The document also contains tables of International Conventions which define
human rights standards and are managed by specialized bodies, conventions of
bilateral cooperation on legal matters concluded between Tunisia and foreign
countries and outlines of the guarantees of human rights in Tunisia. The contents
of this document show the will of the Ministry of Higher Education to train a
generation of students imbued with humanitarian values.
602. Moreover, the students have submitted end of study Dissertations and
Doctoral Thesis in the five Tunisian Law Faculties, on the international
instruments and mechanisms relative to the promotion and protection of human
rights as well as on the national legal procedures. Thus, the integration of the
Human Rights module in the degree course has given rise to a new phase of
research within the higher education institutions.
C) Adult Education
603. The educational content of the National Adult Education Programme (PNEA)
established in 2000, comprises courses of general culture on the rights and
responsibilities of the citizen, on the national laws and regulations which define
the relations within society and protect the rights of citizens (Constitution,
Republican system, Personal Status Code, Labour Code as well as the
fundamental rights outlined in the international conventions and agreements
relating to human rights) and on the fundamental rights enunciated in the
international conventions and agreements relative to human rights.
II- Through specialized educational programmes
604. The specialized institutions responsible for the training of State officials
(Higher Institute of the Magistracy, the National School of Administration, National
School for Security Officers, Higher Institute for Prison Officers) provide an
education which relates to human rights and fundamental freedoms.
605. The Higher Institute for the Magistracy: The teaching of human rights is
provided there with the objective of implanting the principles of human rights, of
developing in the Magistrate the knowledge of international conventions,
recommendations and principles of conduct emanating from the United Nations
and the specialized regional organizations and to teach about the international
protection mechanisms and comparative law and to sharpen the sense of
humanitarianism in the Magistrates so as to guarantee the rights of persons
subject to trial and to establish justice.
606. School for National Security Officers, Higher Institute for Prison Officers:
These two institutions endeavour to develop the sense of human rights and of reeducation among the senior and other officials of the prison services in order to
improve the relations between the Security Officer and the Citizen, and the
benefits provided for the detainees, and to consolidate the civilized behaviour of
the officials in their dealings with the public.
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