Tunisia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 1, 1959, amended on July 12, 1988 and in 2002
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the French and Islamic systems; partial review of legislative acts by the Supreme Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, composed of the House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) and the House of Councillors
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Cassation
RELIGIONS
98% Muslims, 1% Christians, 1% Jews and others
From the country
APRIL 8, 2020TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 1,420 INMATES RELEASED TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION
Tunisian President Kais Saied on 31 March 2020 granted a special pardon to 1,420 inmates in order to reduce the country's prison population amid the spread of the coronavirus, official news agency TAP reported.
JANUARY 19, 2020TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BOMBING THAT KILLED 12 PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS
A Tunisian court on 17 January 2020 sentenced eight people to death over a suicide bombing that targeted a presidential security bus in the capital Tunis in November 2015.
- JANUARY 1, 2020TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
In Tunisian law the death penalty is issued for 21 separate offenses
In Tunisian law the death penalty is issued for 21 separate offenses
- APRIL 27, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: PRESS RELEASE ON THE TRAINING FOR JUDGES AND PRISON ADMINISTRATION STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE DEATH PENALTY
The Arab Institute for Human Rights has organized a training session in Hammamet, on 20 and 21 April 2019, for judges and representatives of prison institutions on the role of the judge and the prison administration between human rights and the death pena
- MARCH 23, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for the murderer of a soldier on duty at Menzel Bourguiba
18 April 2018: the accused charged with murdering a soldier at the military barracks in Zaârour of the delegation of Menzel Bourguiba (Bizerte) was sentenced to death.
MARCH 8, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 31 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORIST ATTACK
Tunisia’s Criminal Court on terrorism cases in the capital’s Court of Appeal has sentenced 31 people to death over the 2014 terrorist attack on the house of former Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou, Aawsat reported on 7 March 2019.
JANUARY 14, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 41 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 ATTACK ON ARMY
A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 jihadists to death over an attack that killed 15 soldiers on the border with Algeria in 2014, prosecutors said on 12 January 2019.
- JANUARY 10, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: FIVE JIHADISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER TEEN BEHEADING
A Tunisian court on 8 January 2019 sentenced five jihadists to death over the 2015 murder of a teenage shepherd.
- JANUARY 1, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
In Tunisian law the death penalty is issued for 21 separate offenses
In Tunisian law the death penalty is issued for 21 separate offenses
- MAY 29, 2018TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia rejects the extradition of the alleged murderer of Mohamed Zouari
29 May 2018: the Supreme Court of Croatia prohibits extradition to Tunisia of a Bosnian suspected of killing Tunisian engineer Mohamed Zouari in 2016.
- MAY 10, 2018TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA HAS 1,500 DETAINEES TRIED FOR TERRORISM
The number of people tried for terrorism in Tunisia has reached 1,500 detainees, spokesperson for the judicial counter-terrorism division Sofien Sliti said.
- APRIL 4, 2018TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
OCTT ANNUAL REPORT 2017: 77 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TUNISIA
During the presentation of the Annual Report by the Organization against Torture in Tunisia (OCTT), the Vice-President, Chokri Letaief, announced that there are 77 people sentenced to death in Tunisia.