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
OCTOBER 3, 2016TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 31 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACK ON MINISTER
A Tunisian court has handed 31 people death sentences over a 2014 attack on the home of then interior minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou, a judiciary spokesman said.
JUNE 16, 2016TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: DEATH SENTENCE IN SUFI SHRINE KILLING
the leader of a group of Takfiri Salafists was sentenced to death for his part in the killing of a guard at a Sufi
- JANUARY 1, 2016TunisiaDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 30, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
the Court of First Instance sentenced three men to death over charges of killing a Tunisia’s national security
the Court of First Instance sentenced three men to death over charges of killing a Tunisia’s national security
NOVEMBER 19, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: 3 JIHADISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF POLICE
A court has condemned three Tunisian jihadists to death, including two tried in absentia, for the murder of a
- OCTOBER 28, 2015ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY COURT REFUSES EXTRADITION TO TUNISIA OF MUSEUM ATTACK SUSPECT
An Italian court refused to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunisia earlier this year because he might face the death penalty in the case.
JULY 23, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: PARLIAMENT OKAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'TERROR CRIMES'
Tunisia's parliament approved imposition of the death penalty for "terrorist" crimes, despite opposition from rights groups and a de facto quarter-century moratorium on executions.
FEBRUARY 9, 2015TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 11-YEAR-OLD
A Tunisian court sentenced five people to death for the murder of an 11-year-old in the northern city of
- JANUARY 1, 2015TunisiaDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 27, 2014TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Appeal of the Governorate of Nabeul sentenced to death a young man who had stabbed to
the Court of Appeal of the Governorate of Nabeul sentenced to death a young man who had stabbed to
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2014TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
A Tunisian human rights group has urged the country's incoming parliament to abolish capital punishment
- MAY 7, 2014TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
the Court of First Instance of Sousse sentenced a woman and a man to death for murder, Jawhara FM
the Court of First Instance of Sousse sentenced a woman and a man to death for murder, Jawhara FM