guidance by specialists appointed by the official authorities to promote the inmates spiritually
and ideologically in a moderate and proper manner, to reintegrate them well into society after
the end of their prison sentence.”
4. The NIHR sees that the original text contained in the second paragraph of Article (41) of Law No.
(18) of 2014 issuing the Reform and Rehabilitation Institution Law can achieve the desired outcome
of the proposed amendment and gives discretionary power to those in charge of implementation
on a case-by-case basis; and that excessive interpretation of the texts may limit the executive body.
Therefore, there is no purpose of the amendment as its justification is already achieved in the
original articles.
5. Concerning the new second paragraph of Article (27) of Law No. (18) of 2014 issuing the Reform
and Rehabilitation Institution Law, the NIHR considers that the purposes of the proposed addition
are achieved in the texts contained in the same Law and its Implementing Regulation issued by
Decision No. (131) of 2015. Accordingly, the NIHR would prefer to retain the text of the second
paragraph of Article (41) in the original Law, and delete the new second paragraph of Article (27) in
the draft law.
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