The Role and Development of the Ombudsman System in the Maghreb A 'Measure' of Democracy

Bibliographic Data

ID2308635
AuthorsFrancesco Tamburini (0000-0002-1733-941X, University of Pisa)
Year2019
Volume54
Issue7
Pages1066-1083
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Asian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9096 • E-ISSN: 1745-2538
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0021909619860243
OpenAlexW2955895974
LanguageEN
References cited23

The institution of the Ombudsman is aimed at defending values such as human rights and the respect for the rule of law against any form of abuse or arbitrariness. Many academic studies have been devoted to the Ombudsman in its different developments around the world, but not to the Maghreb area. This article wants to shed light on the characteristics of the Ombudsman in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The comparative exam of the different North African Ombudsmen will point out how the institution was able to survive only in states where a transition to democracy was truly in place

Arbitrariness · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Institution · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Law

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