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Amr Soliman
OECD
Team Lead, Rule of Law in MEA
Biography
Amr Soliman is Team Lead for Rule of Law in the Middle East and North Africa at the OECD Public Governance Directorate, where he leads initiatives supporting justice reform, institutional development and people-centred public governance. He also leads the MENA-OECD Working Group on Rule of Law and Regulatory Reform, fostering regional policy dialogue, peer learning and cooperation on governance and justice reforms.
With over 15 years of international experience, Amr has led major OECD programmes across the MENA region, including Egypt, the Gulf countries, Yemen and Syria. His work focuses on strengthening justice institutions, improving access to justice and supporting governments in translating international standards into concrete reforms.
At the OECD, he led the Public Governance Review of Egypt and the OECD's first Child Justice Review in Egypt. He has also overseen initiatives supporting judicial capacity development in Yemen and justice sector cooperation in Syria, alongside broader reforms promoting institutional effectiveness and citizen-centred governance.
Before joining the OECD in 2019, Amr worked on major justice and public governance reform programmes in the MENA region in cooperation with the European Union, the French Ministry of Justice and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Deputy Director for Governance, Technical and Multilateral Cooperation at the French Embassy in Egypt.
Amr is an Associate Researcher at the Institute of High Studies on Justice in Paris and founded the Institute on Law and Justice in Arab Societies. He holds a Master's degree in Private International and Comparative Law from Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University.
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