Press releases
CNDH 10th PLENARY SESSION: Gender equality and the right to petition and submit legislative initiatives by citizens
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) holds its tenth ordinary session on Friday July 3, 2015. On the agenda a memorandum on two main bills governing legislative initiatives by citizens and the right to petition, the 2014 annual report a draft thematic report on gender equality.Strengthening...
Read moreCNDH and UNHCR-Morocco commemorate World Refugee Day 2015
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR commemorate the World Refugee Day from 18 to 20 June 2015. The 2015 World Refugee Day Campaign tells the human side of the refugee plight and aims to bring the public closer to the refugee story, showing refugees as &ldquo...
Read moreInternational colloquium on the Moroccan penal code and penal procedure code reform
Rabat, 15-16 June 2015The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and 9 national and international organizations (the Hassania Association of Judges (Amicale Hassania), the Club of Magistrates, the Moroccan Association for Women Judges, the Moroccan Association Bar, the Spring of Dignity Coalition,...
Read moreNational Preventive Mechanisms against torture: challenges and good practices (International seminar)
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) organizes, in cooperation with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), on May 12th, 2015 in Rabat, an international seminar on “national preventive mechanisms against torture: challenges and good practices”. This gathering will be...
Read moreCNDH releases an advisory opinion on draft ‘framework’ law on disability rights protection and promotion
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) released an advisory opinion on draft ‘framework’ law (loi cadre) # 97-13 on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. The bill was referred to CNDH for opinion by the Speaker of the House of Councillors, on the...
Read moreNew memorandum: Forty-five recommendations for more inclusive elections
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) released on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 a Memorandum on the general elections legal framework, as adopted by its 9th Plenary Session, held on February 11, in Rabat.Through this memorandum, the CNDH effectively contributes to the current public debate on the...
Read moreConference to establish national appeal committee for the regularization of migrants in irregular administrative situations
A step further in implementation of Morocco’s new migration and asylum policy *** Joint press release - CNDH and the Ministry of Moroccans Living Abroad and Migration Affairs *** The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) hosts, on Friday, June 27 at its headquarters in Rabat, at 3...
Read moreStatement by Mr. Driss El Yazami, CNDH Chairman
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) took notes of the bill on military justice, which has just been adopted by the Council of Ministers, meeting under the chairmanship of His Majesty the King, this Friday, March 14, 2014. The CNDH notes in particular that under this bill no...
Read moreCNDH holds press conference to present a memorandum on violence against women
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) holds on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., a press conference to present a memorandum in contribution to the debate on the Bill on the fight of violence against women.This memorandum was approved by the CNDH Sixth Plenary Session, held on February 28,...
Read moreCNDH 6th ordinary session: Fighting violence against women, freedom of association, alternatives to incarceration and justice
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) holds its sixth ordinary session, on Friday, the 28th of February 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at its headquarters in Rabat. The Council’s memoranda on the bill on fighting violence against women, on freedom of association, on the amnesty procedure, and on...
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