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Jurisprudential Guides Notes
Jurisprudential Guides Notes
On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide:
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
On
December 22, 2020, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
Revoked
The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
Jurisprudential Guides.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
Revoked
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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TUNISIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
United Nations. World Food Programme.
Date of Document:
3 March 2011
Accessed Date:
3 January 2017
Title:
Tunisia. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
6 January 2026
Accessed Date:
9 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
8 January 2026
Accessed Date:
19 January 2026
Title:
Tunisie : accès à des soins de santé mentale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 February 2025
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 June 2025
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Présentation de la Tunisie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
26 November 2024
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Socio-Economic Survey 2024.
Source:
Austria. Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Author:
Monika Potkanski-Palka
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom in the World 2025.
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 and 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/TUN/1
Date of Document:
29 August 2022
Accessed Date:
10 February 2023
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/TUN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
22 August 2022
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Tunisia
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/TUN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
25 July 2022
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Tunisie : flux migratoires et traite des êtres humains
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Shadow Report on the Implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights by Tunisia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 September 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: A year of human rights regression since president's power-grab
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 July 2022
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Date of Document:
17 April 2023
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia: Cybercrime Decree Used Against Critics
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 December 2023
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Du coup d'État à l'étouffement des droits : Le mode opératoire de la répression en Tunisie (2021-2025)
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Escalating crackdown on human rights organizations reaches critical levels
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 November 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Code de la Nationalité Tunisienne
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 January 2026
Title:
Obtention d'un passeport pour la première fois ou son renouvellement pour les Tunisiens résidents sur le territoire tunisien
Source:
Tunisia. Site d'Information et de Communication Administrative.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Obtention de la carte d'identité nationale pour la première fois
Source:
Tunisia. Site d'Information et de Communication Administrative.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
The Impact of Civil Registration on the Social Protection System: A Case Study of Tunisia. The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices.
Source:
Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Tunisie : Le parti Vive la Tunisie ! (Tahya Tounès) à Béja
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 July 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
“All Conspirators”: How Tunisia Uses Arbitrary Detention to Crush Dissent
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 April 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Tunisia: National Council of Regions and Districts.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia: At least 97 arrested as authorities escalate pre-election crackdown
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 September 2024
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisian Republic. Election for Presidency of 6 October 2024.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
About Parliament; Election Results. Tunisia: Assembly of People's Representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
The 2022 Tunisian Legislative Elections: Itinerary of a Debacle
Source:
Brussels International Center
Date of Document:
December 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
“So What If He Hit You?”: Addressing Domestic Violence in Tunisia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 December 2022
Editor:
Eric Goldstein; Rothna Begum
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Loi organique n° 2017-58 du 11 août 2017, relative à l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
2 March 2023
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
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:
Strengthening accountability through the Specialized Criminal Chambers in Tunisia
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tackling gender discrimination: Lessons from Tunisian inheritance law
Source:
European University Institute
Date of Document:
25 January 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
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
Title:
Étude sur les déterminants des violences conjugales
Source:
Tunisia. Observatoire National pour la Lutte Contre la Violence à l'égard des Femmes.
Date of Document:
24 March 2022
Author:
Mustapha Klibi et al.
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Tunisie : Le mariage et le divorce
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
13 February 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia's Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: The Death Penalty
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights et al.
Date of Document:
9 January 2023
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
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:
Information received from Tunisia on follow-up to the concluding observations on its seventh periodic report
Date of Document:
19 June 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
2 September 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Legal Guide to Child's Rights in Tunisia
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
November 2024
Editor:
Maya Dalloul; Martin Clutterbuck
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Profile Genre Tunisie 2022
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
État des lieux sur les féminicides en Tunisie 2022
Source:
United Nations Populations Fund
Author:
Monia Kari et al.
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Violences qui migrent avec les femmes : Etude qualitative exploratoire sur les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles migrantes en Tunisie
Source:
Observatoire national pour la lutte contre la violence à l'égard des femmes; United Nations Population Fund
Author:
Marta Luceño Moreno
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
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
Title:
Rapport de l'Expert indépendant chargé de la question de la protection contre la violence et la discrimination liées à l'orientation sexuelle et à l'identité de genre, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, sur sa visite en Tunisie
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 May 2022
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Query response on the situation and treatment of the LGBTQI+ community (COI between 1st January 2020 and 31st July 2023)
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
August 2023
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Authorities step up crackdown on LGBTI individuals with wave of arrests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia summary: legal, social, and political. Queer resistance to digital oppression. Legal, social, and political context of digital oppression in MENA.
