Marwa Youssef Youssef Elbesiky
(Arabic مروى يوسف يوسف البسيقي ) obtained a Bachelor of Arts, Department of Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Egypt (2000). Three years later in 2003, she completely changed her career from philosophy to programming and obtained a programming course (Java) from Sun Microsystems, Inc., a former American manufacturer of computers and she worked as an Instructor Java programming for 3 months. Marwa changed her career for the second time and began studying law until she obtained a doctorate degree in criminal law with a grade of excellent at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University, Egypt from 2004 to 2019.
Academic career Marwa Elbesiky holds a PhD in Criminal Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree, and diplomas in criminal science and public law from the University of Alexandria, Egypt. She has been an intern at the Pre-Trial Chambers of the ICC and participated in the opening of the Confirmation of Charges Hearing, Cas Bosco Ntaganda (February 10, 2014). Her professional interests include international criminal and humanitarian law, corruption, money laundering, and asset recovery. She is responsible as CMN Fellow https://www.casematrixnetwork.org/about-us/cmn-fellows/ for the content- maintenance and -development of the folders for Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen in the National Jurisdictions Collection of the Legal Tools Database, as a public interest service at Centre for International Law Research and Policy. Marwa obtained the “WILIG Mentoring Program» from the American Society of International Law Women in International Law (WIL) Washington, D.C.
Publications
Marwa is the author of 6 legal articles and editor of one book and on a wide range of legal issues, including International Criminal Law, Comparative Criminal Law, Human Rights, and US Criminal Law. One of his latest articles is a contribution to the legal article "Les mécanismes d'entraide judiciaire entre l'Egypte et la Suisse" Marwa Youssef's contribution was devoted to the mutual legal assistance treaty between Egypt and Switzerland in criminal matters.
List of publications & books:
▪«[Statuses of Lifting the Swiss Bank Secrecy concerning the Financial Crimes]», (19 October 2021 N° (88) October 2021 on the Sharia & Law Journal College of Law at UAE University)
▪[[«Les mécanismes d'entraide judiciaire entre l'Egypte et la Suisse»]], (11 October 2021 on the jusletter Weblaw AG at Berne, Suisse)
▪Book «Mechanisms for International Cooperation for Recovering Asset Smuggled in light of National Laws and International Conventions», (2021)
▪«[[Mécanismes de Coopération Internationale pour la Restauration d’avoirs]]», Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland, (Letter N°49 Édition spéciale 2018-2019)
▪«[The Role of Mutual Legal Assistance on Collection of Evidence in Cases of Recovering Asset Smuggled Abroad]», Arab Society for Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine]], (ASFSFM), Saudi Arabia (December 2018).
This research will be published soon: ▪«The administrative route concerning of assets recovery from Switzerland in light of the Ukraine and Haiti cases», (It will be published as soon as on Journal of Law at the University of Kuwait).
Lectures
She delivered a lecture titled “The Mechanisms of Mutual Legal Assistance between Egypt and Switzerland”, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland. The paper was published in the Jusletter Weblaw AG at Berne, Suisse:
▪ «Rencontres informelles de l'Institut suisse de droit comparé de la Restauration D’avoirs», Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, (17 May 2018).
Research visits During her international legal career, she made a lot of research visits to several of the UNODC office, Law Institutes, and Universities in Europe and the ME.
▪ UNODC, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, Vienna, Austria (8 May 2018)
▪ Institute of Comparative Law Lausanne, Switzerland (01 March to 31 May 2018)
▪ Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland (12 December 2016)
▪ Task Force Asset Recovery Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland (16 December 2016)
▪ Faculty of law University of Sagesse Beirut, Lebanon (1st June 2013 to 31 July 2013)
▪ Centre of International and European Law of Paris - Sorbonne University, Paris, France (1st February 2013 to 1st March 2013)
▪ Institute of Criminal Sciences University of Poitiers, France (20 November 2012 to 19 December 2012)
▪ Faculty of Law University of Saint Joseph Beirut, Lebanon (1st May 2012 to 1st August 2012)
Legal conferences, courses, and summer school
During her international legal career she participated in conferences, courses, and summer schools:
▪ «WILIG Mentoring Program», American Society of International Law Women in International Law (WIL) Washington, D.C.,( December 2020 - May 2021)
▪ «International Criminal Court Summer School », Irish Centre for Human Rights National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (18 - 22 June 2018)
▪ «Les grands systèmes juridiques contemporains », University of Kaslik, Beirut, Lebanon (11 to 12 February 2016)
▪ « Droit des Affaires, Droits Fondamentaux et Développement Economique», University of Senghor, Alexandria, Egypt (15 to 17 February 2015)
▪ « Le Principe de Séparation des Pouvoirs », University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt (14 to 16 April 2014)
▪ «The Future of International Criminal Law in the Era of Globalization », Siracusa, Italy (19 - 29 Mai 2013)
Courses:
▪ She also obtained many skills and courses in different fields such as Sales Course from Dale Carnegie Company
▪ Developing Small Enterprises Course Shell Intilaaqah, Egypt (26 April 2009 to 30 April 2009)
▪ The Basic Principles of Financial Market Course Egyptian Bourse, Egypt (15 July 2007)
▪ Mind Mapping Course Skills Company, Egypt (12 September 2006)
▪ Basic Business Skills Acquisition Programme [BBSA], Cairo, Egypt (1 August to 31 December 2005)
▪ Sales Course Dale Carnegie Company, Egypt (10 December 2005)
▪ Programme of Professional Training under the supervision of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Orascom Telecom Alexandria, Egypt (24 August 2003 to 26 February 2004)
▪ Programming Course (Java), Sun Microsystems American Company (2004)