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25 April 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: Tension is rising between victims and government A serious incident occurred on 23 April between victims and the national authorities. One victim of the old regime went so far as to threaten to commit suicide under the nose of an advisor to the head of government. In the middle [...]
18 April 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Sihem Bensedrine: “France and the World Bank should compensate Tunisian victims” JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Sihem Bensedrine Head of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunisia In Tunisia, the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has just concluded its work with a final report of two thousand page [...]
12 April 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia : the threat of an amnesty Tunisia_bill_transitional-justice-reconciliationTélécharger The draft of a bill aimed at putting an end to the transitional justice process is circulating within parliamentary groups. This draft envisages an amnesty for all cases [...]
11 April 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
“The Silence of Others”: How a Spanish film on the Franco past resonates with Tunisians Warmly applauded by the audience of the Tunis Cinémathèque, a Spanish film called "The Silence of Others" has a special resonance for Tunisians. It evokes the denial of remembrance and justice on the Franco dictatorship and remind [...]
28 March 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia’s “Barraket Essahel” case and the tragedy of 244 soldiers In 1991, former President Ben Ali tried to decapitate the army by accusing 244 of its most brilliant soldiers of plotting against the stability of his regime. The third hearing in this so-called "Barraket Essahel" case has just ta [...]
26 February 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Mokhtar Trifi: It is the suspected perpetrators who are applying the transitional justice law! Mokhtar Trifi, former president of the Tunisian Bar Association and of the Tunisian Human Rights League as well as vice-president of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), continues to represent victims before Tunisia’s sp [...]
12 February 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: constant doubt and frustration in the Fayçal Baraket case The trial in the case of Fayçal Baraket, who died under torture in October 1991, is postponed for the third time. The President of the Court did not appear at the hearing. The victim's family is still waiting for justice to be don [...]
18 January 2019 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: Government accused of missing Truth Commission opportunities Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) claims to have recovered 745 million dinars for the State. But it also accuses the State of deliberately obstructing the IVD's arbitration and conciliation commission, preventing much b [...]
18 December 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia Truth Commission highlights four arms of oppression Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission will officially conclude its work at the end of this year. At a closing conference on December 14 and 15 in Tunis, the Commission began revealing its findings on the repressive machine of the [...]
21 November 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Hopes and fears in Tunisia over victim reparations Tunisia’s reparations and rehabilitation programme is based on consultations held by the Truth and Dignity Commission in 2017. But six weeks before the end of the Commission’s mandate, victims are protesting against the exclusion [...]
4 October 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisian victim gives chilling testimony in courtroom without sound Torture victim and murder witness 53-year-old Bessma Baliî is a survivor of crimes committed under former Tunisian dictator Ben Ali. On September 28, she gave chilling testimony to the specialized transitional justice court in the [...]
20 September 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
The silence of the accused in Tunisia  In Tunisia, trials before specialized criminal chambers are due to resume on September 21. A Lawyers without Borders report based on observation of the nine trials already held stresses the absence of the suspects and the isolatio [...]
5 September 2018 by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia and the Struggle for Individual Rights, an interview with Slim Laghmani Emerging from dictatorship also requires legal reforms. In Tunisia, the report of the Commission on individual liberties and equality (Colibe) has sparked controversy by challenging the established social order, especially on equa [...]
27 August 2018 by Olfa Belhassine, Tunis
In Tunisia, calls to scrap the death penalty In an open letter to the Tunisian president, two NGOs urge him to approve a recommendation by the Commission on Individual Liberties and Equality to scrap the death penalty. On August 8, President Beji Caied Essebsi received a let [...]
31 July 2018 by Houda Mzioudet, independent journalist
Mobilizing for social justice: Black Tunisian activism in transitional justice Introduction:   With the end of authoritarianism in Tunisia, transitional justice has become the backbone of a battle for social justice, in particular for long-forgotten minorities including Jews, Amazighs and Blacks. The Tunisia [...]
17 July 2018 by Mariam Salehi
Political resistance: how cross-cutting frictions drive and define transitional justice in Tunisia Transitional justice is inherently political. It emerges from political concerns, influences politics and power structures. In a transitional society, transitional justice has an important role to play in shaping the ‘new politica [...]
16 July 2018 by AFP
Tunisia leaders meet for talks on 'political crisis' Tunisia's top political leaders met Monday for crisis talks after President Beji Caid Essebsi suggested in a controversial interview that his prime minister should resign. Political tensions have been on the rise in Tunisia, with [...]
4 June 2018 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net
Week in Review: Tunisian trial and questions on UN judge selection An important event of the transitional justice week was the start of trial in Tunisia in the case of Kamel Matmati, who was kidnapped by former president Ben Ali’s police, died under torture 27 years ago and his body disappeared w [...]
27 March 2018 by AFP
Tunisia votes to end truth tribunal mandate In a contentious vote late Monday, Tunisia's parliament voted to end the work of a tribunal tasked with healing the wounds of six decades of dictatorship. After two particularly stormy sessions on Saturday and Monday, Tunisian MPs [...]