The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) establishes the right of every individual and their family to an adequate standard of living, covering essential needs such as food, clothing and shelter, with a provision for continuous improvement of living conditions. Recognizing the significance of these rights in ensuring a decent life and promoting social justice and sustainable development, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has placed economic, social and cultural rights among its strategic areas of action.
In line with its strategy based on the effectiveness of rights, the CNDH conducted comprehensive thematic consultations in 2019, involving its Regional Commissions and various stakeholders. These meetings generated reports and opinions on the effectiveness of specific economic, social, and cultural rights, such as labour, education, health and housing.
The CNDH’s strategy also places significant importance on linguistic rights. It is evident in several thematic and annual reports, opinions, including the memorandum addressed to the Special Commission on the New Development Model, as well as proposals and recommendations aiming to enhance the effectiveness of rights in public policies.
The CNDH also advocated for cultural rights through supporting the implementation of the recommendations of the New Development Model report that shed light on the importance of culture in comprehensive development. Besides, the CNDH encourages governmental cultural programs aiming to enrich Morocco's pluralistic identity, reinforce citizenship values, facilitate access to artistic expressions, promote creativity and sustain efforts to endorse the official status of the Amazigh language.
In its annual reports, the CNDH consistently advocated for enhancing capacities in terms of linguistic skills amongst governmental and administrative officials serving in Amazigh language speaking regions.
It particularly urged the integration of the Amazigh language into education, legal systems and public services and called for the preservation of Amazigh heritage across Morocco.
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