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Tunisia’s transitional justice at the mercy of politics: Three parties and a president have produced bills aimed at national reconciliation, often driven by the desire to interrupt or even reverse the transitional justice…
Tunisian transitional justice in danger, warns civil society: The new government’s contested appointments and unclear positions on transitional justice have put this process at risk again, say civil society and victims who have…
Sexual abuse in the Church: Is it a crime against humanity?: Faced with the slow reactions of the Catholic Church and States, some wish to go further on punishing sexual abuse in the Church. Given its…
Sexual abuse in the Church: map of justice worldwide: With tens of thousands of victims worldwide over several decades, sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church is an unprecedented issue of justice. In…
Ayachi Hammami: “There’s been mismanagement of time” in Tunisia’s transitional justice: When he was appointed head of the Ministry of Human Rights and Relations with Constitutional Bodies and Civil Society in February 2020, lawyer and activist…
Tunisia: Trabelsi “slave” faces former masters: On 2 July, the specialized chamber in Tunis heard defendants in the case of Rachida Kouki, a housemaid who worked for the family of the…
Tunisia: Remembering Sadok Hichri: Civil society paid tribute on 20 June to Sadok Hichri, one of the leaders of the Baath Arab Nationalist Party, who died 36 years ago.…
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As Tunisia emerges from confinement, what future for its specialized chambers?: As Tunisia this week starts gradually coming out of confinement, will the fate of the judicial chambers specialized in transitional justice be sacrificed on the…
French commission sheds first light on sexual abuse in the Church: A creative kind of non-state truth commission, charged with establishing the facts on sexual abuses committed in the church in France since 1950, has been…
Justice is eminently political, says Tunisian expert: What are the links between transitional justice and political changes in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria? We talked to Eric Gobe, research director at the French…
Reunion’s transplanted children still waiting for justice: Between 1962 and 1984, 2,015 children and adolescents from Reunion Island were "transplanted" to mainland France. On 10 April 2018, a report commissioned by the…
Tunisian President "can put dictatorship archives at centre of debate": In the aftermath of the Tunisian revolution, Farah Hached founded Labo Democratique, an NGO whose aim is to help consolidate a "living and innovative" democracy.…
Tunisia and the repression of left-wing youth: In the 1960s and 1970s, young Tunisian students joined the extreme left to oppose the absolute power of President Bourguiba. They were called "Perspectivists". They…
Tunisian government to “respond to all TRC demands”: There is a wind of change in Tunisia following several announcements hailed by civil society: upcoming publication in the Official Journal of the truth commission’s…