Skip to content

Summary

  1. Barometer
  2. Our partners in the field
  3. All reports
  4. All tools
  5. All news
Navigate
on our interactive map
See the map
Share

Tunisia

Barometer

With a moratorium on executions
Country status
180+
Sentenced
0
Execution(s)
14+
Conviction(s)
Figures for 2025. The last execution in Tunisia took place in 1991.

Our partners in the field

Coalition tunisienne contre la peine de mort
Tunisia

All reports

Abolition process
Overview 2025 – The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the OIC
Jan 2026
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Alternative report on the death penalty for the review of Tunisia before the ACHPR (2025)
Sep 2025
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Summary report on the death penalty for the UPR of Tunisia (2022)
Mar 2023
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Alternative report on the death penalty in view of the consideration of the periodic report of Tunisia (41st Session 2022) (French)
Oct 2022
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Tunisia, 27th session of the working group on the universal periodic review, Human Rights Council, May 2017
Oct 2022
Conditions of detention
Buried alive: a monograph of the death penalty in Tunisia (French)
Oct 2022
Abolition process
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Oct 2020

All tools

Africa and the death penalty
The death penalty in law and in practice in Tunisia
Infographics – The death penalty in Tunisia (2025)
Table – Voting trends on the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium
Leaflet – UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Infographics – the death penalty in Tunisia (2024)
Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: pratical guide for NHRIs and NPMs
Infographics – the death penalty in Tunisia (2022)
Abolition of the death penalty: A practical guide for NHRIs
Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia : from moratorium to abolition of the death penalty
Presentation flyer of the Tunisian Coalition against the Death Penalty

All news

Session de formation pour les avocat·es sur la peine de mort en Tunisie
Événement
Tunisia : Training and Discussion Workshop On The Death Penalty And The Role Of Lawyers
18 June 2025
On 24 and 25 April 2025, the Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CTCPM) and ECPM organised a training session for lawyers on the death penalty as part of their joint project ‘Pathways to Abolition: Supporting Progress Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty’.
Logos des signataires - Communiqué de presse Tunisie 2025
Press release
Tunisia undermines the African Court’s jurisdiction to hear human rights violations committed within its territory
23 April 2025
On March 7, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad confirmed that Tunisia had withdrawn its declaration of acceptance of the African Court's jurisdiction to receive petitions from individuals and NGOs with observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR).
Spot Abolition Peine de Mort en Tunisie - الغاء عقوبة الاعدام في تونس6 - CTCPM
Advocacy, In pictures, Testimony
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture : the opportunity to highlight the link between torture and death penalty
26 June 2024
The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention Against Torture are opportunities to remind that the death penalty is not compatible with the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. On this occasion, CTCPM and ECPM are…
Culture
Meet the winners of the 6th edition of the “Draw me abolition” competition!
16 June 2023
This year, around 500 young people from 10 different countries brought together their artistic talents and militant commitment to draw up the abolitionist posters of the future. From Austria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Indonesia, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda, our young artists demonstrated exceptional creativity! Among…
cover 10 arguments for the abolition in arabic
Editorial / opinion page
ECPM publishes 10 arguments against the death penalty in Arabic
02 March 2022
As part of its project co-funded by the European Union, Norway and the French Development Agency, ECPM is publishing a leaflet against the death penalty in Arabic. The leaflet aims to strengthen awareness and advocacy among Arabic-speaking interlocutors and is available both print and online.
Competition poster
Culture
” Draw me abolition “: you are the jury !
06 April 2021
It is time to decide on the winners of the 5th edition of “Draw me abolition”! Out of around 400 posters produced by young people aged between 14 and 20 from 13 different countries, 50 posters have been shortlisted. ECPM and the International Network for Abolition Education are pleased to…
cover publication
Publication
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
26 November 2020
As the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being held in Niamey, Niger, on 27 and 28 November 2020, ECPM and Nael Georges publish the study The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation…
In pictures, In the field
The 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty is already over, but the fight for abolition continues
14 October 2019
At the dawn of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, ECPM takes you around the world to campaign together for universal abolition. Under the map, find more details about the events we have supported! Follow the news of the abolition with the hashtag #AbolitionNow! Find out more about…
ECPM
© Copyright 2016 - 2026 - Together against the death penalty (ECPM)