The Reform Agenda
This report identifies freedom of speech and independent courts as two of ten priorities for legal reform. The others are freedom of movement, association and assembly, freedom to form political parties, the right of citizens to run for public office and choose candidates, the protection of rights while fighting terrorism, internet freedom, and immunity for the president of the republic – all areas where harsh laws inherited from the presidency of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali remain in effect.
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ISBN: 1-56432-816-3
ISBN: 1-56432-816-3
- Tunisia’s Repressive Laws
- Introduction
- Recommendations to Tunisian Authorities
- Repressive Laws -- Ten Areas to Reform:1. Decriminalize Peaceful Expression
- 2. Online Freedom: Revise Internet Decree to Protect Expression and Privacy
- 3. Revise the Law on Associations to Guarantee Freedom of Association
- 4. Revise the Law on Public Assemblies to Guarantee the Right of Assembly
- 5. Revise the Law on Travel Documents to Guarantee Freedom of Movement
- 6. Revise the Law on Political Parties to Narrow Content-Based Restrictions on Legal Parties
- 7. Drop Politically Motivated Hurdles to Running for President
- 8. Amend the Law on the Magistrature to Enhance Judicial Independence
- 9. Revise the Terrorism Law to Tighten “Terrorism” Definition and Restore Defendants’ Rights
- 10. Exclude International Crimes from any Presidential Immunity Provisions
- Acknowledgments