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
25 January 2024
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
6 November 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Tunisia: Crackdowns Disrupt Smuggling and Fuel New Abuses
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
December 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2025.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 September 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Tunisia.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 January 2025
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Jihadisme en Tunisie : éviter la recrudescence des violences. Briefing Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord N°83.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 June 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Loi organique n° 2019-9 du 23 janvier 2019, modifiant et complétant la 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:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia. Global Organized Crime Index 2025.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
November 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
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
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
Title:
Tunisie : Le mouvement des militaires isolés
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 March 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
A Guide to the Tunisian Legal System
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Authorities must end erosion of judicial independence
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
31 May 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Tunisia 2025: Legal problems in daily life
Source:
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on his visit to Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia: Authorities' targeting of lawyers undermines access to justice
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 March 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Accountability Through the Specialized Criminal Chambers Modes of Individual Criminal Liability Under Tunisian and International Law - Practical Guide 4
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
The Judicial System in Tunisia: The Diagnosis of a Crisis
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
9 February 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
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
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Tunisia under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
25 May 2016
Accessed Date:
9 January 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Unfinished Revolution: Police Brutality at the Heart of the 10th Anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
13 July 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisia. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Impossible “Reform” of the Tunisian Security Sector? The Role of Unions, International Organizations, and Activist Groups in Policing
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
7 April 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Authorities escalate clampdown on media, freedom of expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 May 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Londa Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report 2024.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
Date of Document:
April 2025
Editor:
‘Gbenga Sesan et al.
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom on the Net 2025.
Editor:
Shannon O'Toole; Tyler Roylance
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
State of Surveillance Tunisia
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
February 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
1.13 Tunisia. The chilling: A global study online violence against women journalists.
Source:
International Center for Journalists
Date of Document:
2 November 2022
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
13 Years After the “Revolution”: Media and Tunisia's 2024 Presidential Elections
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
21 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Freedom of expression at risk in Tunisia: A legal framework that favors silence
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 October 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Media Reform in Tunisia: A Volatile Process
Source:
Centre for International Media Assistance; National Endowment for Democracy
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Annual Report on Religious Freedom in Tunisia 2022
Source:
The Religious Freedom Committee, Attalaki Organization
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his visit to Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
3 October 2019
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Tunisia. The Indigenous World 2025.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Tunisia
Code:
CERD/C/TUN/CO/20-22
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
23 December 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Étude de référence sur la situation des minorités et des groupes discriminés en Tunisie
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
18 November 2021
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Tunisia: No Safe Haven for Black African Migrants, Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 July 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
“Nobody hears you when you scream”: Dangerous shift in Tunisia's migration policy
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
November 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Issues Related to the Immigration Detention of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers. Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. 116th Session, November/December 2025.
Source:
Global Detention Project; Forum tunisien pour les droits économiques et sociaux
Date of Document:
October 2025
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Refugee and migrant youth in Tunisia - Profiles, access to income, protection risks and assistance needs
Source:
Mixed Migration Centre
Date of Document:
7 August 2023
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
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 2025:
Title:
Tunisia. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
25 October 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/tunisia
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
16 January 2025
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tunisia/
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
2 October 2024
URL:
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS21666
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom in the World 2024.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/tunisia/freedom-world/2024
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Tunisia.html
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia: Irregular migration reaches unprecedented levels
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
August 2024
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Tunisia-Irregular-migration-reaches-inprecedented-levels-GI-TOC-August-2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/tunisia/
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Global Organized Crime Index 2023
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
URL:
https://ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2023/english/ocindex_profile_tunisia_2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Tunisia – 2023: Legal problems in daily life
Source:
The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Author:
Jelmer Brouwer et al.
URL:
https://www.hiil.org/research/justice-needs-and-satisfaction-in-tunisia/
Accessed Date:
25 January 2024
Title:
LONDA: Digital Rights and Inclusion in Africa Report. Tunisia.
