Inauguration of Marrakech RHRC’s new headquarters

The Regional Human Rights Commission of Marrakech organizes an opening ceremony for its new headquarters on 8 November 2012.

The Regional Human Rights Commission of Marrakech organizes an opening ceremony for its new headquarters on 8 November 2012.

The new office will provide the Commission with an appropriate space to communicate with citizens, engage with stakeholders and properly discharge its missions: protection of human rights, promotion of human rights and contribution to the promotion of the human rights culture in the region.

Prompted by the desire to involve the different human rights, political and civil society stakeholders, Marrakech RHRC will organize a consultation on the thematic report on the situation of prisons in Morocco, recently published by the National Human Rights Council (CNDH). This meeting will be chaired by CNDH president Mr. Driss El Yazami. Several members of the Council will take part in this gathering, which will start right after the inauguration ceremony, at the Commission’s new office.

The new headquarters includes a conference room and a library that will be accessible for students and researchers. The library will receive donations from King Abdul Aziz Al Saoud Foundation for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences and the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture. Human rights related books, publications, studies and references will be available in this bibliotheca, which will encourage scientific research in this field.

So far, the Commission of Marrakech has received dozens of complaints relating to allegations of human rights violations in the region. It has identified several projects to promote the culture of human rights and enrich dialogue and debate in this field.

The Commission was established on 10 January 2012. It is one of the National Human Rights Council’s 13 regional human rights commissions, which were created in accordance with the Council’s founding law, in line with its new mandate, and in conformity with the provisions of the Moroccan new constitution and the advanced regionalization project. These regional mechanisms implement national programs and projects related to the protection and promotion of human rights at the regional level, in cooperation with local and regional stakeholders.