by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 8, 2024 | Diplomacy, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Additional Steps Toward Cybercrime Treaty Accession Summary: On 6 February 2024, the Parliament voted to approve Tunisia’s accession to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe. The vote paves the way for Tunisia to become a party to the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 3, 2024 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Ghannouchi Sentenced Again with Spotlight on Foreign Funding Summary: On 1 February 2024, imprisoned leader of the Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, was sentenced to three additional years in prison for facilitating the illicit receipt of foreign financing...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 3, 2024 | Legal, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: State of Emergency Extended Through 2024, Granting Broad Powers Summary: On 30 January 2024, President Kais Saied announced that the official State of Emergency would be extended through 31 December 2024. Please login or purchase an...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 2, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Annual Corruption Index Highlights Perennial Challenges Summary: In late January 2024, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index covering 2023, ranking Tunisia 87th out of 180 total countries ranked. The ranking did not note...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 25, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Corruption Issues in Sport Risk Reputational Damage Abroad Summary: In January 2024, multiple issues have surfaced highlighting the challenges of corruption in Tunisian sport, including in both tennis and soccer. In mid-January, Tunisian tennis player Anis...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 11, 2024 | Diplomacy, Legal, Social
Tunisia: Biometric IDs Moving Forward as Privacy Concerns Linger Summary: In late December 2023, the parliamentary Committee on Rights and Freedoms announced the general provisions of the biometric identity card that will likely soon be mandated. ...
