WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN DRIOUCH
The Regional Human Rights Commission of Al Hoceima-Nador holds a full-day workshop on “Economic, social and cultural rights… situation and perspectives”. It will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at 10:00 a.m., in the Rif Park’s Conference Room in Driouch.Stakeholders from different social, institutional, political, civil society, human rights and academic backgrounds will take part in this gathering. The roundtable will be like a platform to come up with a regional plan of action for the promotion of human rights.
Several topics and issues will be discussed in this roundtable: “Development issues and economic, social and cultural rights”, “Role of the Agence de l'Oriental in the economic and social development” and “Local Associations and their role in promoting the Right to development”.
The participants will analyze the situation of the economic, social and cultural rights in the Province of Driouch. They will discuss the relevant issues and constraints that limit citizens’ access to these rights and exchange on the priorities that need to be tackled first. They will reflect on and propose programs to promote these rights. They will suggest recommendations to use the human rights based approach in development programs and projects.