Source:
Paradigm Initiative
URL:
https://paradigmhq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tunisia-Londa-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/tunisia/freedom-net/2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. The Indigenous World 2024.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2024
URL:
https://iwgia.org/en/tunesia/5360-iw-2024-tunisia.html
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisie. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 April 2024
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/tunisie.htm
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Le régime tunisien de sécurité sociale
Source:
France. Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale.
URL:
https://www.cleiss.fr/docs/regimes/regime_tunisie.html
Accessed Date:
21 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Mental Health Atlas 2020.
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Date of Document:
8 October 2021
URL:
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profiles/tun.pdf?sfvrsn=19591d6c_5&download=true
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Data Analysis Report: Cases of Discrimination collected by the various divisions of the Observatory for the Defense of the Right to Difference April-June 2023
Source:
L'Association pour la promotion du Droit à la Différence
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://o3dt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Rapport%20Avril%20Juin%20vectoris%C3%A9%20(1).pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
600 days after article 80: From the state of exception to the establishment of autocracy
Source:
Alliance pour la Sécurité et les Libertés
Date of Document:
20 June 2023
URL:
https://asl.org.tn/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Report-600-Days-after-article-80.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Vos Démarches - Passeport
URL:
http://services.interieur.gov.tn/wap/fr/docs/demarches/02.html
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Vos Démarches - Carte d'Identité Nationale
URL:
http://services.interieur.gov.tn/wap/fr/docs/demarches/01.html
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
After Ten Years of Progress, How Far Has Tunisia Really Come?
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
14 January 2021
Author:
Sarah Yerkes; Nesrine Mbarek
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/01/14/after-ten-years-of-progress-how-far-has-tunisia-really-come-pub-83609
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
In Tunisia, President's Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 August 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/27/tunisia-presidents-power-grab-and-absent-constitutional-court
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisie 2019 Rapport Final : Élections présidentielle et législatives
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
URL:
https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/moe_ue_tunisie_rapport_final_decembre_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia: Drop trumped-up charges against arbitrarily detained political dissidents
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 October 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/tunisia-drop-trumped-up-charges-against-arbitrarily-detained-political-dissidents/
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
About parliament; Elections results. Tunisia: Majlis Nawwab ash-Sha'ab (Assembly of People's Representatives).
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/TN/TN-LC01/
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Move to Dismantle Country's Largest Opposition Party
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 May 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/11/tunisia-move-dismantle-countrys-largest-opposition-party
Accessed Date:
16 January 2024
Title:
In Focus: Tunisian constitutional referendum and reform
Source:
House of Lords Library
Date of Document:
29 July 2022
URL:
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/tunisian-constitutional-referendum-and-reform/
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Violence à l'égard des femmes : Les lois du genre
Date of Document:
3 June 2016
URL:
https://euromedrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tunisie-violences-femmes.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 January 2017
Title:
Seventh periodic report submitted by Tunisia under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2020
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination of Women.
Date of Document:
29 December 2021
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/TUN/7
Accessed Date:
15 February 2023
Title:
Tunisia: The tragic truth about domestic violence
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 May 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/05/tunisia-tragic-truth-about-domestic-violence/
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisia: Police Arrest, Use Violence Against LGBTI Activists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 February 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/23/tunisia-police-arrest-use-violence-against-lgbti-activists
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisia. Activism and Resilience: LGBTQ Progress in the Middle East and North Africa. Case Studies from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
Source:
OutRight Action International; Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE)
Date of Document:
1 August 2017
Author:
Suraj Girijashanker; David W. Leebron
Editor:
Georges Azzi et al.
URL:
https://outrightinternational.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/MENAReport2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia: New Constitution Consolidates Powers in the Hands of the President
Source:
United States. Library of Congress.
Date of Document:
23 August 2022
URL:
https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2022-08-23/tunisia-new-constitution-consolidates-powers-in-the-hands-of-the-president/
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: The abuse of pre-trial detention to silence political opponents, authorities targeting political opposition with vague pretrial detention laws
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 September 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde30/7207/2023/en/
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Tunisia under article 29, paragraph 1, of the Convention. Addendum: Information received from Tunisia on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CED/C/TUN/CO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
13 April 2017
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CED/C/TUN/CO/1/add.1
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic reports of Tunisia. Addendum: Information received from Tunisia on follow-up to concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/TUN/CO/3/Add.1
Date of Document:
9 June 2017
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/TUN/CO/3/add.1
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Tunisia: Alarming increase in number of civilians facing military courts
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/11/tunisia-alarming-increase-in-number-of-civilians-facing-military-courts/
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
List of issues prior to submission of the fourth periodic report of Tunisia: Specific information on the implementation of articles 1–16 of the Convention, including with regard to the Committee's previous recommendations
Source:
United Nations. Committee Against Torture.
