Newsletter, Issue 7, May 2009
Editorial
Following Morocco's ratification of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on April 8, 2009, we decided to devote the seventh issue of the newsletter of the Advisory Council on Human Rights to the rights of persons with disabilities.
Read moreCCDH Committee on Gender Set up
As a national institution ensuring the promotion and protection of human rights and defending freedoms of citizens, the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) has made combating discrimination against women one of its key concerns in its advisory opinions, annual reports and its programs aiming to prevent abuses against women and to uphold the human rights culture. These concerns should be translated into an approach and a strategy to ensure women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming in public policies.
Read moreFirst Meeting of Technical Committee for Study on "The Right to Development in Morocco"
The Technical Committee in charge of supporting the study on “the right to development in Morocco: between the Millennium Development Goals and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, which falls under a partnership agreement between UNDP-Morocco and CCDH, held its first meeting on May 27, 2009 at the headquarters of the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH).
Read moreFourth CCDH Regional Section in Meknès-Tafilalet Region
The President of the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH), Mr. Ahmed Herzenni chaired on May 30, 2009 in Midelt (province of Khenifra), the opening ceremony of the CCDH regional administrative section in the region of Meknès-Tafilalet.
Read moreDeath Penalty: Ripening Debate in Society
At the end of the seminar on the death penalty held in Rabat, the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) and the association of “Ensemble contre la peine de mort” organized a press conference for the presentation of the conclusions of this seminar.
Read moreNew CCDH Regional Section in Agadir
After the regional offices of Oujda and Laayoun, the President of the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH), Mr. Ahmed Herzenni inaugurated on May 16, 2009 the CCDH third regional administrative section in Agadir.
Read morePartnership between CCDH and Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity
As part of the implementation of the community reparation program, overseen by the Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH), a new partnership agreement was signed on 5 May 2009 with the Ministry of Social Development, Family and solidarity. The objective of this agreement is to support social programs in areas where the community reparation program is being implemented for women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly, and to contribute to the rehabilitation of associations and capacity building of local actors.
Read moreTouring Exhibition of Stamps on Human Rights in Fez
After the cities of Rabat, Tangier and Oujda, the traveling exhibition of postage stamps was organized in Fez.
Read moreNews in Brief
Errachidia: training workshop on the development of gender-sensitive projects
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