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Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI, 2023 v1.0

National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)

last revised 2023-04-19last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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Egypt's first responsible-AI instrument, adopted by the National Council for Artificial Intelligence in April 2023. It is voluntary and sets principles of human-centred design, transparency, justice, accountability and security for AI development and deployment. It contains no provision addressed to courts, judges, lawyers or legal services.

Applies to
all, providers
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Current version
1.0 · 19 Apr 2023
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
ai.gov.eg/SynchedFiles/en/Resources/Egyptian%20Charter%20For%20Respons…

What the document requires

  • Voluntary principles-based charter: human-centred design, transparency, justice, accountability and security.
  • States that accountability must always lie with natural or legal persons and that AI systems should not be given legal personality.
  • Positions Egypt as an early adherent to the OECD AI Principles and the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, adapting them to local context.
  • No sector-specific provisions for the administration of justice or the legal profession.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
1.0current2023-04-19First edition, adopted by the National Council for Artificial Intelligence.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Egyptian Charter for Responsible AI, 2023 v1.0" (National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), 1.0, 2023-04-19), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/eg-charter-responsible-ai (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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