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
MAY 22, 2012ItalyDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: CONSTITUTION TO SEE END OF DEATH PENALTY, ITALY SAYS
the abolition of capital punishment must be included in Tunisia's new constitution. This
MAY 10, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIRST DEATH SENTENCES AFTER REVOLUTION
Two men accused of rape and murder, were sentenced to death this afternoon by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Tunis. This is the first death sentences issued in Tunisia after the fall of the dictatorship, in January of 2011.
- APRIL 19, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
a Tunisian court will issue on May 3 its verdict in a blasphemy...
a Tunisian court will issue on May 3 its verdict in a blasphemy...
- APRIL 9, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
during a TV program on the first national channel...
during a TV program on the first national channel...
FEBRUARY 21, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIRST DEATH SENTENCING SINCE REVOLUTION IN MANOUBA MURDER CASE
Primary Court of Tunis has recently issued the first capital punishment sentence
- JANUARY 20, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRESIDENT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY?
General amnesty was recently granted to thousands of detainees in Tunisian prisons in
JANUARY 14, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: AMNESTY TO THOUSANDS ON BEN ALI OUSTER ANNIVERSARY
Tunisia granted an amnesty or conditional release from prison to 9,000 detainees
JANUARY 5, 2012MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: TUNISIAN EXTRADITED AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Tunisian citizen has been extradited to his home country after being sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
- DECEMBER 15, 2011MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI: PRESIDENT TOURÈ PARDONS TUNISIAN NATIONAL
Amadou Toumani Touré, the President of Mali, pardoned Bechir Sinoun, the Tunisian national
NOVEMBER 17, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TUNISIAN, WOMAN AMONG 11 EXECUTED FOR TERROR
Eleven people sentenced to death for terrorist activity were executed in Iraq, according
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TUNISIAN’S EXECUTION POSTPONED AFTER INTERVENTION BY GHANNOUCHI
the execution of a young Tunisian in Iraq has been stayed after the intervention of Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi.