Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa

The Journal of Constitutional Law in the Middle East and North Africa (JCL- MENA) is a venue for scholarly analysis on issues related to constitutions and constitutional law throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

JCL- MENA is dedicated to encourage greater discussion and critical analysis of constitutional and legal developments in the MENA region. Featuring articles by legal scholars and practitioners from the region, it facilitates access to information on regional constitutional issues and debates for the global community of practitioners and scholars.

JCL- MENA is edited by the Arab Association of Constitutional Law and published exclusively online – due to the Covid-19 spread at the time of the launch - in association with the Rule of Law Program Middle East/North Africa of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

JCL- MENA will publish two issues every year. It will also periodically publish special issues that will cover either a specific topic at the cutting edge of constitutional law or a single country undergoing significant constitutional transitions or transformations.

Arab Association of Constitutional Law (AACL)

Established in 2013, the Arab Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) is the first regional network of constitution drafting experts in the Middle East and North Africa. AACL’s main objective is to contribute to good governance by promoting intra-regional learning. It also aims to provide objective, grounded and forward-thinking technical analysis of the region's constitutional frameworks and to apply its expertise to legal and constitutional reform efforts throughout the region.

Rule of Law Programme Middle East / North Africa (KAS)

The Rule of Law Programme Middle East / North Africa is one of five regional Rule of Law programmes of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation that support the continual exchange of experience and information between representatives of governmental institutions, legal scholars and practitioners, and civil society, on a peer-to peer basis, to support partners with expertise in achieving their reform aims. The Programme works on topics of cross-regional interest based on a long-term institutional prescence in the MENA region.

Executive Advisors

Halim Shebaya

Executive Director, Arab Association of Constitutional Law, Beirut.

Michael Lange

Director, Rule of Law Programme Middle East / North Africa of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Beirut.

Academic Advisors

Salma Waheedi

Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic; Associate Director, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School.

Zaid Al-Ali

Lawyer specializing in comparative constitutional law and international commercial arbitration. Senior Adviser on Constitution-Building for the Arab Region at International IDEA.

Rainer Grote

Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg; Adjunct Professor of Public Law at the University of Gottingen, Germany.

Chibli Mallat

Academic and practising lawyer. Recently retired from chairs as Presidential Professor of Law at the University of Utah and the EU Jean Monnet Professor of Law at Saint Joseph University, Beirut.

Tamara El-Khoury

Legal consultant at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg; Professor of Constitutional Law at IE University, Madrid and at Sciences Po Toulouse.

David Fontana

Samuel Tyler Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C.

Editor

Lara Saade

Lawyer specializing in comparative constitutional law and international law; Programs Manager at the Arab Association of Constitutional Law.