In partnership with Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco, the Regional Human Rights Commission of Casablanca-Settat Region (CRDH) organises a Regional Forum on "Sexual Extortion: Limits of Human Trafficking", at 9:30 a.m. on Monday 28 March 2022, at the Faculty of Medicine in Casablanca, Morocco.Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), and Mr. Mohammed Talbi, President of Hassan II University in Casablanca, will launch this Forum.This event is part of…
The National Human Rights Council in Morocco (CNDH) will meet with the delegation from the National Human Rights Commission/National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture of the Republic of Niger from 28 March 2022 to 2 April 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.The Moroccan CNDH will share its experience and expertise as a National Institution for the protection and promotion of human rights. It will focus on the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture hosted by the CNDH.Ms. Amina Bouayach, CNDH…
As part of its monthly Protection Thursday program, The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) organizes an online symposium on “Victims of Human Trafficking... Limits of Support” on Thursday 24 February 2022, starting at 7 pm on the CNDH’s Facebook page. This event aims to contribute to promoting Law No. 27-14 related to combating human trafficking. This law stipulates that human trafficking is a distinct crime. It provides guarantees for victims and increases punishment for perpetrators. …
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) welcomes the unprecedented Court’s decision and the positive interaction of the Public Prosecution, the defence and the civil party with the CNDH request to allow its observation team to attend the closed hearing session of the criminal appeal case of Mr. Omar Radi related to sexual violence, held on Friday 18 February 2022. The CNDH Regional Commission of Casablanca-Settat Region had submitted a request, on behalf of the CNDH Chairperson, on Monday 14…
On behalf of the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), which is a constitutional institution that considers all issues related to defending and protecting human rights and freedoms, the Regional Human Rights Commission of the Casablanca-Settat Region (CRDH) submitted, on Monday 7 February 2022, a request for observation of the closed court hearing related to university professors accused of harassment case in Settat, a city about an hour’s drive from Casablanca, Morocco.At…
On behalf of the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), which is a constitutional institution that considers all issues related to defending and protecting human rights and freedoms, the Regional Human Rights Commission of the Casablanca-Settat Region (CRDH) submitted, on Monday 7 February 2022, a request for observation of the closed court hearing related to university professors accused of harassment case in Settat, a city about an hour’s drive from Casablanca, Morocco. At…
As part of efforts made to preserve the national archive and Moroccan collective memory, Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), addressed, at the end of last week, through the diplomatic services of the Kingdom, a letter to the French Diplomatic Archives - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in which she stressed the importance of returning the late Mohammed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi archive to Morocco.CNDH correspondence comes to support the request…
Ms. Maimouna Essayed, Chair of the Regional Human Rights Commission in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Region (CRDH), was announced, on Friday 7 January 2022, in Kenitra, Morocco, Radio Medina FM’s Human Rights Personality of the year 2021.As part of the Sixth Chapter of the Annual National Ceremony for the Radio Medina FM Personality of the Year, Ms. Essayed chosen in recognition of her initiatives in protecting and promoting human rights in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Region.In her statement, Ms. Essayed…
The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) held a meeting on Tuesday 4 January 2022, to coordinate the Council’s actions related to cases of sexual extortion and harassment in some colleges, universities and higher-education institutes, known in the media as “Sex for grades”.Several presidents of CNDH's Regional Commissions (CRDHs) and the Coordinator of the Standing Committee on Parity and Non-discrimination took part in this meeting.The CRDHs previously held hearings with…