Newsletter, Issue 2, October 2008
Editorial
The real obligation that we have towards our children is to let them know our history. We can not talk about solid transition to democracy without having ensured a reconciliation of young people with their history, and without having built bridges of communication and dialogue between those who have made history and those who tell and will tell historical narratives.
Read moreAgenda: Debate on Human Rights in Laayoune
The Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) organizes in October in Laayoune, south of Morocco, the first regional meeting on the status of human rights in the southern provinces.
Read morePublications: Frequently Asked Questions on a Human Rights-based Approach to Development Cooperation
The Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published in 2006 "Frequently Asked Questions on a Human Rights-based Approach to Development Cooperation". The goal of this publication, according to Ms. Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, is to advance shared understanding about how the goals of human rights and development can be achieved through more effective development cooperation, within wider strategies and coalitions for change.
Read moreCommunity Reparation: Deadline for Request for Proposals
September 4, 2008 was the deadline for the request for project proposals meant for local associations in targeted provinces by the CDG, a Moroccan financial group who is in charge of executing the program within the scope of implementing the recommendations of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER) as regards the community reparation program.
Read moreIER Approach to Enforced Disappearance at the HRC
A delegation of the Advisory Council on Human Rights, composed of Messrs. Mahjoub El Haiba and Abdelhak Mossadeq, respectively Secretary General and Chargé de mission, participated in the 9th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), held in Geneva from 8 to 26 September 2008. The delegation participated in the proceedings of the Panel on Missing Persons, held on September 22-23. Mr El Haiba made a speech on the Moroccan experience in transitional justice and the approach adopted by the IER to enforced disappearance.
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