On July 13, 2023 the Third Court of Appeals hosted a delegation of Egyptian judges as part of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The IVLP is the State Department’s premier professional exchange program and connects current and emerging foreign leaders with their American counterparts through short-term visits to the United States. The justices visited and discussed their respective legal systems.
Pictured here are the justices of the Third Court of Appeals (Judge Theofanis not pictured) along with the Egyptian delegation. Far left: Justice Gisela Triana. Middle (L-R): Chief Justice Darlene Byrd, Justice Chari L. Kelly, Justice Thomas J. Baker, and Justice Edward Smith. The members of the Egyptian delegation are (in no order): Hagar Mohamed Mohamed ABOELENEN, head of Political and Civil Committee of the National Council for Human Rights; Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelzaher AHMED, executive director of Gohoud to Support Human Rights Defenders; Judge Hossameldin Hussein Ali Hussein Ali ELHADDAD, chief of the Technical Office of the Court of Cassation in the Ministry of Justice; Aziza Hussein Fathy Hassan ELTAWIL, attorney with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR); Judge Emadeldin Hamdy Abdelaziz KANDIL, chief judge of the Court of Appeal in the Ministry of Justice; Judge Mahmoud Ahmed Sabry Youssef Mahmoud Sabry YOUSSEF, judge in the Ministry of Justice/Alexandria’s Court of Appeals.
