The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) will organize a national meeting to follow up on the outcomes of the seminar related to the launch of the project on "The Effectiveness of the Right to Health in Morocco: Towards a Health System Based on Human Rights Approach” and study the methodology to be adopted to organize a series of regional meetings. This event will be held on Thursday 4 February 2021, starting from 10 am at the CNDH headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. It is part of the completion…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Morocco and the National Human Rights Commission in Mauritania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on Sunday 31 January 2021, to establish and develop a framework for joint action, cooperation and consultation between the two parties. This MoU was signed by Mrs. Amina Bouayach, CNDH Chairperson, and Mr. Ahmed Salem Ould Bouhbini, President of the National Human Rights Commission in Mauritania. It aims to achieve a joint vision to support…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe (CoE) are jointly organizing, on January 26, 2021, from 10 am, a high-level online event to launch officially the project “Support to the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) in Morocco”. This project is launched by the EU and the CoE and implemented in partnership with the CNDH. It is implemented in the framework of the broader joint program between the EU and the CoE, entitled “Support…

Mr. Mounir Bensalah, Secretary General of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) of Morocco and the Secretary General of the Mauritanian National Human Rights Commission, launched a training session for the benefit of the staff of the Mauritanian NHRI on Monday 1 November 2021, at the CNDH headquarters in Rabat, Morocco. This training session was part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the CNDH and Mauritanian National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) on 12 January 2021. It took…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and its National Mechanism for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are launching, from December 30, 2020, an online campaign to fight all forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities.This campaign is a response to the recommendation made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to conduct public awareness-raising campaigns to combat stereotypes, prejudices and myths about…

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day and on the occasion of the National Day of the Prisoner, the Regional Directorate for Prison Administration and Reintegration in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, in partnership with the Regional Human Rights Commission in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region (CRDH), organizes training workshops on human rights for detainees in the aforementioned region during the period between December 14, 2020, and June 30, 2021. These training workshops will be…

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Barid Al-Maghrib Group is launching, in partnership with the CNDH, on Thursday, December 10, 2020, a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the efforts made by the CNDH as a pluralist and independent national institution in the field of the protection and promotion of human rights in our country for three decades."The establishment of the CNDH consolidates the Kingdom's commitment and its voluntary…

On Monday, 7 December 2020, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) was unanimously elected as Subcommittee on Accreditation (SCA) Chairperson, for a one-year term, renewable twice. The Subcommittee session will start remotely from 7 to 17 December 2020. This session was scheduled for last March and was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The SCA is the most important body within the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). It reviews and assesses accreditation…

The General Assembly (GA) of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) held, remotely, its third regular session, on Friday 4 December 2020, following the provisions of Law No. 76.15 related to the reorganization of the institution.The GA approved an additional recommendation to the CNDH’s Memorandum on “The effectiveness of rights and freedoms in Morocco... For a new social contract” related to evoking history and preserving memory in the development process. Earlier last March, the GA approved…