Tunisia
Solidarity, news and Statement
Monday, June 3rd 2024
UN: Tunisia – Interference with the judiciary and harassment of lawyers must end
“The violent detention and arrest of lawyers Sonia Dahmani and Mehdi Zaghrouba at the headquarters of Tunisia’s bar association, and the prevention of a prominent judge from attending an international meeting, are unacceptable violations of fundamental rights that must be stopped, UN experts said.“
Read the full article here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/tunisia-interference-judiciary-and-harassment-lawyers-must-end-say-un
Monday, May 27th 2024
The Presidency Committee of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) endorses the recent resolution on Tunisia, adopted by the African Group, regional group of the IAJ.
Friday, May 24th 2024
A resolution, in English and French, was adopted by the African Group following the ban on the Tunisian delegation by the Tunisian Ministry of Justice from leaving the country and participating in the annual meeting of the African Group of the International Association of Judges in Monrovia:
Tuesday, Feb 12th 2024
ICJ: “Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee: Tunisia must answer for attacks on judicial independence”
On 12th February 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) published an article on an individual communication against Tunisia to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC).
“With the support of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Human Rights in Practice, Judge Youssef Bouzakher, President of the dissolved High Judicial Council (HJC) and one of the 57 judges and prosecutors arbitrarily dismissed by President Kais Saied, submitted an individual communication against Tunisia to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC).”
Saturday, Sep 23rd 2023
On 19 September 2023, during the Central Council meeting of the IAJ in Taipei (Taiwan), the Judicial Independence awards was awarded to Judge Anas Hmedi, President of the Tunisian Association of Judges:
Tuesday, September 27th 2022
On September 21st on the occasion of the second and last session of the Central Council in Tel Aviv (Israel), a resolution on Tunisia was adopted by the Assembly:
Saturday, July 16th 2022
On 5-7 of July 2022, an important meeting organised by the “Association des Magistrats Tunisiens”, member of the IAJ, took place in Tunis (Tunisia).
In attendance were the President of the African Group, Ms. Marcelle Kouassi and IAJ Honorary President Mr. Christophe Regnard.
H.P. Régnard prepared a mission report referring about the worring situation of judicial independence in Tunisia.
We publish here his report (in French), together with his presentation held in Tunis (in French), once again expressing IAJ’s complete and staunch solidarity to our Tunisian colleagues in this difficult moment.
H.P. Christophe Régnard Mission to Tunisia Report: 2022-07-10 rapport mission UIM Tunisie
H.P. Christophe Régnard Présentation in Tunis: 2022-07-06 Conférence débat TUNIS
Hereinafter the programme of the event (in French): Programme
Wednesday, June 15th 2022
The Presidency Committee of the International Association of Judges (IAJ), meeting in Verona on May 11, 2022, discussed the current situation of justice in Tunisia and deliberated, unanimously, to approve the following declaration:
Monday, May 16th 2022
The African Group, gathered in Tunis (Tunisia) on May 7 to 10, 2022, adopted a declaration on Tunisia.
You can find the declaration here:
Tuesday, February 15th 2022
The International Association of Judges endorsed a declaration, in French and English, concerning the situation of the Judiciary in Tunisia. The IAJ expresses its solidarity with the Tunisian Judges and the members of the Superior Council of the Judiciary in their struggle for an independent judiciary, with integrity and guarantor of rights and freedoms according to international standards.
