Moroccan Women’s Rights Group Campaigns to Reform ’Outdated’ Penal Code

The activists of the Federation of the Democratic League for Women’s Rights (FLDDF) believe that the articles of the current Penal Code are "outdated and unworthy of Morocco in 2019".

They call for the adoption of a text that responds to the international conventions ratified by the Kingdom as well as the 2011 Constitution, a text that protects the rights of women.

During the media outing of this Federation, Samira Mohya affirmed that the legal arsenal of Morocco should be reviewed in order to protect the privacy of individuals, stressing that the current criminal law dated back to 1962 and had been developed in a different context from the current one.

For her part, the lawyer Fatiha Chatou pointed out that "the freedoms of Moroccan women are violated" and that women are exposed to "various forms of violence in the face of the silence of the Government". For her too, the adoption of a modern Penal Code guaranteeing the exercise of individual freedoms was more than necessary.

The conference was also an opportunity for FLDDF members to make a few clarifications. Rejecting the criticisms accusing them of trying to undermine the constants of Moroccan society, they were keen to point out that they were not calling for "sexual anarchy".