Date of Document:
4 January 2023
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/CAT/C/TUN/QPR/4
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia: Subjugating the Courts is Key to Saeid's Power Grab
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 June 2023
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/01/tunisia-subjugating-courts-key-saeids-power-grab
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
‘We want an end to the fear': Abuses under
Tunisia's state of emergency
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 February 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MDE3049112017ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 January 2018
Title:
The Evolution of Tunisia's Military and the Role of Foreign Security Sector Assistance
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of Document:
April 2020
Author:
Hijab Shah; Melissa Dalton
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/files/ShahDaltonTunisiaSecurityAssistance.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisia: Secret Detentions Under Cover of State of Emergency
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
9 February 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/09/tunisia-secret-detentions-under-cover-state-emergency
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Tunisia: New law proposal threatens civic space
Date of Document:
31 October 2023
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/tunisia-protect-civic-space/
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia. Report on digital freedoms in French-speaking African countries
Source:
France. Agence Française de Développement.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
URL:
https://www.afd.fr/en/ressources/digital-freedoms-french-speaking-african-countries
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
“Reporting Under the Weight of Fear”: Restrictions on the media in Tunisia under the president's exceptional measures (25 July 15 – 2021 April 2022)
Source:
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor; Journalists for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2022
URL:
https://euromedmonitor.org/uploads/reports/EN-Tunisia-report-May-17-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Identity and Citizenship in Tunisia: The Situation of Minorities after the 2011 Revolution
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
November 2018
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MRG-Tunisia-briefing-Final-ENG-Nov-2018.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Rhetoric and Repression: Anti-Migrant Discourse as a Political Weapon in Tunisia
Source:
The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Date of Document:
11 July 2024
URL:
https://timep.org/2024/07/11/rhetoric-and-repression-anti-migrant-discourse-as-a-political-weapon-in-tunisia/
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Tunisia: President's racist speech incites a wave of violence against Black Africans
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 March 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/03/tunisia-presidents-racist-speech-incites-a-wave-of-violence-against-black-africans/
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Losing Hope: Why Tunisians are leading the surge in irregular migration to Europe
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
January 2022
Editor:
Mark Micallef et al.
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GI-TOC-Losing-Hope_Tunisia-Report-2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
16 February 2023
Title:
Country Report: Immigration Detention in Tunisia Shrouded in Secrecy
Source:
Global Detention project
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GDP-Immigration-Detention-in-Tunisia-March-2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Trend Assessment: Exploring the link between food security and migration in Tunisia
Source:
International Centre for Migration Policy Development
Date of Document:
November 2022
Author:
Nesrine Ben Brahim
URL:
https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/59099/file/Fine_Grained_Link-Food_Security_Migration_Tunisia_final_forpublication.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/tunisia
Accessed Date:
19 May 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Tunisia: National Council of Regions and Districts.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/parliament/TN/TN-UC01/
Accessed Date:
22 January 2025
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism on his visit to Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 December 2018
URL:
https://www.undocs.org/en/A/HRC/40/52/Add.1
Accessed Date:
12 March 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Tunisia
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
10 June 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/TUN/CO/3
Accessed Date:
6 January 2017
Title:
Impossible “Reform” of the Tunisian Security Sector? The Role of Unions, International Organizations, and Activist Groups in Policing
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
7 April 2023
URL:
https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/impossible-reform-of-the-tunisian-security-sector-the-role-of-unions-international-organizations-and-activist-groups-in-policing/
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Freedom of expression at risk in Tunisia: A legal framework that favors silence
Date of Document:
May 2023
URL:
https://www.accessnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FoE-Report-English-Final.pdf
Accessed Date:
17 January 2024
Title:
Étude de référence sur la situation des minorités et des groupes discriminés en Tunisie
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
18 November 2021
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MRG_Tunisia_FR_Nov21.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 March 2022
Title:
Tunisie : accès à des soins de santé mentale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 February 2025
URL:
https://www.osar.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Afrika/Tunesien/250211_TUN_soins_de_sante.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Social Security Around the World: Country Profiles.
