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The Dakhla-based International Center for Research on the Prevention of Child Recruitment (IRCPCS) issued an urgent call in Geneva on Thursday for global mobilization to ensure the immediate and safe return of children forcibly recruited by armed groups, including the polisario. This appeal was made during a conference on “Children of North Africa: Access to […]
Morocco reaffirmed on Monday before the UN Human Rights Council its commitment and readiness to promote respect for human rights. The renewed commitment was expressed by Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office at Geneva, during the ongoing 58th session of HRC, which runs until April 4. “It is in this spirit that […]
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, held talks on Friday in Rabat with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. The talks were held on the sidelines of the UNHRC retreat, held on November 21-22 at the initiative of the Moroccan Presidency of the HRC. At their talks, Bourita and the […]
The 57th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held under the chairmanship of Morocco, concluded on Friday, oct.11. The session was marked by the adoption of 37 resolutions—ten of which were voted on—and one decision. On the final day of the session, Ambassador Omar Zniber, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN Office […]
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) launched, at the initiative of the Moroccan presidency of this UN body, an Advisory Council on Gender Equality, aimed at providing advice and suggestions on promoting gender equality and parity and helping to mainstream a gender perspective during Morocco’s presidency. This body, the first of its kind, was set […]
Algeria was severely condemned for the continuous rights violations endured by thousands of Sahrawis under the yoke of the Polisario militias in the Tindouf camps. This came during the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council, where multiple rights NGOs denounced the enduring practices of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and forced disappearances suffered by the […]
Morocco, a country of openness, is “keen” to build bridges between cultures and religions, as enshrined in the Kingdom’s multicultural identity, and reflected in the fundamental provisions of the Constitution, Morocco’s Permanent Mission in Geneva stressed on Friday. This came during a panel on “countering religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence,” held […]
Morocco has called for the immediate, comprehensive, and sustainable cessation of the Israeli war on Gaza during the high-level segment of the ongoing 55th session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC), chaired by the North African Kingdom. “Gaza is experiencing an unprecedented crisis and a humanitarian catastrophe that the international community can no longer ignore. […]
The urgent debate held on Wednesday in Geneva on the sidelines of the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) highlighted by the adoption of a resolution condemning acts of religious hatred, which constitute incitement to violence and discrimination. The resolution was adopted by 28 in favor, 12 against and seven abstentions, […]
NGO PDES (French acronym for ‘Promotion of Economic and Social Development’) has sounded the alarm about the serious, appalling conditions facing women in conflict zones such as the Tindouf camps in South-Western Algeria, where they are experiencing gender-based violence. Speaking at the annual discussion on women’s rights, held in Geneva as part of the 53rd […]