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29 March 2019
TUNISIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
23 December 2014
Title:
Tunisia. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
3 March 2011
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Tunisie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 January 2019
Accessed Date:
18 January 2019
Title:
Tunisie. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
23 December 2016
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Tunisie. Situation sécuritaire.
Source:
Belgium. Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
25 January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 2019
Title:
Tunisia. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
Tunisia. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
22 January 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
14 November 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Tunisia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/TUN/1
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Tunisia. Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/27/TUN/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Code de la Nationalité Tunisienne
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Vos Démarches - Passeport
Accessed Date:
19 December 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Vos Démarches - Carte d'Identité Nationale
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
The Reckoning: Tunisia's Perilous Path to Democratic Stability
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
2 April 2015
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; government corruption; labour; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
The Kamour Movement and Civic Protests in Tunisia
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Defining Political Choices: Tunisia's Second Democratic Elections from the Ground Up
Source:
Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings
Date of Document:
27 May 2015
Author:
Chantal E. Berman; Elizabeth R. Nugent
Accessed Date:
30 November 2015
Keywords:
corruption; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of expression; labour; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Stemming Tunisia's Authoritarian Drift. Middle East and North Africa Report N°180.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
11 January 2018
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Tunisia
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Tunisia.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisian Republic. Election for President of 21 December 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
22 December 2014
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Tunisian Republic. Election for Majlis Nawwab Ash-Sha'ab (Tunisian Assembly Of People's Representatives) of 26 October 2014.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
19 December 2014
Keywords:
election; political organizations; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Inégalités et discrimination à l'encontre des femmes et des filles dans la législation tunisienne
Source:
Tunisia. Ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l'Enfance.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Loi organique n° 2017-58 du 11 août 2017, relative à l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Tunisia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and support services (2012-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 January 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Title:
Obstacles to Access to Justice for Women in Tunisia in Light of International Law and Standards
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia: Situation report on Violence against Women
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Violence à l'égard des femmes : Les lois du genre
Date of Document:
30 June 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Situation of women who have had a child out of wedlock, including their treatment by family members and society; state protection and available services (2011-November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 December 2014
Accessed Date:
23 December 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; legislation; marriage
Title:
Cartographie des services destinés aux femmes victimes de violences ou en situation de vulnérabilité en Tunisie. Tunis, 2014 – 2016.
Source:
Tunisia. Ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l'Enfance.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Assaulted and Accused: Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Tunisia
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 November 2015
Accessed Date:
13 January 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; medical records; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Rapport national genre Tunisie 2015
Date of Document:
5 April 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
The situation of women who live alone, whether they are single or divorced, particularly in Tunis; incidence of their social status, level of education and financial autonomy on their situation; whether they can access employment and housing; suppor...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities, including their treatment by society and the authorities, legislation, state protection and support services (2011-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Tunisia. State Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
‘I am not a monster': State-entrenched discrimination and homophobia in Tunisia
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 May 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia: Privacy Threatened by ‘Homosexuality' Arrests
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 November 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Tunisia's Political Polarisation Worsens after First Big Terrorist Attack in Two Years
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 October 2018
Accessed Date:
22 January 2019
Title:
Tunisia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia. 2018 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
7 March 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Ansar al-Shariah (Tunisia)
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
24 August 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
La transition bloquée : corruption et régionalisme en Tunisie. Rapport Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord N°177.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
10 May 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Tunisia's Corruption Contagion: A Transition at Risk
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
25 October 2017
Author:
Sarah Yerkes; Marwan Muasher
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
The Geographic Trajectory of Conflict and Militancy in Tunisia
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
20 July 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Loi organique n° 2015-26 du 7 août 2015, relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et à la répression du blanchiment d'argent
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Military service; possibility of alternative military service; deferral and exemption; penalties for refusing to perform military service
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 October 2006
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; legal system; military service
Title:
Penalties incurred by a Tunisian citizen who did not perform military service in the past and who has now passed the age of mandatory military service
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2008
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Keywords:
military service
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Update: A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System
Date of Document:
June 2017
Author:
Dahmène Touchent; Aviva Zimbris
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
Tunisia: Transitional Justice and the Fight Against Corruption. Middle East and North Africa Report N°168.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 May 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Justice Needs in Tunisia 2017: Legal problems in daily life
Source:
Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Date of Document:
4 July 2017
Author:
Kavita Heijstek-Ziemann et al.
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
The Constitution of the Republic of Tunisia
Accessed Date:
9 January 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on her mission to Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
26 May 2015
Accessed Date:
30 November 2015
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; torture
Title:
Arrestation, garde à vue, et détention préventive: Analyse du cadre juridique tunisien au regard des Lignes directrices Luanda
Source:
Le Labo' Démocratique
Date of Document:
30 June 2015
Author:
Maîtres Salma Chaari; Bechir Ghachem
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Illusory Justice, Prevailing Impunity: Lack of Effective Remedies and Reparation for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Tunisia
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
13 May 2016
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
II. Tunisia. Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez. Addendum. Follow up report: Missions to the Republic of Tajikistan and Tunisia.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 February 2015
Accessed Date:
1 December 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Tunisia under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearences.
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
Accessed Date:
9 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
10 June 2016
Accessed Date:
6 January 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Reform and Security Strategy in Tunisia. Middle East and North Africa Report N°161.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 July 2015
Accessed Date:
13 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; labour; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; state surveillance; torture
Title:
‘We Want An End To The Fear': Abuses Under Tunisia's State Of Emergency
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 February 2017
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
A Quiet Revolution: The Tunisian Military After Ben Ali
Source:
Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
24 February 2016
Accessed Date:
9 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
25 January 2019
Title:
Tunisia: Lawmaker Sentenced for Blog
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 July 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia: Government Lifts Ban on Inter-Religious Marriages
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
19 September 2017
Accessed Date:
24 January 2018
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Tunisia. The Indigenous World 2018.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Tunisia: ‘They never tell me why': Arbitrary restrictions on movement in Tunisia
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 October 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
Title:
Tunisia: Judge says government's implementation of S17 is unlawful
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 November 2018
Accessed Date:
27 December 2018
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 January 2019:
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 May 2018
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=277267
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
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