The Establishment of the Authority for Parity and the Fight against all Forms of Discrimination
In accordance with its responsibilities in the field of promoting human rights, as provided by the Royal Decree setting it up, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has set the main directions of its action in line with the national priorities, particularly the project for implementing the provisions of the Constitution relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms, on the one hand, and strengthening the coherence of human rights-related public policies, on the other.
In this connection, the CNDH has initiated a consultation process to assist the Government and the Parliament in the process of setting up the new entities for the promotion of human rights provided for in the Constitution, including the Authority for Parity and the Fight against all Forms of Discrimination ( APALD). This specialized entity, created under Articles 19 and 164 of the Constitution, is mainly responsible for ensuring respect for the rights and freedoms provided for in Article 19, without prejudice to the powers of the CNDH. The Constitution vests in this Authority a wide range of powers but leaves it to the law to determine more precisely its mandate and mission as well as its relations with the other existing institutional mechanisms concerned with human rights.
- Download the Additional memorandum