The Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), along with three other organizations in Tunisia, has received the Nobel Peace Prize 2015. The LTDH is a partner, along with NOVACT, in the project “KHOTWA, strengthening the role of civil society organizations working in civil defense and promotion of human rights in the process of regional integration in Maghreb “, funded by the European Union, whose area of intervention is Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
On Friday 9th October, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, for his “decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011” and the organization of a “national dialogue between the Islamists and their opponents.” This award is aimed primarily at the civil society in Tunisia, “the only protagonist of Arab uprisings that has been able to bring its democratic transition to a successful conclusion” the Nobel jury said.
The Quartet was formed in the summer 2013 in the time when the democratization process was in danger because of political assassinations. It is composed by four organizations of the Tunisian civil society: the Tunisian General Labour Union; the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.
The article of the online newspaper Huffington Post, talk about Tunisia as an example and a hope. The Quartet launched “an alternative political and peace process just when the country was on the brink of civil war,” said the committee. They also emphasized that the prize is awarded to the group as a whole and not to the four individual organizations to underline the collective value of it.
The article published in El País states:
For Tunisia, this award has a strong meaning considering that its fragile democracy has faced challenges and threats such as Islamist terror that already acted deadly in their territory attacked the tourism industry and the presence of Westerners. But this Price must not be a point of arrival for them. It is intended as an encouragement to the Tunisian society, who despite major challenges have laid the groundwork for a national fraternity and that almost six years ago began the road to democracy and and we must not abandon their aspirations.
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