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Civil Registration System
Tunisia
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Tunisia
Civil Registration System
National Civil Registration Agency
National Civil Registration Agency
National Level Agency
Does the law designate a national level agency responsible for civil registration?
Yes. Ministry of Interior, Directorate General of Local Public Authorities and Ministry of Justice, Directorate General for Civil Affairs.
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The law should clearly establish an agency with responsibility for managing the civil registration system. The structure of the civil registration system varies across countries. Some countreis have a centralized system (controlled at the central government level). Others have a decentralised system (controlled at the sub-national government level). Often, control of the system is shared between the national government and subnational governments. However, even in a fully decentralized system, there should be an agency at the national level to enforce minimum standards or to work cooperatively with decentralized jurisdictions and offices to ensure generally uniform practices and procedures.
In Tunisia, local officials are the civil registration officers within their jurisdiction. The Ministry of Interior, Directorate General of Local Public Authorities, is responsible for overseeing municipal activities, including civil registration. The Ministry of Justice, Directorate General for Civil Affairs, also is responsible for monitoring civil registration.
Powers and Responsibilities of National Civil Registration Agency
Does the law provide for a uniform process to complete civil registrations across the country?
To some extent
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
To improve registration of vital events, legislation should provide for standardized and consistent processes for the notification of vital events throughout a country's jurisdiction.
Does the law estabish the head of the national civil registration agency? If yes, does the law grant sufficient powers to that person to effectively and efficiently implement the system?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The head of the civil registration agency (often called the national registrar or registrar general) should be clearly set out in the law and should have sufficient power and authority to ensure that the civil registration system functions efficiently and effectively. These powers and responsibilities should include oversight and implementation of the civil registration system; participation in drafting of rules, regulations and instructions to promote uniform practice; delegation of registration responsibilities and powers to other officials; management and inspection of registration offices; conducting quality assurance monitoring and addressing areas of concern; assessing degree of coverage and establishing boundaries for local offices; hiring, management, and training of personnel; management of physical resources and technology; resolution of incidents and appeals; promoting the registration requirements to the public; receiving and compiling data; exchanging information with other agencies; and safekeeping records and archives.
The law on the organization of the Ministry of Justice creates a sub-directorate of local administrative affairs under the Directorate of General Administrative Affairs, which contains the civil registry service. However, this law does not explicitly state the powers of the Directorate of General Administrative Affairs or the sub-directorate.
Similarly, Decree No. 2010-3152 of December 1 , 2010, concerning the organization of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, esablishes a Directorate General for Civil Affairs but does not state explicitly the powers of this Directorate in regard to monitoring civil registration.
Does the law allow the national registrar to delegate powers and responsibilities?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The volume of work in most countries may require the head of the civil registration agency to delegate powers or functions to others. The law on civil registration should clearly define who may delegate authority, which duties may be delegated and to whom. It is important that the law identify the powers of delegation for the head of an agency, and clearly identify the persons to whom the head of civil registration agency can delegate powers and responsibilities. For example, the head of an agency might be authorized to delegate duties to the deputy head of the agency or to local registrars.
