Legal Framework
From The Report: Tunisia 2016
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OBG introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Tunisia, in partnership with Meziou Knani & Khlif. This chapter contains a viewpoint from Ghazi Meziou, Associate Lawyer, Meziou Knani & Khlif.

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Law of the land: A guide to the country’s updated legal code
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Tunisia is currently in something of a paradoxical situation. As the country of origin of the Arab Spring, it is, to date, the only example of a successful peaceful democratic transition in the Arab world. After a long and laborious gestation, the National Constituent Assembly, elected after the 2011 revolution, adopted, by an overwhelming majority, a new constitution, laying the foundation of the second Republic of Tunisia. Under the new constitution, parliamentary and presidential elections were…

Viewpoint

Fundamental changes: Ghazi Meziou, Associate Lawyer, Meziou Knani & Khlif, on Tunisia’s new constitution
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The Constituent National Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution on January 26, 2014, after debating for months in collaboration with several international organisations and guarantors of human rights, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The adoption of a new constitution often denotes a desire to break with the past and to overhaul the legal system and political life. With the exception of some provisions of the old constitution,the new Tunisian constitution…