The National Human Rights Council / National Preventive Mechanism (CNDH/NPM), in cooperation with the South African Human Rights Commission, is organizing an international conference on Practices of NPMs in Africa: Exploring Emerging Challenges and Opportunities, on 23 and 24 June 2023, at 8:30 am in Marrakech, Morocco. This international conference is organized as part of the CNDH celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It aims to address strategies…

In line with its mandate established under Law No. 76-15 on the reorganization of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), particularly its Articles 13 to 17, and the provisions of Articles 17 to 23 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) ratified by Morocco on 24 November 2014, a delegation of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (NPM) conducted preventive visits, from Monday 27 February…

  The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) as the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (NPM) of Morocco and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) organized a regional webinar entitled “African NPMs, opportunities and challenges during and after the COVID-19 pandemic” on Friday 5 March 2021 on the occasion of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Mrs. Amina Bouayach, CNDH Chairperson called for the establishment of an African NPMs network to achieve…

On the occasion of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) as the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (NPM) of Morocco and The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) are organizing a regional webinar entitled “African NPMs, opportunities and challenges during and after the Covid-19 pandemic” on Friday 5 March 2021.This webinar aims to share experiences among African national prevention mechanisms on ways to optimize the…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are jointly organizing, on January 26, 2021, from 10 am, a high-level online event to launch officially the project “Support to the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) in Morocco”. This project is launched by the EU and the CoE and implemented in partnership with the CNDH. It is implemented in the framework of the broader joint program between the EU and the CoE, entitled “Support…

Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) chaired a meeting a meeting with the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) on Wednesday 28 October 2020. Dr. Mohamed Benajiba, NPM Coordinator, and Ms Aicha Naciri, NPM member, both attended this meeting, along with the experts who work the Mechanism. The discussions focused particularly on the activities of the mechanism and its action this year, in addition to its human and financial resources and…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Danish Institute against Torture (DIGNITY) signed, on 20 December 2019 in El Jadida, Morocco, a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of technical cooperation on monitoring aspects related to health in places of deprivation of liberty.This Memorandum was signed by Mrs. Amina Bouayach, CNDH President and Mr. Jens Simon Modvig, Director, Chief Physician at DIGNITY. It focuses on strengthening the capacities of members and staff of the…

Morocco topped the Human Rights Committee’s ranking for the implementation of selected recommendations, alongside Denmark, Sweden, Argentina, and Burkina Faso. The five countries obtained the ‘A’ rating which is the highest rating of the follow-up review on implementing priority recommendations conducted by the Human Rights Committee and whose results were announced in December.The ‘A’ rating reflects that these countries have taken “significant action” towards the implementation of…

To commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Commissions (AFCNDH), the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) are organizing a training session for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on the mandate of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). This training session will be held from24 to 26 June 2019…

Fulfilling its prevention and human rights protection mandate, and for moral and legal considerations related to the nature of its action, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), in coordination with the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), visited the detainees sentenced to prison terms following the events of Al-Houceima, after they were transferred on 11 April 2019 from the Casablanca-based Oukacha Prison to the prisons of Fes, Tangier, Al-Hoceima, Nador…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing a Briefing on the establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) on 12 April 2019 at its headquarters in Rabat, Morocco.This Briefing will bring together relevant stakeholders at national and international level (experts, institutions, civil society, etc.). It will also present an opportunity to shed light on the progress made in establishing the NPM, to identify best practices related to this subject and further…