- Responsible for International Legal Consulting Department at Al-Insaf Law Firm
- Researcher in Public International Law
- Expert in International Migration and Refugee Law
- Legal Consultant (Business and Corporate Law)
- Civil Society and Political Activist
She held the following positions:
- Responsible for International Legal Consulting Department at Al-Insaf Law Firm, Tunis, Tunisia (Oct 2023-Present)
- Reporting Officer/ Project Coordinator at the Arab Institute for Human Rights (June 2019- Oct 2021)
- Reporting Officer at IBSAR Association for Leisure and culture for the blind and visually impaired people in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) (Jan-June 2021)
- Assistant Professor at Avicenne Private Business School in Tunis, Tunisia (Oct 2016- Feb 2017)
- Legal assistant at Dentons Zaanouni Law Firm & Associates in Tunis, Tunisia (June 2014- Jan 2015)
- -Project coordinator / research assistant at Tunisian Police Reform in Tunis, Tunisia (May 2013- May 2014)
- Research Assistant at the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF, under the supervision of Haykel Ben Mahfoudh, Tunis, Tunisia (Contributing to preparing “Tunisia’s Security Sector Legislation: Index 1956 -2011” for DCAF; April 2011)
EXPERTISE AREAS
- International Refugee Law
- International Migration Law
- International Human Rihghts Law
- Common Law
- Business criminal law
- Corporate law
- Commercial law
- Civil law
- Labour law
- Arbitration
- Intellectual and indusrtrial property
- Maritime law
EDUCATION AND TRAININGS
- Master in Common Law (March 2013); Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
Thesis title: « The standard of reasonableness in the US Supreme Court decision making »; Presentation evaluation: “Very good”
- Bachelor of Arts in Legal, Political, and Social Sciences (May 2009; Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
- Degree in undergraduate studies for the first phase in Legal Sciences (May 2006); Faculty of Legal, Political, and Social Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia
- Oct 20-21-24, 2020: Training on Public Story and Leadership Workshop “organized by Ahel Community Organization.
- Oct 15-19, 2018: Training on “The Maghreb protects 3”; Promoting the education of refugee Law in the Maghreb, Arab Institute for Human Rights, Hungarian Helsinki Committee and UNHCR.
- Sep 5-6, 2013: Training on Active listening and communication techniques for legal aid, Avocats Sans Frontières.
- April 25-26, 2013: Training on Project management for legal aid services, Avocats Sans Frontières.
ARTICLES, POLICY PAPERS, AND OPINION PIECES
- “Multiculturalism and democracy in Tunisia after the revolution: Amazigh culture as a model”, in. ENNAJI (M.), Democracy, Culture, and Social Change in North Africa, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023, pp. 46-60.
- “Irregular Migration File in Tunisia and the Missing African Ring” (Article in Arabic), halketwassl.com,
- https://halketwassl.com/2023/06/16/%d9%85%d9%84%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%86%d8%b3-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%82/?fbclid=IwAR1dHbzcyHmvYMDRUH6z9oRm8mwgwpBfHbcHujLsBPvF5IY7o8BOrcjLeTg, 2023.
- “The Public Consultation in Tunisia: The successful experience despite the shortcomings” (Article in Arabic), The Levant news, https://thelevantnews.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3:-%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%BA%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B5april-6,-2022,-1:49-pm, 2022.
- “The current political crisis in Tunisia”, The Levant news, https://thelevantnews.com/en/article/the-current-political-crisis-in-tunisia , 2021.
- “The Jordan Compact: A model for burden-sharing in the refugee crisis”, Refugee Law Initiative Blog, https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/05/17/the-jordan-compact-a-model-for-burden-sharing-in-the-refugee-crisis/ , 2021.
- “Confronting the negative repercussions of COVID-19 on refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia”, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/COVID-19_Watch , 2021.
- “Humanitarian intervention and natural resources: the cases of Iraq and Libya”, in. MILLET-DEVALLE (A.), Uses and management of natural resources: International and European Law approaches, Editoriale Scientifica, 2021, pp. 235-258.
- « Le Droit International Actuel est-il sécurisant en matière de La R2P dans le cadre sous-régional?», in DOUMBE-BILLE (S.), BEN MAHFOUDH (H.), NERI, (K.) (dir.), Le Droit International actuel est-il sécurisant ?, Editoriale Scientifica, 2020, pp. 291-310.
- “Managing Diversity in Tunisia Post Revolution: Jewish Minority as an Example”, in. ENNAJI (M.), Managing Cultural Diversity in the Mediterranean Region, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020, pp. 61-78.
- “Les révolutions Arabes et le droit international”, in. DOUMBE-BILLE (S.), BEN MAHFOUDH (H.)(Ed.), Révolutions et droit international, Presses de l’Université Toulouse 1 Capitole – France, 01/2019, pp. 67-77
- “Combating human trafficking of sub-Saharan migrant women: a new challenge of migration in Tunisia” (In progress)
ACTIVITIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF CIVIL COMMUNITY
- Responsible for fundraising and resource mobilization (Volunteer) at “Migration Action & Advocacy Foundation (MAF)”
- Responsible for fundraising and resource mobilization (Volunteer) at “The African Union – Youth Ambassadors for the Free Movement of Persons in Africa (AU-YAFETEMOPA)”
- COI Expert for Tunisia for the Rights in Exile (RiE) programme at AMERA international
- Member of IBSAR Association for Leisure and culture for the blind and visually impaired people
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