Constitutional Directions for Modern Criminal Policy (Egypt’s Amended Constitution 2014)

The intervention of the constitution to regulate criminal policy has become an urgent necessity dictated by the urgent need to limit the spread of the criminal phenomenon within society; As the supreme legislation in the state whose provisions may not be violated. Especially in light of the recent changes that Egypt witnessed and its drafting of the amended constitution in 2014, we found the emergence of many trends towards adopting a modern criminal policy, the goal of which is both prevention and deterrence. Here, its texts and provisions suffice what has been created and amended that did not exist in previous constitutions, such as the mechanism of combating terrorism and punishing it in all its forms as it currently exists, as well as the policy of deterrence and reprimand for those who incite violence or discrimination between citizens and insults to honor and the prohibition of forms of exploitation of the human body such as slavery, sex and human trafficking sexual exploitation and other trends toward modern criminal policy.