Tunis — At a conference held on Sunday by the Bar of Tunis, delegates of Arab Lawyers' Unions highlighted that "the independence of judges and the bar represents an essential condition to achieve actual independence of the legislative power and a mechanism aimed to secure liberties and human rights," adding that "the point is to put an end to the behaviours characterising dictatorial regimes."

They also spoke of the delay recorded as regards the starting of reforms in the Arab countries that lived through revolutions, notably in matters of transitional justice, which testifies to the will of the executive power to keep a stranglehold on magistrature and justice in general.

Participants pointed out as well that the building up of the state of rule and liberty should first of all take into account the breaking between the legal and political systems.

The conference is held in the northern suburb of Gammarth by the Bar on "the Independence of Judges and Lawyers" in collaboration with the Arab Lawyers' Union and the Arab Human Rights institute.