ILAC Report
Covid-19 and Tunisia: Socio-economic Challenges in a Young Democracy
Blog piece by Ulrika Nilsson, Ismaël Benkhalifa and Sélim Ben Abdesselem Despite the determination characterising its democratic transition, Tunisia remains a fragile state with a weak institutional framework. The Covid-19 crisis will only place added pressure on the country’s institutions,…
“We have entered a new era for human rights in Arabic legal systems”
“Even though most of the Arab countries are characterised by their delayed ratification of human rights agreements, their main goal is to enable citizens to enjoy all their rights and freedoms. After the so called Arab-Spring we have entered a new…
“Tunisias’ Judiciary is starting to build a culture of independence”
Transition takes time. But Tunisia can move fast. Sharing experiences with international experts is one way of quickly finding good international practice, says judge Cristi Danilet, one of the CEELI Institute experts on ILAC Training of Tunisian judges programme.
Swedish Ambassador to Jordan:
“RWI and ILAC has a unique development profile”
“I believe judicial institutes should play a key role in fostering a culture of integrity. True independence will happen only when you believe in, and are able to act upon it. This is a cornerstone for any society built on…
New arabic website for ILAC MENA Programme
The ILAC Mena Rule of Law Programme 2014-2016, co-funded by Swedish Sida, now has a website in arabic. With the launch of www.ilacnet.org/arabic the programme will be easier to follow and share by many of the local stakeholders in the…
LIVE 25 April: “From Ben Ali to democracy and rule of law”
This first MENA Stakeholder Seminar was dealing with the different aspects of Tunisia´s transition from the Ben Ali era to a democratic country based on the rule of law. The seminar, was opened by the Tunisian Minister of Justice, and…
“Fast and flexible Tunisian work”
– mid term Project Review shows “good grades”
ILACs project Training of Tunisian Judges has now reached out to 780 of the country’s 1800 judges. According to a midterm review made by Stockholm Policy Group the project is both effective and flexible, with a high degree of analysis…