, The Ministry of Justice, Cairo, 1998, (as an observer).
- Member of Judges Club since the year 1997 and member of its cultural committee since 2002.
- Member of ElGezira sporting club (The largest sporting and social club in the Middle East) and member of its legal committee.
- Interested in different social charity activities. (Rotary clubs).
- Participated in different student’s unions’ activities in Minofia University and University of London.
- Participated in different activities with, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK, June2004
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