In Tunisia, President Beji Caid Essebsi has proposed giving women equal inheritance rights with men — a much-debated topic around the Muslim world. ..…

In its 2006 Concluding Observations, the Committee reminded United States of the desirability of abolishing the penalty, and expressed concern about the use of confinement, noting that its prolonged use cannot be reconciled with the requirement that the aim of the penitentiary system be reformation and..…

The policies enacted by Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's leader from 1957 to 1987, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, led to the emergence of what Gunder Frank called the development of underdevelopment.. ... This is illustrative of the inequality that marks every region of Tunisia, including the..…