EgyptPersonal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 and its Executive Regulations (Minister of Communications Decree No. 816 of 2025, in force 2 Nov 2025, compliance by 1 Nov 2026) expressly address personal data used to train AI. Economy-wide, not legal-sector specific; official gazette text not opened.
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Egypt
Early: one or two positionscivil lawupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
As of 4 September 2026 Egypt has no court rule, judicial guidance or bar rule on AI in legal practice. Its National AI Strategy (2nd edition, January 2025) names the judiciary a target sector for the national Arabic large model, and the March 2026 National AI Governance Framework guide sets non-binding risk tiers that do not classify justice as high-risk.
As of 2026-09-04, Egypt has 1 binding rule, official guidance in 2 categories, 0 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. Binding rules cover data protection and legal AI. In 17 categories we found nothing; in 0 the position is not yet determined.
How to read this page
- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
Egypt's National AI Strategy (2nd edition, Jan 2025) names the judiciary a target sector for the national Arabic model, listing transcription of legal proceedings, case classification, litigation and claim assessment, virtual legal aid and drafting assistance for judges; Egyptian-accent speech recognition is already used to produce court minutes.
The Guide to Egypt's National AI Governance Framework (ed. 2.0, March 2026, NCAI/ECRAI) sets four risk tiers: prohibited; high-risk (critical infrastructure and biometrics, mandatory dual-check conformity); limited (chatbots, deepfakes); minimal. Full-text search found no reference to justice, courts or the judiciary. A dedicated AI law is reported in draft.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No Egyptian court rule or Court of Cassation direction requiring disclosure or certification of AI use in filings was located.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No duty to verify AI-generated citations is imposed by any Egyptian court, the Ministry of Justice or the Egyptian Bar Association.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The National AI Strategy lists automated legal research and legal drafting assistance for judges as a target use case, but no judiciary rule or guidance on judges' use of AI exists.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI states accountability must rest with natural or legal persons and that AI systems should not be given legal personality, but this is generic and not addressed to adjudication.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The March 2026 governance framework guide places deepfakes in Tier 3 with transparency and watermarking expectations, but that is non-binding and is not an evidence rule.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The Egyptian Bar Association has published no restriction on entering client data into AI tools.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. Egypt's Advocacy Law and Bar rules do not name technology or AI competence.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. Consumer AI legal services operate in Egypt without any published regulatory position from the Bar or the Ministry of Justice.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The Egyptian Bar Association has run 'Generative AI for Lawyers' workshops with MCIT since October 2025 but has published no guidance, circular or charter on lawyers' AI use.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No Egyptian decision sanctioning a lawyer for fabricated AI citations was located in Arabic or English sources.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. CRCICA's Arbitration Rules in force since January 2024 contain no AI-specific provision and CRCICA has issued no AI guidance note.
No mandatory requirement as of 4 September 2026. Training is voluntary: Egyptian Bar Association / MCIT generative-AI workshops for lawyers since October 2025, and a UNESCO-Public Prosecution course for judges and prosecutors in March 2026, after which the Public Prosecution said it would fold AI training into national programmes.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No legal-sector AI procurement or vendor due-diligence requirement was located.
Official documents recorded for Egypt (3)
- Guide to Egypt's National AI Governance Framework, Edition 2.0
ECRAI / Egypt NCAI · revised 2026-03-15 · verified 2026-09-04
- Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Second Edition (2025-2030)
Egypt NCAI · revised 2025-01-16 · verified 2026-09-04
- Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI, 2023 v1.0
Egypt NCAI / MCIT · revised 2023-04-19 · verified 2026-09-04
Court incidents on the record in Egypt
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Egypt" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/eg (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.
- Egypt National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Second Edition (2025-2030)
- Guide to Egypt's National AI Governance Framework, Edition 2.0 (March 2026)
- Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI 2023 v1.0
- Egyptian Bar Association — generative AI workshops for lawyers
- UNESCO — Strengthening AI competencies of Egyptian public prosecutors (March 2026)
- MCIT — Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI press release