Civic Space " A Year of Legislative Action: A Minimal Legislative Function? "
Moderation: Wahid Ferchichi
Panelists: Salsabil Kelibi & Lamine Benghazi
L'Art Rue
Join us for an evening of reflection on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 pm, to be broadcasted live on our platforms YouTube, X and Facebook. This debate will focus on the theme: Civic Space " A Year of Legislative Action: A Minimal Legislative Function? "
The discussion will be an opportunity to shed light on the past legislative year in Tunisia. This period witnessed Parliament pass various conventions, agreements and laws.
Wahid Ferchichi, moderator of the discussion, accompanied by Salsabil Kelibi and Lamine Benghazi, will highlight the state of Tunisian legislation in 2023, a year in which new members of Parliament have not placed rights and freedoms at the heart of their priorities. Civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights of Tunisian citizens and their environmental rights have been relegated to the background, in favour of the adoption of laws ratifying international loan agreements.
Faced with this alarming observation, this debate is essential to critically examine Tunisia’s legislative priorities and the challenges to be met in terms of human and environmental rights.
YouTube, X and Facebook, this Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 pm.
Audience members can ask their questions online during the debate, and our panelists will try to answer them.
> About the Speakers:
Wahid Ferchichi
Wahid Ferchichi is Professor of Public Law at the University of Carthage and the Director of the Department of Public Law and Political Science at the Faculty of Political and Social Law in Tunis where he co-chairs the master’s programme of human rights. He coordinates the legal clinic for gender-based violence. He is also the honorary president of the Tunisian Association for the Defense of Individual Freedoms.
Salsabil Kelibi
Salsabil Kelibi is a public law professor at the University of Carthage. Secialising in constitutional law, she is the current president of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law and a former member of the Higher National Committee for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Kelibi is also a Senior Adviser in the Constitutional Building Process.
Lamine Benghazi
Lamine Benghazi is the head of the Justice and the Rule of Law program at Lawyers Without Borders in Tunisia and a member of the board of Al Bawsala, where he was in charge of the Marsad Majles between 2017 and 2020. He is also a Non Resident Fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP), where he is focuses on justice and the rule of law in Tunisia.
Practical information
Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 7:30 pm
Free & online on the FB page of L'Art Rue -الشارع فن
Price information
Free
