Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), and Mr. Yassin Bazaz, General Coordinator of the Prometheus Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, signed a Cooperation and Partnership Agreement aiming to entrench the values of citizenship and contribute to reflections on human rights issues, on Friday 8 April 2021 at CNDH’s headquarters, Rabat, Morocco.

On this occasion, Ms. Bouayach highlighted that signing this agreement is part of the Council's mandate related to promoting human rights culture. She also shed light on the importance of this agreement in promoting human rights culture and involving young people, especially in schools.

For his part, Mr. Bazaz indicated that this agreement is part of establishing a joint action between CNDH and the Institute. He also underlined the central role of the Council in promoting human rights culture. Mr. Bazaz added that the promotion of human rights is a fundamental and complex process. It intends to inculcate the values of human rights and democracy and raise a generation that believes in human rights culture in its universality.

This cooperation and partnership agreement intends to establish mechanisms for cooperation between the two parties to entrench human rights and citizenship values and contribute to reflections on human rights questions. It will adopt a participatory approach and encourage and support actions related to human rights. It will launch several initiatives aiming at enhancing the values of human rights culture, tolerance and peaceful debate and promoting them, particularly at schools and universities.