Security sector reform: a case study of the police in Egypt after 2011

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the reform of the security sector in general and the reform of the police in particular in Egypt after 2011. The bad reputation of the police during Mubarak’s era due to violence and torture, promoted the need to put an end to these practices, and initiate a reform of the sector in accordance with international standards. Therefore, this study
attempts, through the use of the descriptive analytical method, to shed light on the reality of the police in Egypt, while addressing the reforms that occurred since 2011, and the effectiveness of these various initiatives and procedures. The study also highlights the most important challenges facing police reform in Egypt, with recommendations regarding some aspects that should be focused on during the implementation of reform. The study concluded that despite that more than ten years passed since the revolution, we cannot say that there was an effective reform that has been implemented, and there remains an urgent need to start a new, comprehensive reform process that has the largest possible extent of unanimity.