THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT OF 2014 IN THE LIGHT OF THE FORMER CONSTITUTION OF 2012 AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS A.Kh. <...> Abashidze1, O.V. Ocheretyanaya2 1 Department of International Law FGBOU VPO «Peoples’ friendship university of Russia» Russian Federation Ministry 6, Miklukho-Maklaya st., Moscow, Russia, 117198 2 Department for the examination of criminal law matters Office of the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights — deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation 14, Zhitnaya st., Moscow, Russia, 119991 The present article focuses on the political and legal situation with regard to human rights and freedoms in the Arab Republic of Egypt after the overthrow of the President Mohammed Mursi. <...> The article analyzes the new Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2014, the basic human rights and freedoms enshrined therein, the hypothetic difficulties of its implementation, as well as contains a comparative analysis of its provisions with those of the previous Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt of 2012 and international human rights standarts. <...> Failure to implement electoral promises, attempts to revive the regime of dictatorship and the adoption of the 2012 Constitution aimed at gradual Islamisation of the Egyptian society have caused public confidence in the Islamist party of Muslim Brotherhood, as well as its leader, President Mohammed Morsi, to reduce dramatically in the Arab Republic of Egypt (hereinafter — Egypt). <...> After the removal of President Mohammed Morsi on 4 July 2013 [5], the declaration of the Muslim Brotherhood party a terrorist organization [1], the suspension of the 2012 Constitution and the transfer of the guidance of the State monitored by the military to Adly Mansour, the Chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court [12], a new Egyptian Constitution was developed and adopted in a referendum held on 14– 15 January 2014 [6]. <...> Although the results of the referendum to some extent suggest that the draft 2014 Constitution was supported by the majority of the Egypt electorate, by adopting it the population of Egypt has mainly expressed disapproval of the policy of the Muslim Brotherhood party [10]. 34 Вестник РУДН, серия Юридические науки, 2015, № 2 However, the referendum on the new Egyptian Constitution did not go on without casualties: at least eleven people — mostly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood party <...>