Mapping of Collective Actions in Tunisia
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Tunisia tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.
Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.
The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.
Explore the interactive charts below the table.
Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.
Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.
Period covered by data collection: December 23rd, 2019 - till present.
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Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kebili governor threatens employees of the Environment, Plantation and Gardening company in Kebili who stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their unpaid wages and a health coverage | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Kebili | Tunisia | August 14, 2022 |
| Korba municipality employees stage a sit-in outside Nabeul governorate headquarters to demand the release of their colleagues who have been arrested and who are syndicate members | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | August 30, 2022 |
| Korba municipality employees start an open-ended strike to demand the release of their 4 colleagues who have been arrested and who are syndicate members | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Korba | Tunisia | September 1, 2022 |
| Law school students stage an open sit-in to demand reform of the legal sector. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | October 24, 2022 |
| lawyers and representatives of organizations and parties, demonstrated in front of Tunis Courthouse to show solidarity with activist Ayachi Hammami as he faces trial after spreading false rumors. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 10, 2023 |
| Lawyers demonstrated against Decree No. 79 of 2022 on the Finance Law for 2023, and the president of the Bar Association denounced a setback in the rule of law, democracy, rights, freedoms, and the judiciary in the country. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 5, 2023 |
| Lawyers demonstrated in courts to express their opposition to the Finance Law of 2023. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 6, 2023 |
| Lawyers in Kairouan governorate strike and stage a sit-in in the Court of First Instance in Kairouan. They demand more protection and more staff | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | February 17, 2022 |
| Lawyers stage a sit-in outside the regional section of lawyers in protest against the arrest of the former Minister of Justice | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 31, 2021 |
| Lawyers stage a sit-in to demand the release of the former Minister of Justice | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 19, 2022 |