Morocco’s Human Rights Council Calls for Ban on Child Marriage as Practice Persists

It is to definitively put an end to this practice that the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), headed by the newly appointed Amina Bouayach, has just called for the abolition of the exception provided for in this text, which gives the judge the possibility to authorize (or not) the marriage of a minor.

In a video published on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Amina Bouayach wants to put an end to this exception which has become the rule today in Morocco. "The problem is that from 2004 to today, the number of child marriages has only increased and the number of human tragedies and violations of the physical integrity of girls with it," she deplores in the video, calling for the opening of a national debate on "an issue that has become urgent".

To this end, a series of meetings has been launched this week in several cities to try to raise awareness among the population, political parties and civil society, where testimonies of victims of child marriage will be presented.