Kick-off conference of the project "Improving access to justice and protecting vulnerable groups"

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Published: July 5, 2024
Kick-off conference of the project "Improving access to justice and protecting vulnerable groups" (from left to right): Ms Julia von Seltmann, Managing Director of the German Federal Chamber of Notaries, Ms Salma Mnif, Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Methods at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tunis El Manar (Releve), Ms Najla Trikki, Managing Director and Deputy President of the Tunisian Bar Association, Mr Mohamed Abidi, Head of Section Africa, IRZ.
Kick-off conference of the project "Improving access to justice and protecting vulnerable groups" (from left to right): Ms Julia von Seltmann, Managing Director of the German Federal Chamber of Notaries, Ms Salma Mnif, Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Methods at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tunis El Manar (Releve), Ms Najla Trikki, Managing Director and Deputy President of the Tunisian Bar Association, Mr Mohamed Abidi, Head of Section Africa, IRZ.
Tunisia

The kick-off conference of IRZ project funded by the German Embassy in Tunisia on the topic of "Improving access to justice and protecting vulnerable groups" took place in Tunis on 10 and 11 June 2024.

Over 60 participants from various institutions, including lecturers, lawyers, judges and representatives of civil society organisations, shared their experiences on the topic in Germany and Tunisia. The event also focussed on the general situation of vulnerable groups in Tunisia and the question of how their legal protection can be achieved efficiently.

The project is being realised by IRZ in cooperation with the National Bar Association of Tunisia, the German Federal Bar Association, the College of Lawyers, the Research Centre for Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Methods at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Tunis El Manar (Releve) and civil society in Tunisia. It consists of three components and focuses on the following main topics:

  1. protection of vulnerable groups by strengthening access to justice
  2. promoting legal aid to protect vulnerable groups during proceedings
  3. support after the end of the proceedings in granting the rights and entitlements of vulnerable groups and in enforcing the judgement

Further activities of this project will take place in the following weeks and months.