Source:
International Social Security Association
Date of Document:
1 July 2022
URL:
https://www.issa.int/node/195543?country=993
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Socio-Economic Survey 2024.
Source:
Austria. Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Author:
Monika Potkanski-Palka
URL:
https://www.bmi.gv.at/114/files/Umfrage_Tunisia/Report_Tunisia_FINAL_nBF_13012025.pdf
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 August 2025
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/tunisia/
Accessed Date:
12 January 2026
Title:
Shadow Report on the Implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights by Tunisia
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 September 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/26/shadow-report-on-the-implementation-of-the-african-charter-on-human-and-peoples
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Du coup d'État à l'étouffement des droits : Le mode opératoire de la répression en Tunisie (2021-2025)
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
May 2025
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/rapport_tunisie_2025.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Escalating crackdown on human rights organizations reaches critical levels
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 November 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/11/tunisia-escalating-crackdown-on-human-rights-organizations-reaches-critical-levels/
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Obtention d'un passeport pour la première fois ou son renouvellement pour les Tunisiens résidents sur le territoire tunisien
Source:
Tunisia. Site d'Information et de Communication Administrative.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
URL:
http://www.sicad.gov.tn/Fr/Prestations_57_3_D1618
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Obtention de la carte d'identité nationale pour la première fois
Source:
Tunisia. Site d'Information et de Communication Administrative.
Date of Document:
2 September 2025
URL:
http://www.sicad.gov.tn/Fr/Prestation_Obtention-de-la-carte-didentite-nationale-pour-la-premiere-fois_57_3_D1309
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
The Impact of Civil Registration on the Social Protection System: A Case Study of Tunisia. The Nexus Between Civil Registration and Social Protection Systems: Five Country Practices.
Source:
Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
URL:
https://crvssystems.ca/sites/default/files/assets/files/SocialProtection_5_Tunisia_e_WEB.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisie : Le parti Vive la Tunisie ! (Tahya Tounès) à Béja
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 July 2025
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2507_tun_tahya_tounes_a_beja_166176_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
“All Conspirators”: How Tunisia Uses Arbitrary Detention to Crush Dissent
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 April 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/04/16/all-conspirators/how-tunisia-uses-arbitrary-detention-crush-dissent
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
6 October 2025
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/Africa/country_profile_TUN_Tunisia.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Information received from Tunisia on follow-up to the concluding observations on its seventh periodic report
Date of Document:
19 June 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CEDAW/C/TUN/FCO/7
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Legal Guide to Child's Rights in Tunisia
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
November 2024
Editor:
Maya Dalloul; Martin Clutterbuck
URL:
https://www.unicef.org/tunisia/media/8156/file/Legal%20Guide%20to%20Child%27s%20Rights%20in%20Tunisia_optimized.pdf.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Authorities step up crackdown on LGBTI individuals with wave of arrests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 February 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/02/tunisia-authorities-step-up-crackdown-on-lgbti-individuals-with-wave-of-arrests/
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia summary: legal, social, and political. Queer resistance to digital oppression. Legal, social, and political context of digital oppression in MENA.
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://www.article19.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LGBTQ-MENA-Report-1-Background-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
6 November 2025
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/tunisia/
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia. The Law on Police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Johannesburg. Faculty of Law.
URL:
https://www.policinglaw.info/country/tunisia
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
13 Years After the “Revolution”: Media and Tunisia's 2024 Presidential Elections
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
21 February 2025
URL:
https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/13-years-after-the-revolution-media-and-tunisias-2024-presidential-elections/
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 October 2025
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/10/08/tunisia-death-sentence-for-facebook-posts
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Tunisia
Code:
CERD/C/TUN/CO/20-22
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
23 December 2025
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CERD/C/TUN/CO/20-22
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
“Nobody hears you when you scream”: Dangerous shift in Tunisia's migration policy
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
November 2025
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MDE3001802025ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
Title:
Tunisia: Issues Related to the Immigration Detention of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers. Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. 116th Session, November/December 2025.
Source:
Global Detention Project; Forum tunisien pour les droits économiques et sociaux
Date of Document:
October 2025
URL:
https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GDP-and-FTDES-CERD-Tunisia-October-2025.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2026
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