Press releases
Press release on CNDH Bureau meeting
In accordance with Law No. 76.15 relating to the reorganization of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the requirements of the institution's rules of procedures, an online meeting of the CNDH Bureau was held on Wednesday, 8 July 2020.At this meeting :- The CNDH’s Bureau...
Read moreWorld Refugee Day: CNDH reiterates its call to strengthen the legal framework related to refugees and promote their social and economic rights
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) reiterates its call to accelerate the adoption of Bill n° 66-17 on asylum and the conditions for granting it to guarantee the effective recognition of refugee status, in light of constitutional provisions and...
Read moreCNDH launches “taabiratraqmya.ma", an interactive platform on online freedom of opinion and expression
Following its Bureau’s decision on May 6, 2020, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) launched, on May 14, 2020, an interactive platform on the right to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital space: www.taabiratraqmya.ma (digital expressions in Arabic).This platform aims to...
Read more“1990-2020: An Ongoing Process for the Effectiveness of Rights”: Thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the National Human Rights Institution in Morocco
On Friday, May 8, 2020, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the National Human Rights Institution in Morocco.This institution contributed distinguishably to the evolution of human rights in Morocco, in its legislative,...
Read moreCNDH: Permanent Committee on Parity concerned by violence against women
At the request of the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), the Permanent Committee on Parity, Non-Discrimination and New Generations of Human Rights held on Thursday, April 30, 2020, a meeting by videoconference to discuss the situation of women's rights as part of the...
Read moreCNDH- UNFPA partnership agreement to eliminate child marriage and promote women's rights to sexual and reproductive health
Mrs. Amina Bouayach, President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and Mr. Luis Mora, Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), signed a partnership agreement for the period 2020-2021 to promote the rights of women and girls, including the rights to sexual and...
Read moreCNDH Annual report on the situation of human rights in Morocco- 2019: “Effectiveness of human rights within an emerging model of freedoms”
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) publishes its annual report for the year 2019 entitled "Effectiveness of human rights within an emerging model of freedoms”.The CNDH is an independent constitutional institution mandated to protect, promote human rights and freedoms, ensure...
Read moreVideoconference on the role of NHRIs to counter (COVID-19)
The National Human Rights Council of Morocco (CNDH), in partnership with the Association francophone des Commissions nationales des droits de l’Homme (AFCNDH) “Francophone Association of National Human Rights Commissions”, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights...
Read moreAfrican National Human Rights Institutions statement on the Covid-19 Pandemic
Alarmed by the rapid and exponential spread of the novel corona virus within the African continent, and upon proposal from Morocco's national human rights institution, the Network of African NHRIs published this statement on COVID 19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020.Download the press release
Read morePress release following meeting of CNDH Bureau on Wednesday April 1st, 2020
The Bureau of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) held its ordinary periodic meeting, via video-conference, on Wednesday April 1st, 2020.The Bureau exchanged on the measures taken by the Council to continue its human rights monitoring, protection and promotion tasks during the current health...
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