This report analyzes Tunisia’s draft counterterrorism law and assesses to what extent the
proposed law conforms to international human rights standards.
An initial version of the draft law was submitted to the National Constituent Assembly (NCA),
Tunisia’s parliament, by the Council of Ministers in January 2014. The NCA suspended voting
on the draft amid disagreements over its provisions and in advance of legislative elections in
October 2014. The new government submitted a new draft on March 26 to the parliament
that was elected on October 26, 2014.
The new draft comes amid a spate of violent attacks by extremist groups targeting both
Tunisians and foreign visitors, including the March 18 attack against tourists at the Bardo
Museum in Tunis that killed 21 foreigners and one Tunisian.