This report analyzes Tunisia’s draft counterterrorism law and assesses to what extent the proposed law conforms to international human rights standards. An initial version of the draft law was submitted to the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), Tunisia’s parliament, by the Council of Ministers in January 2014. The NCA suspended voting on the draft amid disagreements over its provisions and in advance of legislative elections in October 2014. The new government submitted a new draft on March 26 to the parliament that was elected on October 26, 2014. The new draft comes amid a spate of violent attacks by extremist groups targeting both Tunisians and foreign visitors, including the March 18 attack against tourists at the Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 21 foreigners and one Tunisian.
This report analyzes Tunisia’s draft counterterrorism law and assesses to what extent the proposed law conforms to international human rights standards. An initial version of the draft law was submitted to the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), Tunisia’s parliament, by the Council of Ministers in January 2014. The NCA suspended voting on the draft amid disagreements over its provisions and in advance of legislative elections in October 2014. The new government submitted a new draft on March 26 to the parliament that was elected on October 26, 2014. The new draft comes amid a spate of violent attacks by extremist groups targeting both Tunisians and foreign visitors, including the March 18 attack against tourists at the Bardo Museum in Tunis that killed 21 foreigners and one Tunisian.