The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) is launching a campaign to ensure the effective fight against all forms of violence against women and girls starting from Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The CNDH is organizing national and regional workshops aiming at deepening reflection and developing possible tools to improve the situation of women and girls and reduce violence against them.This campaign is part of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence”; the international event that begins…

Ms. Amina Bouayach, Chairperson of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) chaired a meeting a meeting with the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) on Wednesday 28 October 2020. Dr. Mohamed Benajiba, NPM Coordinator, and Ms Aicha Naciri, NPM member, both attended this meeting, along with the experts who work the Mechanism. The discussions focused particularly on the activities of the mechanism and its action this year, in addition to its human and financial resources and…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH), in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS), will organize a conference to launch the project on the "Effectiveness of the right to health in Morocco: Towards a health system based on a human rights approach”. This conference will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, from 9 am at the headquarters of the CNDH.This project is part of the exercise of the CNDH powers as a national institution for the prevention, protection, and promotion of…

On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (know under its French acronym CMCPM), Together Against the Death Penalty (know under its French acronym ECPM), the Moroccan parliamentary network against the death penalty, the Network of lawyers against the death penalty, and the Network of journalists against the death penalty are organizing a videoconference on "The death penalty in Morocco:…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) publishes its thematic report on Jerada protest as part of its prerogatives as a national pluralist and independent institution. The CNDH deals with all issues relating to the defense and protection of human rights and freedoms and guarantees their enjoyment and promotion. It also deals with questions related to the preservation of the dignity, rights, and freedoms of citizens, collectively and individually. The publication of this report is also part of…

Following information published by a number media according to which a student, residing in Jerada, had been deprived of her right to education, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), through its Regional Human Rights Commission of the Oriental region (CRDH), held a meeting with officials of the provincial department of the Ministry of National Education and with the family of the person in question. This meeting aims at verifying facts, collecting statements from persons in question, and…

Following information published by a number media according to which a student, residing in Jerada, had been deprived of her right to education, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), through its Regional Human Rights Commission of the Oriental region (CRDH), held a meeting with officials of the provincial department of the Ministry of National Education and with the family of the person in question. This meeting aims at verifying facts, collecting statements from persons in question, and…

Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and Les éditions de La Croisée des Chemins publish a book to pay tribute to Ssi Abderrahmane Youssoufi, who passed away on May 29, 2020. Edited by CNDH Chairperson Amina Bouayach, “Abderrahmane Youssoufi: Journey of an Exceptional Statesman” highlights the extraordinary path of the late Abderrahmane Youssoufi, who was a genuine Moroccan statesman, an independence and human rights militant, a socialist leader, and a former prime minister. « The…

The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) submitted its Memorandum on the new development model to the Special Committee on the Model of Development as part of its contribution to the national debate on the new trends of the development strategy.Entitled: “The effectiveness of rights and freedoms in Morocco… For a new social contract”, this memorandum was elaborated based on Article 2 of Law 76.15 on the reorganization of the CNDH which stated that the Council shall deal with all…