The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) maintains ongoing cooperation, coordination and interaction with the United Nations (UN) system. This includes treaty bodies, the Human Rights Council (HRC), the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism, UN Special Procedures mandate holders, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN agencies accredited in Morocco.
Accreditation with “A” status by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), entitles the CNDH to participate in UN mechanisms in its capacity as an independent institution that complies with international standards, mainly the Paris Principles.
Morocco has ratified 15 out of 18 international human rights instruments. In light of this progress, the CNDH urges the government to continue to ratify the remaining instruments.
The CNDH also regularly submits its parallel reports to the international human rights system including UPR mecanism and Treaty Bodies (TB): Committee against Torture (CAT), Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Committee on Migrant Workers and Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Furthermore, the CNDH contributes to the development of national reports submitted to various treaty bodies and the UPR mechanisms. The CNDH engagement involves comments on draft reports and participation in consultative meetings held by the government in this regard.
The CNDH engages also with special procedures mandate-holders, especially by holding working meetings with them when they conduct visits to Morocco and submitting inputs when their thematic reports are presented to the UN HRC.
It is noteworthy that former or current CNDH members represent Morocco in the UN system as experts and members of treaty bodies.