Constitutional Reform and the Fight against Corruption

<p>This paper addresses the question of how a constitutional text can contribute to a commitment to prevent and eliminate corruption. It was originally prepared as part of the Egyptian Constitutional Drafting Manual presented to members of the Egyptian Constitutional Assembly during 2012. Its purpose, in that context, was to provide members of the Constitutional Assembly with an overview of the deficiencies of the 1971 Egyptian Constitution in establishing an anti-corruption framework. The paper has since evolved, as the Constitutional Assembly completed its work in November 2012 and the new Constitution for the Arab Republic of Egypt went into force in December 2012.
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