PhD Degree Awarded to Mr. Adnan Al-Selwi in Public Law

Mr. Adnan Ali Abdullah Dahan Al-Selwi was awarded a PhD degree in Public Law for his dissertation titled: Compensation Claims Based on Administrative Liability: A Comparative Study of Yemeni and Egyptian Legal Systems, which was submitted to the Faculty of Sharia and Law –Sana’a University. The dissertation defense was held on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
The PhD Viva-Voce Committee, which was formed based on a resolution issued by the Graduate Studies and Scientific Research Council, consisted of the following:

# Committee Members Designation Position
1 Prof. Moqbel Ahmed Al-Omari External Examiner Chair
2 Prof. Mutea Ali Hamoud Haj Jubair Main Supervisor Member
3 Assoc. Prof. Mohammed Ali Abdo Suleiman Internal Examiner Member

The dissertation aimed to:
 Highlight the significance of compensation claims founded on administrative liability.
 Examine the origins and development of administrative liability in both the Islamic state and modern legal systems.
 Define compensation claims and distinguish them from annulment actions, while identifying the competent judicial authority responsible for adjudicating such claims.
 Emphasize the importance of administrative judiciary and the necessity of establishing specialized administrative courts in Yemen.
The study yielded several key findings summarized as follows:
 Administrative liability in modern legal systems is regarded as one of the legal outcomes of the modern state, whereas in the Islamic system it constitutes one of the foundational principles upon which the Islamic state was established from its inception.
 Compensation claims represent the principal legal mechanism for obtaining fair compensation for damages resulting from administrative actions.
 The West Sana’a Court has successfully exercised judicial oversight over administrative actions through both annulment and compensation claims, drawing upon comparative administrative jurisprudence and judicial precedents. This experience has contributed to creating a favorable legal environment for the development of administrative justice in Yemen and has strengthened the movement toward establishing specialized administrative courts.
In light of these findings, the researcher recommended the following:
 Strengthening the role of the State Cases Sector in the fields of legal advisory services and legislative drafting to ensure the alignment of administrative regulations and legislation with applicable laws, while expanding its functions in a manner comparable to the role performed by the State Commissioners Authority within the Egyptian State Council.
 Assigning all administrative disputes to specialized administrative courts and granting them full jurisdiction over matters of an administrative nature.
 Enhancing and expanding judicial oversight over administrative actions in order to reinforce the principles of legality and the rule of law.
The dissertation defense was attended by a number of academics, researchers, and specialists, students, colleagues, and the researcher’s family.