Observation (CEACR) - adoptée 2011, publiée 101ème session CIT (2012)

Convention (n° 107) relative aux populations aborigènes et tribales, 1957 - Tunisie (Ratification: 1962)

The Committee notes the Government’s brief report indicating that the Berbers are the first inhabitants of Tunisia, a fact which is accepted by Tunisians who generally recognize their Berber origins. The Government adds that Tunisian society is homogenous and there is no phenomenon of racial discrimination.

The Committee recalls that in its previous comments, it requested the Government to reply in detail to those comments. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the measures adopted or envisaged to give effect to the relevant provisions of the Convention in relation to Berber communities, and more specifically the measures adopted to seek the collaboration of the representatives of these populations (Article 5(a) of the Convention).

Furthermore, recalling that the present Convention has been revised by the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169), the Committee encourages the Government to envisage ratifying the latter instrument.