Sihem is the head of the Tunisian Dignity and Truth Commission, tasked to investigate crimes committed under the country’s pre-revolutionary regimes. A high-profiled Tunisian journalist and human rights activist, she has been at the forefront of the fight for human rights in Tunisia, including freedom of speech and women’s rights. A graduate of philosophy of the University of Toulouse (France), she was among the founding members of the Tunisian Human Rights League, which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 as part of the “National Dialogue Quartet”. In 2011, she received the Human Rights Watch “Alison de Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism”.