Enhancing Detainees Rights in Tunisia

$1,500,000 - $2,000,000
Applications Due: Closed
Federal
DOS-INL (Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement)

Description

This project seeks to enhance detainees rights in Tunisia by expanding access to legal aid and improving enforcement of detainee rights in Tunisia. In 2016, Tunisia passed wide-ranging reforms of its Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). Act 2016-5 (Law 5) enacting article 13 of the CPC gave arrestees in police custody the right to legal counsel and significantly reduced the duration of legal pre-charge detention from 72 to 48 hours. By the order of public prosecutor and when justified, pre-charge detention could be extended with 48 hours for felonies and 24 hours for misdemeanors. In parallel, the anti-terrorism law of 2015 allows prosecutors and police to hold suspects for the first 48 hours without access to a lawyer and extends the duration of pre-charge custody to five days extendable two times for a total of 15 days. Since Law 5 came into force, its application has been uneven. This project seeks to ensure that the rights granted to civilians in Tunisia by Law 5 and criminal procedures proposing alternatives to detention, inter alia, bail provisions, are enforced consistently during the pre-trial phase.

Eligibility

States
All
Regions
All
Eligible Entities
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits, Private institutions of higher education

Funding

Program Funding
$2,000,000
Award Ceiling
$2,000,000
Award Floor
$1,500,000
Award Count
1

Timing

Posted Date
May 08, 2024
App Status
No Longer Accepting Applications
Pre-app Deadline
Application Deadline
July 03, 2024

Funder

Funding Source
Source Type
Federal
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