INTERNATIONAL – The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet today.
The Quartet is a group dedicated to creating dialogue between disparate elements of Tunisian society.
“The Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratization process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest,” the Nobel committee said in a statement.
“It established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war. It was thus instrumental in enabling Tunisia, in the space of a few years, to establish a constitutional system of government guaranteeing fundamental rights for the entire population, irrespective of gender, political conviction or religious belief.”
The group includes a labor union, a trade confederation, a human rights organization and a lawyers group.
