On the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is organizing various activities on 14, 16, 25, 26 and 28 October 2021 to promote the abolition of the death penalty, in partnership with the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (know under its French acronym CMCPM), the Moroccan Observatory for Prisons, the Association “Together Against the Death Penalty”, and several educational institutions.

This year's World Day will be dedicated to women who are at risk of the death penalty, on death row, or executed, as well as those who have been pardoned or found innocent.

The tenth of October of each year represents for the CNDH an occasion to reiterate its firm position calling for the abolition of the death penalty in law and practice. It also calls for broadening the number of abolitionists against the death penalty by including all forms of expression and the participation of actors.

“The CNDH is expecting the parliament and the government to translate the development of rights and freedoms by reviewing the penal system and its compatibility with the Kingdom's international commitments and with the 2011 Constitution, including the protection of the right to life”, said Mrs. Amina Bouayach, CNDH Chairperson.

Activities scheduled on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty will focus on:

- Panel discussion organized by the SEVE Association “Savoirêtre et vivre ensemble” in Casablanca. It will be an occasion to raise awareness on the devastating effects of the death penalty in society and advocate against this punishment that contradicts the universal right to life.
- Workshops "Draw me the abolition of the death penalty" will be organized in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco, to promote the right of students to express their attitudes and impressions on the cruel and inhuman death penalty. Art will be the mean of their expression based on drawing, colours and forms.
- Art exhibition at the CNDH headquarters is the culmination of the Fourth Chapter of the international posters competition "Draw me the Abolition". It is organized for young people by the Teaching Abolition International Network and the Association "Together Against the Death Penalty".

To be noted, the CNDH called for the abolition of the death penalty in its memorandum on Draft Law No. 10-16 to reform and supplement the Penal Code and in its Annual Report 2020.

On 11 November 2020, the CNDH also called Moroccan authorities to vote for the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium on the use of the death penalty in the run-up to the General Assembly’s vote on the resolution in mid-December 2020.