The World Day Against the Death Penalty is celebrated each year on 10th October. This 20th world Day will focus on the “Death Penalty: A Road Paved with torture”. Within this context, a press conference will be organized on Wednesday 12 October 2022, at 10 am, at the headquarters of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Rabat, Morocco. At this occasion, the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the CNDH, the Moroccan Observatory of Prisons, and Together Against the Death Penalty…

The Regional Human Rights Commission of the Draa-Tafilalet Region (CRDH) is organizing a study day on the "Major Environmental Concerns in the Draa-Tafilalet Region", on Tuesday 11 October 2022, at 2:30 pm at the Faculty of Science and Technology in Errachidia, Morocco. This study day is part of the implementation of the 2022 CRDH action program and the partnership agreement between the CRDH, Moulay Ismail University in Meknes and the Regional Directorate for the Environment. This partnership…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will meet with the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Mali delegation from 11 to 14 October 2022 to share its experiences and expertise as a national institution for protecting and promoting human rights.The meeting will be launched by Ms. Amina Bouayach, CNDH Chairperson, and Mr. Aguibou BOUARE, President of the National Human Rights Commission in Mali. It is part of continuing and strengthening the existing cooperation between the CNDH…

The Regional Human Rights Commissions of the Draa-Tafilalet Region and the Casablanca-Settat Region (CRDHs), in coordination with the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in each region, will organize regional meetings to address the contents of the thematic report published by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) on "The Effectiveness of the Right to Health in Morocco... Challenges and Ways to its Strengthening". Meetings will be held, successively, on 4…

The Regional Human Rights Commission of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region (CRDH), in partnership with the Higher Institute of Information and Communication (ISIC), the National Union of the Moroccan Press (NUMP) and the House of Press in Tanger, will organize a training workshop for 25 journalists on the “Implementation of the human rights approach in media”, on Thursday 29 September 2022, at 09.00 am at the House of the Press in Tanger, Morocco.This training session is part of the CRDH…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Morocco (HCR Morocco) and the International Organization for Migration Morocco (IOM Morocco), a seminar on the "Inclusion of foreigners in the social security project: Principles and challenges of implementation", on 29 September 2022, at 9:30 am, at the headquarters of the CNDH in Rabat, Morocco. This seminar is part of the continuity of the CNDH actions conducted…

"The human right to water is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights" The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will organize the first chapter of the "Human Rights Agora" project. It is a series of debates on the effectiveness of rights and freedoms. This round table will focus on "The human right to water is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights" and will be held on Tuesday 27 September 2022 at 3:00 pm at the Rabat Institute - Driss Benzekri - for Human…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) are organizing a training session aiming at strengthening and developing the capacities of DGSN officials in charge of places of deprivation of liberty, from 26 to 30 September 2022 at the Rabat - Driss Benzekri Institute for Human Rights, Morocco.The organization of this training session is part of the implementation of the Partnership Agreement and institutional cooperation to promote human rights…

The Regional Human Rights Commission of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region (CRDH) holds its fifth regular meeting following the requirements of law No. 76-15 relating to the organization of the National Human Rights Council (CRDH) and Article 36 of its Rules of Procedures, on Thursday 22 September 2022, in the Municipal Council of Tarfaya (A province in Morocco), starting at 2:30 pm. The agenda of this meeting includes the presentation and discussion of the 2022 semi-annual report, and the CRDH…