CCDH and Moroccan Interior Minister to collaborate towards a new human rights culture
2006-05-10
The 25th session of the Consultative Council on Human Rights that was held Saturday in Rabat was marked by the Interior Minister's declaration of support for the national plan to promote human rights in Morocco.
By Hassan Benmehdi from Casablanca -- 10/05/06
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At the 25th session of the Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH) meeting, held Saturday (6 May) in Rabat, the CCDH gave a round-up of all activities and actions it has undertaken related to human rights in Morocco. Despite the absence of CCDH President Driss Benzekri, the meeting was still of great interest to several NGOs, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and many human rights workers.
The CCDH also discussed its action plan for this year, and put forward plans relating to its annual report on the human rights situation in 2005. Particular attention was paid to the thematic report on illegal immigration. The agenda for the meeting also included renewal of the CCDH's working groups and international activities.
However, two decisions grabbed the attention of the Moroccan public.
Firstly, people took notice of the CCDH decision to embark on a citizenship charter project. CCDH Secretary-General Al Mahjoub El Hiba said such a project was necessary to be in line with achievements in the human rights field, and to overcome challenges in the area, which continue to present a real obstacle to the development of a human rights culture in Morocco.
The decision, according to El Hiba, reflects the CCDH's will to unite all those working in the field in setting up a real action plan and promoting a human rights culture in Morocco. He said the CCDH can become a meeting point for discussion and concerted effort between NGOs, civil society, political parties, and university and international partners.
He reminded meeting attendees of the recent creation of a monitoring and co-operation mechanism to implement the action plan, noting that the criteria adopted for choosing participating members included constant effort, experience and knowledge of the aspects of the soon-to-be-implemented plan.
human rights is the cornerstone of an orderly state
The initiative also aims to put in practice the royal concept of authority, King Mohammed VI mentioned in a 12 October 1999 speech, in which he stressed that the assimilation of the principles of human rights is the cornerstone of an orderly state and that society based on respect for human rights in connection with human, social, economic and cultural development will lay the foundations for a modern democratic society.
The second noteworthy decision at the CCDH meeting came from the intervention of Benmoussa, who declared his ministry’s intention and will to work together with the council through the signing of a partnership and co-operation agreement.
Benmoussa pointed out that this initiative will be included in teaching programmes at the Royal Police Institute, the Interior Ministry's professional development school for senior executives,– as well as at the auxiliary forces and civil protection training centres. The signing of the partnership agreement is expected to take place soon.
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Fatima Posted 2007-07-30
Dear Sir, If I have some suspicion about a foreigner’s activities, who should I address?
biqaa hassane Posted 2007-12-25
I was victim of an unfair layoff by a service concerned with the Morocco’s national railroad. On 25 November 2006, under the guidance of human resource management, I formulated and addressed a request for the extension of my services with an invitation from human resources itself. I was surprised on 30 June 2007 by my forced retirement at age 55. This is a complete retirement, and, because of a lack in employees and the staff being on business trips, it came without me having used my 43 days of regular leave by the time June 2006 came around. Moreover, they only allocated a very weak pension to me at 24 per cent such that it is a reimbursement at one quarter of my pension and not a real retirement. Who should I address? I should note that after my forced retirement they have forbidden me access to the building under the general direction of the office of national railways.
mohamed Posted 2008-04-05
To tell the truth, we cannot predict the future. Nevertheless, we can note that our dear Morocco is veering off on an unknown path; human rights will cause much harm if we do not separate the security of the citizen from that of the people who commit acts of vandalism and criminal acts. For example: Mr. Minister Chakib Benmoussa has forgotten that his principal role is to ensure the safety of citizens, even before political security, especially with regards to the scandal of popular neighbourhood delinquency, that is: acts of aggression that occur in the unexplained absence of police agents. In short, I hope for a change.
Ilias Posted 2008-05-23
I wonder about the real function of our police officers in Morocco. Are they security agents for a private agency, the Ministry of the Interior, or are they there to protect the poor citizens who are paying for them via the collection of their monthly IGR. In the slums, where the level of violence and crime is very high, the presence of police officers is almost nonexistent, whereas in Hay Riad, they are regularly roam about in order to protect the rich from the poor. Why were the GUS gotten rid of? Even if they were accused of taking bribes, they still brought a certain calm over Rabat and were omnipresent in all its districts. Are the victims to the interior agents relegation? In any case, the citizens are not part of their concerns. The Minister of the Interior needs to review the possibility of re-instituting the GUS or creating a police capable of protecting the citizens. It needs to be emphasised that there is a breach in security that puts a country doing its best to make progress at risk of being harmed.
ouayres zahira Posted 2008-06-03
I am a young Moroccan girl. I am 34. I was one of those who was honoured by a Monarch letter for recruitment. This was realised, praise be to God. All my courtesy to the benefactor his majesty King Mohamed VI, may God glorify him. So I began preparing the file to adjust my situation, by the way I have a bachelor degree in law. The Wali of the region of Dekkala promised to appoint me as general secretary in the district of Kentour as I meet the necessary conditions and also because this post has been vacant in the district since the death of the former secretary in 2000. But I was surprised by many unconstructive attitudes towards me and my husband who works with me in the same district, such a failure to fully complete my file. I ask the competent authorities to interfere. With many thank, long live the king.
LAMIRI Mustapha Posted 2008-07-02
In order build a society where no one will be neglected or indifferent to the fortune of others, in order to advance a democracy founded on the equality of rights and in order to have healthy citizens, we need to give equal opportunities to all Moroccans and give everyone what they deserve. I do not have to go far to give you an example: after an interview at the High Commission of Water and Forests and the Fight Against Desertification in Rabat, my daughter Sara, who has been inured and traumatised several times by policemen during marches organised by unemployed graduates, was rated high: she ranked fourth out of 20 candidates. And, as in an exam--(at the exam one is either honoured or humiliated)-- an interview remains a good criterion and an adequate means to judge a person. But, for no valid or convincing reason, my daughter’s name was substituted with the name of someone else. Why such prejudice??? If one of the interviewees who was accepted had had experience or had done an internship in “The Fight Against Desertification”, that might be a good reason to justify their rank, but this was because of certification from some private field of work, which are bought for the same price as a box of laundry detergent!!!
zakaria Posted 2009-03-03
In the name of God the most gracious the most merciful. We are a group of ambulant merchants, we ask for an investigation to be opened about the shops on Istiqlal square in the town of Souk Larbaa Gharb. Mobile merchants organized a sit-in on 29/01/2009 to prevent building seven shops which were ceded by the mayor to some people other than the merchants. Secondly, the shops will be built on the area occupied by street merchants to exhibit their merchandise. Some think that preventing street merchants is a progress in an attempt to see the reaction of merchants especially because the city council intends to sell 75 shops which have a strategic position in the popular market…
loujdi Posted 2009-09-03
Morocco is life, is the future. Mohamed VI is a good king. He is the heart of Morocco. Long live Morocco and the Moroccans!
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