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Today Friday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Ministry of Justice, the National Human Rights Council and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, which aims to strengthen institutional cooperation in the field of protection of human rights.
This memorandum of understanding, signed by the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Wehbe, the president of the National Human Rights Council, Amna Bouayach, and the executive director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Louise Holke , aims to develop the capacities of professionals and human resources of the Ministry of Justice with regard to the right of access to justice, and to establish the approach based on Human Rights in the implementation of public policies and relevant legislation, in harmony with the requirements of the Constitution and international charters that the Kingdom of Morocco has ratified and strives to implement at the national and international levels.
In a speech delivered on this occasion, Mr. Wehbe declared that the memorandum of understanding aims, essentially, to strengthen the means of cooperation in the field of training linked to the dissemination of the culture of human rights, stressing that the parties to the agreement are motivated by the ambition of openness to the external environment, in particular the African continent.
The minister added, in this context, that the memorandum includes provisions, objectives and common values that will achieve the desired goal through the real and tangible contributions of each individual institution, explaining that these contributions are represented in “the financial and technical plan. resources provided by the Danish-Arab Cooperation Program and the Council’s Idris Benzekri Institute.
For her part, Ms. Bouayash considered that the importance of the memorandum of understanding is manifested in particular in its support for the two national institutions concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels, noting that the various programs included in the memorandum will be evaluated and monitored to determine the extent to which they meet the needs of training beneficiaries.
For her part, Ms. Holak praised the importance of mutual cooperation with the National Human Rights Council and the Ministry of Justice as the government sector that oversees the development and coordination of the general legislative policy of the Kingdom and ensures its compatibility with constitutional and international principles. and regional conventions related to human rights.
The signing of this memorandum of understanding is part of efforts to strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights among justice professionals, its agents and all citizens.
