The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) are organizing the first session of the Youth Leadership Dialogue series on " The Role of Youth in the Middle East and North Africa in Advocating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ", on 21 and 22 November 2024.This initiative aims to enhance the role of young leaders in advocating for human rights, with a particular focus on the…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the United Nations Human Rights Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) are organizing a regional workshop on strengthening national legislative guarantees to combat and prohibit torture and ill-treatment. This workshop will take place on November 19 and 20, 2024, starting at 9:00 am at the Kenzi Tower Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco.The workshop aims to review international standards on the absolute prohibition and prevention of…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) are organizing an event on the sidelines of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29), on November 14, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.Entitled "Migration and Adaptation in the Context of Climate Change", the event will be held at the Pavilion of the Kingdom of Morocco in the Blue Zone.The event aims to provide a platform for…
27 Thematic and 12 General Recommendations: For expanding guarantees of the effectiveness of practicing strikes, protecting trade union freedoms, and ensuring that the right to peaceful strike remains free from unlawful restrictions or criminal penaltiesThe National Human Rights Council (CNDH) published a memorandum on the draft organic law No. 97-15 defining the conditions and methods for exercising the right to strike. The development of this memorandum was based on the Kingdom’s Constitution…
On World Day Against the Death Penalty, commemorated on October 10 every year, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Moroccan Coalition for the Abolition of the Death Penalty (CMCPM), and the Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP) are organizing a press conference. Held in collaboration with national abolitionist networks (including parliamentarians, lawyers, educators, journalists, entrepreneurs, etc.) and in partnership with the association Ensemble contre la peine de mort (Together…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), in partnership with the Jeune Chambre Internationale de Rabat (JCI Rabat), is organizing a series of workshops focused on the protection of fundamental human rights, titled "Let's talk about rights". The inaugural workshop will be held on Thursday, September 26, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Rabat - Driss Benzekri Institute for Human Rights, Morocco.These workshops will run until November 7, 2024. They are part of a joint project between the CNDH and JCI…
20th anniversary of Truth, Equity and ReconciliationA commemoration at the United Nations Office in Geneva Side Event – 57th session of the Human Rights CouncilWednesday, September 25, 2024 As part of its ongoing commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER), the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will host an event at the United Nations Office in Geneva. Taking place on the sidelines of the 57th session of the Human Rights…
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) continues to monitor the calls for crossing and the attempts occurring in the M'diq-Fnideq region, as well as all related aspects and issues.In this context, and in light of the data collected to date through social media monitoring and on-site observations conducted by the Regional Human Rights Commission in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (CRDH) regarding the repeated crossing attempts—especially on September 15 in Fnideq—Ms. Amina Bouayach convened a…
The families have responded positively to the Moroccan National Human Rights Council's (CNDH) call to conduct DNA genetic analysis, giving their personal, free, and informed consent. This operation has been made possible thanks to advances in DNA technology, allowing the extraction of genetic material from degraded samples.Following the process of truth-finding and the implementation of all the Equity and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations —regarding reparations, social reintegration,…