This annual report on the status of human rights and the achievements of this Council during 2007 is released by the Advisory Council on Human Rights in conformity with Article 2 of the Sherifian Dahir issued on 10 April 2001 relating to the reorganization of the Council. This is the fifth annual report of the Council since it began to exercise its prerogatives in accordance with the above-mentioned Dahir.

In preparing this report, the Council has used the same approach that it used for previous reports as regards dividing the report into two parts.

The first part deals with the status of human rights by focusing on human rights issues arising during the year that it considers to be of particular significance. The second part highlights the various activities undertaken by the Council during 2007 and the prospects for its work during the coming year.