Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Tunisia's misuse of military courts

MENA reports here on Tunisia's continuing misuse of military to prosecute civilians. Excerpt:

The military justice code, which was established after Mr [Habib] Bourguiba led the country to independence in 1957, grants military courts the right to judge civilians on crimes including public insult of “the flag or the army” and “criticism of the actions ... of army officials which undermines their dignity”.

While they underwent a partial reform following Tunisia’s uprising, military courts are still controlled by the executive branch as the President has exclusive say over the appointment of judges and prosecutors in the courts.

P.S. Did you know that under some circumstances, Spanish courts-martial may also try civilians? Consider this summary of the Spanish system.

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