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Morocco

Regional group:

African Group (AG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2006, 2007)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2014, 2022)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Standing - Institutionally separate

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Strengthening the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council; Human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people; The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; Enhancement of technical cooperation and capacity-building in the field of human rights; The negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights; New and emerging digital technologies and human rights; Human rights, democracy and the rule of law; Human rights and the environment; Enforced or involuntary disappearances; Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence; The safety of journalists; Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic; Elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members; Extreme poverty and human rights; Fifteenth anniversary of the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity; Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal; The role of prevention in the promotion and protection of human rights; World Programme for Human Rights Education; Human rights and transitional justice; Youth and human rights.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Morocco has (in the absence of consensus) either voted in favour of or has joined consensus on nearly all resolutions tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council's attention). Notwithstanding, Morocco tends to abstain during voting on resolutions on the situations in Belarus and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Morocco also abstained during a 2014 vote on an item 2 resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka and voted against a 2016 resolution on Burundi. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Morocco has always voted in favour. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Morocco has joined consensus on all resolutions except for three that were voted on during the period of its membership: on cooperation with Ukraine (Morocco did not vote on one occasion and abstained two times). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Morocco has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has nearly always voted in favour. The exceptions are the 2014 and 2016 resolutions on sexual orientation (Morocco voted against), as well as the 2014 and 2015 resolutions on the question of the death penalty (Morocco abstained). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Morocco has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

262

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

241

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

139

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

150

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on freedom of assembly, 2011

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CAT
8 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2008, 2012, 2017)

Mid-term report

2nd and 3rd cycles

Level of delegation

Interministerial

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 117 / 192

2^nd cycle: 145 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

YES

Response to allegations from government concerned?
YES

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 13

Morocco tabled voluntary pledges and commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2014-2016 on 16 May 2013. Morocco made a number of concrete pledges and commitments at both international and national levels.

At international level, Morocco pledged to: improve the work of the UPR; maintain dialogue with Special Procedures, including regarding visits; cooperate with Treaty Bodies, present periodic reports on time and follow up on recommendations; promote human rights education and training; present a mid-term report under the UPR; and ratify the CEDAW-OP, CAT-OP, ICCPR-OP and the CRC-OP3.

At domestic level, Morocco committed to: promote human rights education and training; and harmonise domestic legislation with international standards.

An analysis of steps taken by Morocco in fulfilment of its international level pledges shows that Morocco indeed improved its engagement with the UPR, presenting 2^nd and 3^rd cycle reports. IT participated at ministerial level and presented recommendations during the reviews of 117, 145, and 91 other States at the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd cycles, respectively. Regarding cooperation with Special Procedures, Morocco has completed or accepted over 72% of visit requests and responded to 86% of communications. Morocco is Party to all the core conventions. Notwithstanding, it is yet to submit three periodic reports (CAT, CCPR, CESCR), and the ones it has submitted, were generally presented late (CED, CEDAW, CERD).

Morocco

African Group (AG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 117 / 192

2nd cycle: 145 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 13

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 117 / 192

2^nd cycle: 145 / 192