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Ms. Wafa Ben Hassine

September 7, 2012 in e-forum presenters

Gender Justice in Post-Ben Ali Tunisia: Women and Political Participation

This article outlines the challenges of political participation of women in Tunisia’s current institutional arrangement.

Wafa Ben Hassine, International Law Student and Human Rights Activist

Wafa Ben Hassine is a JD candidate at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, pursuing international legal studies. She holds a BA in political science and public law from the University of California, San Diego. Wafa has worked as a parliamentary attaché at the National Constituent Assembly in Tunis, and as a freelance writer and translator. Her research interests include sustainable development (social and environmental) in the global south – particularly in the Maghreb – and studying the legal framework that is emerging in post-Ben Ali Tunisia.

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Ms. Barbora Bukovska

September 7, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tunisia: Freedom Demanded, Freedom Required. The Illegality of Anti-Blasphemy Laws

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Barbora Bukovska, Senior Director for Law and Policy, Article 19

Barbora Bukovska is a Senior Director for Law and Policy at ARTICLE 19, a leading international freedom of expression organization. In this capacity, she leads on development of ARTICLE 19 policies and provides legal oversight and support to all legal work of the organization. Barbora has an extensive experience working with various organisations on a range of human rights issues, including protection from discrimination, access to justice, deprivation of liberty, reproductive rights and community development, including litigation at the European Court of Human Rights. She graduated from the Law School of Charles University in Prague and has earned a doctorate degree in law in Slovakia and an LLM degree from Harvard Law School. In 1998 and 1999, she was a visiting scholar at the Columbia University Law School in New York. Barbora has published widely on human rights issues and is qualified to practice law in the state of New York and in the Czech Republic.

Tags: Anti-Blasphemy Laws, Article 19, Barbora Bukovska, Charles University, Constitutional e-Forum, Human Rights, Law and Policy, Revolutions, Tunisia
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Mr. Omar Ould Dedde Ould Hamady

September 7, 2012 in e-forum presenters

The Constitution-Making Process in Tunisia: Issues and Challenges

This article focuses on many of the controversial issues that the Constituent Assembly must handle: the political system, the place of international law, Islamic Shari‘a and women’s rights.

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Omar Hamady, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Omar Ould Dedde Ould Hamady is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law where he focuses on the Middle East and North Africa. He holds a Master degree in Public international and European Law from Université Paris XI, and a Master in Diplomacy and International organization from the same university. He is a PhD candidate in Public International Law at the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas researching on ”The exercise of powers of the UN Security Council under Chapter VII since the end of cold war”. He has authored articles in many international law journals as well as in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law.

Tags: Constituent Assembly, Constitution-making, Constitutional e-Forum, Constitutional Reform in Arab Countries, CRAC, Max Planck Institute, Omar Hamady, Public Law, Revolutions, Tunisia
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Mr. Duncan Pickard

September 3, 2012 in e-forum presenters

The Risks of Semi-Presidentialism in Emerging Democracies (with Prof. Feldman)

The issue of the division of power is the most fundamental unresolved question in the draft constitution. This paper discusses why a semi-presidential system is not suited to Tunisia.

Duncan Pickard, Constitutional Specialist, Democracy Reporting International

Duncan Pickard is a constitutional specialist with Democracy Reporting International, where he writes on political developments in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and a constitutional advisor at Harvard Law School. He has worked in Tunis with the National Constituent Assembly and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is based in Berlin.

Tags: Constitutional Advisor, Constitutional e-Forum, Constitutional Specialist, Democracy Reporting International, Duncan Pickard, Harvard Law School, Middle East, Noah Feldman, Rafik Hariri Center, Revolutions, Semi-Presidentialism, Tunisia
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Mr. Bassem Karray

September 3, 2012 in e-forum presenters

Acts Organising Provisional Tunisian Public Authorities: Legal Analysis and Political Extension

This article provides a legal analysis of the acts currently governing public authorities and questions the political commitment of the current regime to reform.

The National Constituent Assembly: Historical Lessons and Contemporary Stakes

Drawing on historical lessons, this article analyses the actions of the National Constituent Assembly and their implications.

Bassem Karray, Senior Lecturer in Public Law, The Higher Institute of Legal Studies of Gabès, Tunisia

Bassem Karray was a Lecturer in Public Law at the Sfax Faculty of Law until 2011 and now is a Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the Higher Institute of Legal Studies of Gabès, Tunisia. He is a member of the Fiscal Studies Center and Doctoral School of the Sfax Faculty of Law, an associated member of the European Law Laboratory of the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Science of Tunis and a member of a regional transnational research group (2002-2004) formed by University of Malta and European commission (theme: integration and cooperation between European Union and euro Mediterranean countries). He has taken part in a number of International seminars and has written a host of articles in French and English.

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Dr. Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta on “An Anti-Corruption Amendment in the Tunisian Constitution” (audio podcast)

Tags: Bassem Karray, Constitutional e-Forum, European Law Laboratory, Fiscal Studies Center, Higher Institute of Legal Studies of Gabes, Public Authorities, Public Law, Revolutions, Sfax Faculty, The National Constituent Assembly, Tunisia
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Dr. Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta

September 3, 2012 in e-forum presenters

An Anti-Corruption Amendment in the Tunisian Constitution: Fool’s Errand or a Real Tour de Force?

Discussing the impact of banning public and private corruption in Tunisia; the incentives and disincentives and the potential growth of a Black Market while taking a comparative look at the rest of the Maghreb.

Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta, Senior Advisor, Tunisia Constitution Project, Wilberforce Society

Dr. Riddhi Dasgupta is involved in a comparative constitutionalism project, drafting a proposal for the new constitution of Tunisia, on behalf of an international law and policy consortium. He will deliver a TED lecture on this topic soon. Dr. Riddhi Dasgupta completed his Ph.D. in international law at the University of Cambridge in February 2012. His doctoral topic, “Expropriation in International Investment and Property Regimes,” concerns the cross-pollination of expropriation-related standards across international dispute settlement. The dissertation will be published as a book in 2013. Dr. Dasgupta will clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the near future.

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