The public actors of the Tunisian human rights system

The Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Science of Tunis and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) is launching a study of the public actors of the Tunisian human rights system. The study is funded by the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP).

The study seeks to provide a better grasp of the Tunisian human rights system as a whole and an understanding of the central role of the public infrastructure for the protection of human rights: its actors, its normative framework and the various processes that take place at the national level. The objective of the analysis of the Tunisian institutional landscape is to give a complete overview of the public actors and their mandates at a time of recasting or creation of a human rights protection system. It underlines the necessity for central actors of the national human rights system to be aware of and explore possible cooperation and interactions among themselves.

“The study is a snapshot of the landscape of public actors that was taken at the end of 2017. Over time, it could show how the actors and the human rights protection system of Tunisia evolve. It underlines the necessity for central actors of the national human rights system to be aware of and explore possible cooperation and interactions among themselves”. Stéphanie Lagoutte, researcher with DIHR.

The study is available in English, Arabic and French.