Civil Society Urges UN Action Over Tunisia

Multiple civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have warned of an intensifying decline in the rule of law, judicial independence, and human rights in Tunisia. In an open letter issued ahead of the UN Human Rights Council's 63rd session, the organizations said that despite the country's democratic transition and the adoption of a new constitution, President Kaïs Saïed in 2021 reversed much of this progress, concentrating power by dismissing the government, dissolving the legislature, and governing by decree. "Furthermore, in June 2022, following the President's adoption of Decree-Law 2022-35 granting himself the power to s…