Mostafa Abdelaziz

Biography

Mostafa Abdelaziz is a Chief Judge at the Technical Bureau of the Egyptian Court of Cassation, academic lecturer and international trainer specializing in cybercrime, digital forensics, cybersecurity, and AI governance. At the Court of Cassation, he conducts legal analysis on complex criminal cases, drafts technical memoranda, and curates landmark judgments that establish binding judicial precedents.

In academia, he serves at The British University in Egypt (BUE) as the Faculty of Law Dean’s Advisor and Lecturer for the Master’s in Cybercrime Investigations, where he teaches specialized modules on cyber investigations & digital evidence, ensuring alignment with global digital forensics standards. Concurrently, he is the Deputy Director at BUE’s Human Rights Research and Training Centre, co-directing strategic planning, international partnerships, and capacity-building initiatives.

Previously, he spent a decade at the Egyptian Public Prosecution, rising to Chief Prosecutor at the Technical Bureau of the Public Prosecutor, the Supreme State Security Department, the Int’l Cooperation and Human Rights Departments, and the Statement, Social Media and Advocacy Department. In these roles, he directed MLA requests, cross-border and transnational investigations, institutional digital transformation, and nationwide prosecutorial training.

As an international expert, he delivers specialized training for judicial and law enforcement officials on OSINT, digital evidence, data protection, and AI in the judiciary in collaboration with UNODC, the Council of Europe, ARADO, and regional prosecutors’ associations. He also served as an Expert Mentor for the 2026 HER CyberTracks initiative (ITU, GIZ, and UNODC), mentoring international prosecutors in cyber diplomacy and cross-border policymaking. He holds a Master’s in Cybercrime Investigation (BUE), an LL.M. in Int’l and Comparative Law (Indiana University), and completed advanced studies in Euro-Med Master’s (Cairo University).