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Author: Valentina Cadelo

Palace of Justice, Tunis (source: Twitter)
29 May

Tunisia: a Tortuous Path Towards Accountability and Justice for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations

[Valentina Cadelo is a Legal Adviser at International Commission of Jurists' Middle East and North Africa Programme.] Today, Tunisia marked the third anniversary of the opening of trials before the Specialized Criminal Chambers (SCC), the very first example of domestic criminal trials related to past gross human rights violations in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region.  Three years ago, when...

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