Tunisia-27th Session May 2017-Sexual violence

State under Review
Stakeholder Summary
Para 50) Despite the progress made in the legal system (such as the adoption of Organic Act 2017-58 combating violence against women, which removed the impunity of perpetrators of sexual violence through marriage with the victim, as recommended during the previous universal periodic review), CSDHLF and JS7 condemned the fact that discrimination and violations persist and have worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic,