CNDH AND OMDH ORGANIZE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TESTIMONY OF PSYCHIATRIST IN FAIR TRIAL
The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) organize a national seminar on criminal responsibility and the importance of a psychiatrist’s testimony for a fair trial. The seminar will be hold at the Council in Rabat, on Friday, April 5, 2013, at 9:00 a.m.It is organized in fulfillment of the Council’s mandate, as provided for in its founding Royal Decree # 1.11.19, dated March 1, 2011. It is in line with its contribution and support to the national debate on the reform of the judiciary.
Professors of law, judges, psychiatrists, psychology specialists and other stakeholders will be brought together to discuss and exchange on the importance of a psychiatrist’s testimony to determine the responsibility of a defendant, the psychiatrist’s testimony under the Moroccan Penal Code, the psychiatrist’s testimony and the criminal responsibility, the psychiatrist’s testimony: a must or an option, the psychiatrist’s testimony Vs testimony of a psychology specialist, mental illness at the various stages of the crime and beyond and the importance of medical and psychiatric reports for victims of violence and sexual abuse.
This seminar will be chaired by Mr. Mohamed Essabbar, CNDH Secretary General, and Mr. Mohamed Nachnach, OMDH President. The participants are expected to come up with recommendations to strengthen the role of psychiatrist’s testimony in ensuring guarantees and conditions of fair trial.