Objectives of Tunis Centre for transitional justice

The Tunis Centre for Transitional Justice held on Friday its first news conference since getting their visa last August 21. The stress was put on the programmes and objectives of the centre meant to "deep-root the mechanisms of justice and equity, unveil the truth about past violations and provide conditions for national reconciliation nationale." Headed by activist Sihem Ben Sedrine, the centre numbers among its members human rights and civil society activists and intends to work with the Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT), Tunisia's Labour Union (UGTT), the International Association for Political Prisoners and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to achieve three aims: truth-seeking, vetting and reparations. Mrs. Ben Sedrine outpointed the importance of reforming the justice and security systems ahead of any stable process of transition to democracy. The point is to fight against financial, political and media corruption that prevailed under the former regime. Six commissions have been set up within the centre: the victims' commission, the political commission, the economic commission, the human rights commission, the information commission and the drafting commission.