Hayet Jazzar
Hayet Jazzar is a Tunisian woman human rights defender and human rights lawyer. She is a member of the Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LTDH), and a member of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD). As a lawyer, Hayet Jazzar has defended multiple human rights defenders and human rights organisations. She also defends women victims of violence along with other lawyers members within the Counseling Centre for WVV of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD).
Following the ousting of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali as a result of the historic protests in 2011, the situation for human rights defenders (HRDs) in Tunisia began to improve substantially. In particular the lifting of legal impediments to the work of human rights defenders and progress in the adoption of human rights legislation have been significant. Numerous HRDs who had been persecuted by the Ben Ali's regime found opportunities for viable political participation including, notably, Moncef Marzouki who was elected interim President.
