Morocco Highlights Anti-Torture Efforts at UN Human Rights Council

In his speech at this meeting, organized by the International Initiative for the Convention against Torture, which was launched by Morocco and four other countries, Mustapha Ramid, noted that the Kingdom’s substantial legal arsenal allows it to deal with this issue professionally and in full respect of human rights.

Morocco has made the fight against torture a constitutional provision, clearly stipulating it in Chapter 22 of the 2011 Constitution. The constitution also provides the victim with several guarantees during the investigation, the instruction phase and during the trial.

Similarly, confessions obtained under torture are considered null and void and allow the victim to demand compensation for damages, he continued. The Minister of State for Human Rights assured that the Kingdom is convinced of the need to amend its penal code and the code of criminal procedure in order to ensure more effective implementation of international standards relating to a fair trial.

The issue related to the detention of