The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) welcomes the gradual return of residents, who had been evacuated from flood-affected areas to safer locations, to their places of residence, following rehabilitation efforts and the restoration of conditions consistent with human dignity. The CNDH further notes with appreciation the measures taken by public authorities to facilitate such return through coordinated multidimensional logistical arrangements.The CNDH has closely monitored the floods that…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is following with deep concern the collapse of two residential buildings in the Al Massira neighborhood of the Bensouda district in the Moroccan city of Fez.Preliminary reports indicate that the incident which took place during the night of Tuesday, December 9 to Wednesday, December 10, 2025, resulted in 22 deaths and 16 injuries of varying severity.The team from CNDH's Regional Human Rights Commission assigned to follow up on the circumstances and…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) calls for strengthened protection of rock art sites in Guelmim and throughout Morocco, emphasizing that these sites constitute a national heritage and an integral component of the country’s collective memory and civilizational legacy;The CNDH also calls for increased public awareness of the value and importance of preserving this cultural heritage;Protecting rock art is a shared responsibility.Acting on the instructions of Ms. Amina Bouayach, CNDH…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CMCPM), and the Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP), are organizing a press conference to mark the 23rd World Day Against the Death Penalty in cooperation with national networks working against the death penalty (parliamentarians, lawyers, educators, journalists, and entrepreneurs), and in partnership with Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) and the Council of Europe (CoE).Themed “The Death…
On October 1, 2025, the Chairperson of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Ms. Amina Bouayach, met with the presidents of the Council’s Regional Human Rights Commissions, directors, and chargés de mission, to discuss approaches and mechanisms to strengthen the NHRI’s monitoring, follow-up, and intervention in light of recent youth-led protests in several Moroccan cities.From the onset of the protest calls, the CNDH deployed teams for on-site monitoring, follow-up, and protection…
For Freedom-Friendly SentencesAmina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council“Strengthening the protection of human dignity, advancing a philosophy of rehabilitation rather than incarceration in cases where imprisonment is not necessary, and preventing prison overcrowding that can seriously undermine fundamental rights in correctional facilities… These are the main reasons why alternative sentencing represents a major human rights reform at the heart of the rule of law,” said…
Towards Institutionalizing the Principle of ParticipationOn June 13 and 14, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) hosts a national consultation with children at its headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. This event concludes a year-long process that began in February 2023 and included twelve regional consultations across the Kingdom, engaging hundreds of children from diverse backgrounds and circumstances.This initiative, beginning on Friday, June 13 at 4:00 p.m., is part of a CNDH-led initiative…
Rights. Freedoms. Effectiveness.A Journey of Proactivity, Transformation, and GrowthToday, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) commemorates the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Morocco’s National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), founded on May 8, 1990, an anticipatory and forward-looking step taken at a time of profound global reform and transformation. Created three years before the adoption of the United Nations Paris Principles, this milestone marks not only the birth of an…
Thousands of visitors and participants, hundreds of speakers, children and experts, dozens of activities, ten days, one space and one theme: Culture and Cultural Expressions as a Force for Development and RightsThe National Human Rights Council (CNDH) drew the curtain on its activities at the 30th edition of the International Publishing and Book Fair (known under its French acronym SIEL 2025) this Sunday evening. Over ten days, a wide selection of debates, panels, workshops, and cultural…