The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Danish Institute against Torture (DIGNITY) signed, on 20 December 2019 in El Jadida, Morocco, a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of technical cooperation on monitoring aspects related to health in places of deprivation of liberty.This Memorandum was signed by Mrs. Amina Bouayach, CNDH President and Mr. Jens Simon Modvig, Director, Chief Physician at DIGNITY. It focuses on strengthening the capacities of members and staff of the…
Morocco topped the Human Rights Committee’s ranking for the implementation of selected recommendations, alongside Denmark, Sweden, Argentina, and Burkina Faso. The five countries obtained the ‘A’ rating which is the highest rating of the follow-up review on implementing priority recommendations conducted by the Human Rights Committee and whose results were announced in December.The ‘A’ rating reflects that these countries have taken “significant action” towards the implementation of…
The National Human Rights Council of Morocco (CNDH) takes part in the 12th Biennial Conference of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) from 5 to 6 November 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.The CNDH will be represented by a delegation led by Ms. Amina Bouayach, President of the Council.Organized jointly by the NANHRI and its host member, the National Council for Human Rights of Egypt, this conference will focus this year on “The Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular…
On 10 October 2019, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist organizations around the world celebrated the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty. This day coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Therefore, the light was shed, this year, on the situation of children of prisoners sentenced to death “invisible victims”. On this occasion, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) organized on Thursday 10 October 2019 a series of…
Ms Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), will take part in the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) 2024 Global Seminar on Cooperation and Innovation: Sharing State Experiences and Building Capacity in Criminal Investigations and Law Enforcement Practices. This event will take place on 1 and 2 October 2019 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the CTI Secretariat in partnership with the Danish Institute Against Torture (DIGNITY), this Seminar will…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will hold the opening session of the first ordinary session of its General Assembly on September 21, 2019, from 9:30am to 10:30am, at its headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. Mrs. Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) and her delegation, invited by the CNDH, will take part in the opening session of the General Assembly. Mrs. Maiga will present the ACHPR’s mandate and missions.
The General Assembly (GA) of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) unanimously approved its rules of procedure, its strategy, its draft budget for the year 2020 and finalizes its structures during the first ordinary session held on Saturday 21 September 2019 at the CNDH headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. In accordance with the provisions of Law No. 76.15 on the reorganization of the CNDH, the rules of procedure is composed of 84 articles distributed to 13 titles. It also includes two annexes: …
As part of the 42d session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) took part, on 11 September 2019 in Geneva, in the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence. On this occasion, Mr. Abdelhak Moussaddak, CNDH representative, delivered an oral statement in which he welcomed the interest of the Special Rapporteur report to the Moroccan experience on the practical…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) participates in the Third Ibero-American Summit which will be held on 3 and 4 September 2019 in Mexico. This event will be organized by the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman (FIO), the Network working on Migrants and Trafficking in Persons issues (known in Spanish as: Red de Migrantes y Trata de personas) and the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico. The Third Ibero-American Summit on Migration and Trafficking in Persons will be an…