Tunisia

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Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau - Addendum Mission to Tunisia (A/HRC/23/46/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism - Mission to Tunisia (A/HRC/16/51/Add.2)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Concluding observations (2011)

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2010)

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding Observations (2010)
Concluding observations (2009) - OPAC

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding Observations (2009) 

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2008) 

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (1999)

Committee Against Torture
Concluding Observations (1998)  

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In January 2011, Tunisia became the first country in the MENA region to change its autocratic regime through a largely peaceful revolution, paving the way to the region-wide movement that has become known as the “Arab Spring.” Following this historic transformation, an assessment mission was rapidly dispatched to Tunisia by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The mission presented the Transitional Government of Tunisia with a number of recommendations on how OHCHR could assist national efforts in the establishment of an open and democratic society. On 13 July 2011, in response to the request by the Government of Tunisia, OHCHR established a Country Office with a full mandate to protect and promote human rights. The Office will be staffed with eleven national and 6 international staff.
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