Tunisia’s President, Kais Saied, has instigated and set in motion a process aimed at replacing the country’s existing consensus-based 2014 constitution in a way that is devoid of any legal basis, democratic legitimacy, inclusivity, accountability and transparency.
Tunisian President Kais Saied dealt a deep blow to judicial independence on June 1, 2022, by granting himself, via decree, absolute power to fire judges summarily, and by promptly dismissing 57 judges, 10 rights groups said today.
The President’s decision to unilaterally dismiss 57 judges is an affront to the rule of law and judicial independence in Tunisia and must be reversed, said the International Commission of Jurists today.
Today, the Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) draw the government’s attention to the need to fully consider its domestic law and international human rights law obligations as it continues the process of developing its National Labour Migration Policy and refining the proposed amendments to the Employment Services Act 4 of 2014.
The victims of the late Chadian president Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations, six years after his historic conviction in Senegal, seven organizations said today.
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