Celebrating women leaders across the world : here is a special episode on International Women's day with the dynamic Ambassador Dr. Namira Nabil Negm who is Legal Counsel and Director of Department of Legal Affairs of the African Union.

Prior to the assumption of this position, she served as Ambassador of Egypt to Rwanda (2014-2017). Amb. Negm is a seasoned diplomat that occupied several diplomatic positions during her career. She was the Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt ( 2013 - 2014 ), she was the Legal Advisor and Counter Terrorism Expert of the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations, New York (2006-2010). She has also served as the Legal and Political Officer in the Embassy of Egypt to the Netherlands (1999-2003).During her diplomatic career, she served in several positions in the Department of Legal Affairs and International Conventions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Amb. Negm is currently the lead of the AU team for establishing the Hybrid Court for South Sudan. She has previously occupied the Position of Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Vice-Chairperson of the Adhoc Committee on International Terrorism (Sixth Committee) and the Coordinator of the African Group in NY for legal matters.

Dr. Negm was the lead Counsel of the African Union Legal Team before the ICJ in the Chagos Advisory Opinion and before the ICC in the Jordan’s Appeal in the Bashir case. She had served as Egyptian Negotiator in the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities, Definition of the Crime of Aggression in the ICC Statute.