Expanding freedoms in the public space and raising awareness on rights and the importance of claiming them are the biggest challenges facing our emerging democratic institutions, stressed Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH). Freedom of expression is the question that should be answered by our society regularly and sustainably way to extend it, she added. In an interview with the Lebanese newspaper Annahar Al Arabi, published on January 1, 2021, the CNDH…
On Friday 6 January 2023, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) announced the set-up of a Technology, Digital Space and Human Rights Section reporting to the CNDH Chairperson. It is mandated to undertake current and strategic missions as part of the CNDH agenda and its follow-up on human rights issues inside and outside the digital space.This Section was set up following the provisions of Law No. 76-15 on the CNDH reorganization and its Rules of Procedure requirements.In addition to…
The Regional Human Rights Commission in the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region (CRDH) will hold its Sixth Regular Meeting in line with the requirements of Law 76-15 on the reorganization of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and Article 36 of its Rules of Procedure, on Saturday 24 December 2022, at 09.30 am at the municipality of L’Marsa, Laayoune, Morocco. This meeting will schedule presentations of reports on the three Standing Committees (Protection, Promotion, and the Effectiveness of…
On Monday 19 December 2022, at 6:00 pm at the Mohammed V National Theater in Rabat, Morocco, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will celebrate the International Human Rights Day through the "Expressions of Human Rights" Ceremony. This event will schedule several artistic and literary events as part of the protection of the right to expression and the promotion of its forms, including: - Artistic creations of persons with disabilities; - Moroccan talents through drawing and poetry; -…
Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), participated in the International Seminar on the role of the judiciary in implementing international human rights standard.Organized on 12 December 2022 by the Presidency of the Public Prosecution to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), this Seminar was an occasion to shed light on the particular and unique relationship between human rights and the…
On Monday 19 December 2022, at 6:00 pm at the Mohammed V National Theater in Rabat, Morocco, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will celebrate the International Human Rights Day through the "Expressions of Human Rights" Ceremony. This event will schedule several artistic and literary events as part of the protection of the right to expression and the promotion of its forms, including: - Artistic creations of persons with disabilities; - Moroccan talents through drawing and poetry; -…
In commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on 3 December of each year, the Regional Human Rights Commission in the Marrakech-Safi Region (CRDH) is organizing an interactive workshop on Monitoring Mechanisms in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the CRDH headquarters in Marrakech, Morocco. This interactive workshop aims to raising-awareness of NGOs staff on the rights of persons…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing a Seminar on the National Legislative Framework and Ethical/Human Rights Issues related to Health and Biomedical Research, on Saturday 3 December 2022, at its headquarters in Rabat, Morocco.This Seminar is part of the Council's actions and initiatives related to the effectiveness of the right to health.Institutional actors, health professionals, Ethics Committees members, professors and researchers, several actors working on bio-ethical…
The Regional Human Rights Commission of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region (CRDH) is organizing a Regional Forum on “The Right to the City: An Inclusive and Sustainable City", in partnership with the Wilaya of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, the Council of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region and the Commune of El Marsa (A city in Morocco), on the 25th, 28th and 29th November 2022, in Laayoune, Morocco. This regional forum is part of the continuation of the public debate launched by the CRDH…