The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will meet with the Delegation of the National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms of Cameroon (NCHRF) from 23 to 26 July 2019 as part of a study visit.This visit aims at learning about the Moroccan experience on human rights. It is part of the CNDH actions related to sharing its experiences and expertise with the commissions and councils members of Network of the National African Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI).Thus, this study visit will be an…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is taking part in the 25th edition of the International Publishing and Book Fair, known under its French acronym SIEL, to be held from 7 to 17 February 2019 in Casablanca. This year, the CNDH’s exhibition will shed light on migration issues.Under the theme of “Mobility: Rights Without Borders”, the CNDH’s participation aims to promote and advocate for the effective implementation of migrants’ rights. The history of humanity requires us to find the…
To commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Commissions (AFCNDH), the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) are organizing a training session for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) on the mandate of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). This training session will be held from24 to 26 June 2019…
As part of the reorganization of the CNDH’s National Human Rights Training Institute (INFDH)- Driss Benzekri, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing a Ceremony to announce the composition of its Scientific Committee on Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 9 pm at the Charif Al IDrissi Amphitheater at the Faculty of humanities, Rabat. The purpose of the reorganization is to make the INFDH for a hubhuman rights, capacity building, a space for debating human rights issues, as well as a…
The Regional Human Rights Commission (CRDH) in Agadir in partnership with the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV International) and the Migration and Development Researchers Association, will organize a seminar on Morocco and integration of migrants in Morocco: opportunity and obstacles. This event will take place on Friday 3 May 2019 at the headquarters of the CRDH in Agadir. It will address Moroccan migration policy, analytical view on the…
Fulfilling its prevention and human rights protection mandate, and for moral and legal considerations related to the nature of its action, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), in coordination with the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), visited the detainees sentenced to prison terms following the events of Al-Houceima, after they were transferred on 11 April 2019 from the Casablanca-based Oukacha Prison to the prisons of Fes, Tangier, Al-Hoceima, Nador…
The Working Group on Migration of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), chaired by the National Human Rights Council of Morocco (CNDH) and composed of the NHRIs of Kenya, Zimbabwe, DRC and Niger, in cooperation with the National Council for Human Rights of Egypt, organizes an event on the side-lines of the 64th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR), on April 23, 2019, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.This event aims to discuss the…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing a Briefing on the establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) on 12 April 2019 at its headquarters in Rabat, Morocco.This Briefing will bring together relevant stakeholders at national and international level (experts, institutions, civil society, etc.). It will also present an opportunity to shed light on the progress made in establishing the NPM, to identify best practices related to this subject and further…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Council of Europe are organizing a National Meeting on “Marriage of Minor Girls: Abolish the Exception… Restore the Norm”. This event will start at 8:30 am on Friday 22 March 2019 at Hotel Farah, Rabat, Morocco. This event is part of the Program "Ensuring Sustainable Democratic Governance and Human Rights in the Southern Mediterranean" (Program South III, 2018-2020), funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the…