Hatem Aly

Background

About Hatem Aly

Former Judge, with over 29 years of experience in the area of criminal justice, Law enforcement and crime prevention with considerable regional and international exposure. Currently, UNODC Regional Representative for GCC Region, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE while I continue being a Senior Crime Prevention and criminal Justice Expert for UNODC. Provides leadership in directing technical inputs assisting the field offices in the development of project ideas and project documents, the planning and conduct of programming missions to promote those ideas, the implementation of technical assistance projects and provide technical guidance and expertise to regional and national counterparts as well. Nevertheless, takes the lead on developing partnership with other international, regional, bi-lateral, non-governmental organizations active in governance and criminal justice fields in addition to his participation in developing policy and technical guidelines, toolkits, handbooks and other anti-corruption, criminal justice and integrity publications and analyzing their effectiveness while guiding and monitoring junior staff, administrative staff and interns in the delivery of their relevant mandates. Previously served as Chief Prosecutor for the Criminal Justice Department of the North Cairo district where he interrogated and prosecuted defendants on issues related to: murder, terrorism and drug dealing. Later, as Judge for the Criminal Justice Department of the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, he gained further exposure to formal, domestic, legal and judicial practice which provided him with decent knowledge and experience on the function and mandates of the law enforcement and criminal justice institutions. He later served as Resident Representative for the International Institute for Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences (ISISC) for Afghanistan and led this organization’s mission to Afghanistan. This demanded a keen sense of organization and planification. It also required good teamwork and leadership skills and the ability to know how to find a balance between them. Where he performed various tasks in this capacity. Experienced Prevention Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Skilled in Anti-corruption, Transitional Justice, International Relations, Rule Of Law, and Justice. Strong community and social services professional graduated from ISISC, Siracusa, Italy.