Enhancing Detainees' Rights in Tunisia
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Enhancing Detainees' Rights in Tunisia: This project seeks to enhance detainees’ rights in Tunisia by expanding access to legal aid and improving enforcement of detainee rights in Tunisia. In 2016, Tunisia passed wide-ranging reforms of its Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). Act 2016-5 (Law 5) enacting article 13 of the CPC gave arrestees in police custody the right to legal counsel and significantly reduced the duration of legal pre-charge detention from 72 to 48 hours. By the order of public prosecutor and when justified, pre-charge detention could be extended with 48 hours for felonies and 24 hours for misdemeanors. In parallel, the anti-terrorism law of 2015 allows prosecutors and police to hold suspects for the first 48 hours without access to a lawyer and extends the duration of pre-charge custody to five days extendable two times for a total of 15 days. Since Law 5 came into force, its application has been uneven. This project seeks to ensure that the rights granted to civilians in Tunisia by Law 5 and criminal procedures proposing alternatives to detention, inter alia, bail provisions, are enforced consistently during the pre-trial phase.
Federal Grant Title: | Enhancing Detainees' Rights in Tunisia |
Federal Agency Name: | Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (DOS-INL) |
Grant Categories: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | INL24CA0069-AMETUNIS-DETAINEERIGHTS-0507 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 19.703 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
Current Application Deadline: | July 3rd, 2024 |
Original Application Deadline: | July 3rd, 2024 |
Posted Date: | May 7th, 2024 |
Creation Date: | May 7th, 2024 |
Archive Date: | August 2nd, 2024 |
Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $2,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $1,500,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
Last Updated: | May 7th, 2024 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- The following organizations are eligible to apply: • U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); • U.S.-based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code or section 26 US 115 of the US 115 of the U.S. tax code; • Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); • Foreign-based educational institutions
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Stephanie Sabbath
Program Officer
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