This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
Justice Minister Abdellatif Wehbe said Tuesday that Morocco’s announcement of a positive vote on the United Nations General Assembly resolution regarding a moratorium on the application of the death penalty is a ” positive step” towards the consolidation of the human rights situation.
In his response to an oral question on “the measures taken to reduce the death penalty in the reform of criminal law” submitted by the Authenticity and Modernity Group of the Chamber of Advisors, Mr. Wehbé explained that “Morocco has taken the decision to vote affirmatively after she still voted in favor of abstention on the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on “Stop the application of the death penalty”, stressing that this decision constitutes “a positive step towards the consolidation of the situation of human rights man in Morocco.
The minister added that this decision results from Morocco’s commitment to strengthening the protection of the right to life, in accordance with what is stipulated in the Kingdom’s constitution.
In this regard, Mr. Wehbé indicated that the number of people sentenced to death in Moroccan prisons is 88 people, including one woman, and that the number of death row inmates who have benefited from the pardon of this sentence and conversion of their life sentence or firm sentence the sentences have reached approximately 161 sentences since the year 2020 to date.
