The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and its National Mechanism for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are launching, from December 30, 2020, an online campaign to fight all forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities.This campaign is a response to the recommendation made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to conduct public awareness-raising campaigns to combat stereotypes, prejudices and myths about…

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day and on the occasion of the National Day of the Prisoner, the Regional Directorate for Prison Administration and Reintegration in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, in partnership with the Regional Human Rights Commission in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region (CRDH), organizes training workshops on human rights for detainees in the aforementioned region during the period between December 14, 2020, and June 30, 2021. These training workshops will be…

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Barid Al-Maghrib Group is launching, in partnership with the CNDH, on Thursday, December 10, 2020, a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the efforts made by the CNDH as a pluralist and independent national institution in the field of the protection and promotion of human rights in our country for three decades."The establishment of the CNDH consolidates the Kingdom's commitment and its voluntary…

On Monday, 7 December 2020, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) was unanimously elected as Subcommittee on Accreditation (SCA) Chairperson, for a one-year term, renewable twice. The Subcommittee session will start remotely from 7 to 17 December 2020. This session was scheduled for last March and was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The SCA is the most important body within the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). It reviews and assesses accreditation…

The General Assembly (GA) of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) held, remotely, its third regular session, on Friday 4 December 2020, following the provisions of Law No. 76.15 related to the reorganization of the institution.The GA approved an additional recommendation to the CNDH’s Memorandum on “The effectiveness of rights and freedoms in Morocco... For a new social contract” related to evoking history and preserving memory in the development process. Earlier last March, the GA approved…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is launching a campaign to ensure the effective fight against all forms of violence against women and girls starting from Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The CNDH is organizing national and regional workshops aiming at deepening reflection and developing possible tools to improve the situation of women and girls and reduce violence against them.This campaign is part of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence”; the international event that begins…

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), in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS), will organize a conference to launch the project on the "Effectiveness of the right to health in Morocco: Towards a health system based on a human rights approach”. This conference will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, from 9 am at the headquarters of the CNDH.This project is part of the exercise of the CNDH powers as a national institution for the prevention, protection, and promotion of…

On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (know under its French acronym CMCPM), Together Against the Death Penalty (know under its French acronym ECPM), the Moroccan parliamentary network against the death penalty, the Network of lawyers against the death penalty, and the Network of journalists against the death penalty are organizing a videoconference on "The death penalty in Morocco:…