Around 2 billion dirhams to compensate 27,254 victims of gross human rights violations

The 19,474 victims of gross human rights violations or their rights holders benefiting from individual reparation of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER) received 929 million dirhams as a total amount of financial compensation. Considering the outcome of the Independent Arbitration Commission, the beneficiaries from financial compensation total 27,254 victims and the financial compensation amounts to 2 billion dirhams.

Following the implementation of the recommendation of the IER concerning the integration of victims into the basic medical coverage system, 8306 health insurance cards were issued, as at 31 December 2017, covering 18,417 recipients, including 3172 spouses and 6939 children. The funds devoted to this operation stand at 120 million dirhams, transferred by the Government to the Moroccan National Fund of Provident Institutions (known under its French acronym CNOPS).

In addition, 1417 persons benefited from the social integration recommendation, while the recommendation to regularize the administrative and financial situation has benefited 564 persons.

Concerning pending cases, some recommendations submitted to the government have not been implemented yet. The same applies to some files relating to the investigations of cases of persons with unknown fate that have not yet been prepared for the Follow-up Committee to take a decision.

Within this context, those benefitting from financial compensation and whose files have been submitted to the government total 500 persons. There are also 42 outstanding cases of social integration that need to be implemented.

In terms of the settlement of the administrative and financial situation, 70 cases have not yet been implemented, including 11 cases under review by the relevant government departments and 59 cases transferred to the Office of Prime Minister for lump-sum compensation as a form of integration.

To be noted that following the 2006 Royal Speech on the closing of the IER’s mandate, the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) was mandated to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations made by the IER for the reparation of victims of gross human rights violations, in collaboration with the Government.

In order to discharge this mandate, the CCDH and the CNDH have followed up on the implementation of these recommendations by adopting a vision and a working methodology based on identifying follow-up areas and the stakeholders involved. Several recommendations in various areas including individual reparations have been implemented thanks to intensive and continuous efforts of the CNDH and the Government.