Appel aux différents acteurs de la société civile d’Afrique, du Maghreb et du monde arabe pour l’abolition de l’article 227 bis du code pénal tunisien

Manifestantes tunisiennes
Tunisian women hold placards during a demonstration against the article 227 bis of the penal code on December 14, 2016, outside the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, after a Tunisian court has approved the marriage of a 13-year-old girl to a relative who made her pregnant. Under Tunisian law, sex with a girl under 15 without the use of force is punishable by six years in prison, but the culprit can halt proceedings by marrying the victim. / AFP / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images)