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The Code of Personal Status (CPS) (Arabic: مجلة الأحوال الشخصية) is a series of progressive Tunisian laws aiming at the institution of equality between women and men in a number of areas.
To mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the implementation of the Code of Personal Status (Tunisia), president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali announced two Bills that were adopted by the Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia on May 8, 2007. The first reinforces the legal housing rights of mothers having custody of children, and the second establishes ...
It commemorates the day of adoption of the Code of Personal Status in Tunisia, [1] [2] [3] the 13th of August in 1956, the year of independence in Tunisia. The code enacted laws for the family that contain fundamental changes, the most important of which is the prohibition of polygamy, the withdrawal of guardianship from men and the making of ...
The closure of Dar Joued followed the enactment of the Code of Personal Status by Habib Bourguiba in 1956, which abolished practices like repudiation and polygamy and required mutual consent for marriage. This legal reform marked a pivotal moment in the advancement of women's rights in Tunisia, with Dar Joued's disappearance symbolizing a break ...
Ali Bach Hamba of the Young Tunisians. Background information: French protectorate of Tunisia In 1881 a French protectorate was established in Tunisia. Over the following decades, a number of factors led to the beginnings of a national Tunisian movement.
The Law of Personal Status is applied to all Tunisians regardless of their religion. [148] The Code of Personal Status remains one of the most progressive civil codes in North Africa and the Muslim world. [151] On 25 May 2022, President Kais Saied issued a decree for change of constitution by 25 July. [152]
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The personal status code does not explicitly define marriage to be between a man and a woman, but it's implied according to its different article. Only that type of marriage is regulated. There is no law that regulates same-sex marriages or a civil unions.