Dr. Mohamed Mekkawi obtained a (BA) in 2018; an LL.M. in 2020; and a Ph.D. in Criminal Law from Cairo University in 2024. Dr. Mekkawi is a judge at the Egyptian Council of State and an international expert at the International Federation of Neuro-Legal Sciences (IFNLS), Mexico. As well as a legal expert at the Information and Decision Support Center of the Egyptian Council of Ministers. Judge Mekkawi is a researcher at the Centre of Law and Emerging Technology; additionally, he is an expert trainer in criminal law moot court simulations.
Dr. Mekkawi has extensive knowledge of artificial intelligence, high-tech criminality, and cybercrimes, as he is a lecturer at the Professional Masters in Cybercrimes and Cyber Investigations at the British University in Egypt/London Southbank University UK.
Judge Mekkawi is also a prolific author, publishing legal articles in the most superior and respective international journals, such as “The Implications of AI Algorithms on Cybercrime and Digital Privacy (A Study of ChatGPT and DarkBERT) in Springer Publishers. His two articles, “The Challenges of Digital Evidence Usage in the Deepfake Crimes Era” and “Cyber Blackmail between Threats and Protection: A Study in the Egyptian and American Legislation,” are the most read in the “Journal of Law and Emerging Technologies” (JOLETS).
On a different note, Judge Mekkawi teaches data privacy and media regulation laws at several Egyptian universities. He is also a regular speaker at major conferences on topics related to cyber security, such as “The implications of AI in e-commerce” at the International Conference entitled “Public safety and the need for high social capital in Romania. “Cyber & Information Security Exhibition—A special track on Cybercrime and Law Enforcement (Technology, Jurisdiction, and AI)” in the CAISEC 23 conference, Egypt. “Deepfake Crimes as an Algorithm of Artificial Intelligence” in Media College, Iraqi University, titled Sustainable Development in Light of Artificial Intelligence” conference, Iraq. “Legal and Technical Aspects of Digital Evidence” by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).