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MOROCCO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2005
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
Résumé. L'effectivité du droit à la santé : Défis, enjeux et voies de renforcement.
Source:
Morocco. Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 May 2025
Accessed Date:
23 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. The Freedom of Thought Report.
Source:
Humanists International
Date of Document:
22 October 2020
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Another earthquake hits Morocco, with PTSD stronger than the tremors
Date of Document:
11 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Le régime marocain de sécurité sociale
Source:
France. Centre des Liaisons Européennes et Internationales de Sécurité Sociale.
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
28 February 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. BTI 2024 Country Report.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Date of Document:
March 2024
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
9 November 2024
Accessed Date:
26 May 2025
Title:
Morocco: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United-States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
30 September 2021
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Morocco. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco/Western Sahara. The State of the World's Human Rights: April 2025.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
April 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Morocco and Western Sahara. World Report 2025: Events of 2024.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2025
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Escalating Repression in Morocco
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
12 May 2022
Author:
Abdellatif El Hamamouchi
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/2: Morocco
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/MAR/1
Date of Document:
25 August 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Human rights monitoring needed more than ever in Western Sahara
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
30 November 2020
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Morocco: Compilation of information
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/MAR/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
29 August 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Summary of stakeholders' submissions on Morocco
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/41/MAR/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
18 August 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Résumé exécutif. Rapport annuel sur la situation des droits de l'Homme au Maroc 2022. Redéfinir les priorités pour consolider l'effectivité des droits.
Source:
Morocco. National Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Managing Tensions between Algeria and Morocco. Middle East & North Africa Report N°247.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 November 2024
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Freedom in the World 2024.
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation concerning Western Sahara
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
3 October 2023
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Morocco. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2025
Title:
Country Diagnostic : Morocco
Author:
Joseph J. Atick et al.
Accessed Date:
10 May 2019
Title:
Code de la nationalité marocaine, version consolidée en date du 26 octobre 2011
Accessed Date:
17 May 2023
Title:
The procedure for issuing a birth certificate and the information on the certificate
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 January 2007
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Morocco: A Brewing Crisis of Governance
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for Peace
Date of Document:
11 July 2023
Author:
Abdellatif El Hamamouchi
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Observation of the parliamentary elections in Morocco ( 8 september 2021 )
Source:
Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly.
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Morocco. Civil Society Organizations: Dynamic and Challenges. Civic Space Monitor: National Reports on Civic Space 2023.
Source:
Arab NGO Network for Development et al.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Fouzia Al Farnini
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
About parliament; Elections results. Morocco: House of Councillors.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
7 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
The Moroccan elections of 2021: a new political architecture for a new development model
Source:
Elcano Royal Institute
Date of Document:
1 October 2021
Author:
Bernabé López García; Said Kirhlani
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
About Parliament; Elections results. Morocco: House of representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Maroc : L'association Jamaa Al Adl Wal Ihssane (AWI)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 June 2021
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Honour crimes, including frequency; government protection for victims (2011-March 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2013
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Title:
Application of adultery laws, in particular, of Article 490 of the Penal Code and of the articles that follow it; treatment by family members and in-laws of people who commit adultery (2010-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2013
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Title:
Chapter 4 Morocco. Understanding Masculinities: Results from the International men and gender equality survey (Images) – Middle East and North Africa.
Source:
Promundo; United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
16 May 2017
Author:
Shereen El Feki et al.
Editor:
Shereen El Feki et al.
Accessed Date:
16 May 2018
Title:
Morocco: Situation report violence against women
Date of Document:
March 2018
Accessed Date:
20 May 2022
Title:
Obstacles to Women's and Girls' Access to Justice for Gender-based Violence in Morocco
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
12 May 2020
Title:
Dahir n° 1-18-19 du 5 joumada II 1439 (22 février 2018) portant promulgation de la loi n° 103-13 relative à la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes
Accessed Date:
10 May 2019
Title:
Analyse genre des lois marocaines
Source:
Collectif pour une Législation Egalitaire
Date of Document:
July 2022
Editor:
United Nations. UN Women.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Maroc : Le mariage forcé. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
3 March 2023
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Source:
National Sexual Rights Law and Policy Database
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
10 May 2019
Title:
Morocco's Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Joint Alternative Report Submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights and MRA Mobilising for Rights Associates
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 May 2022
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
La femme marocaine en chiffres
Source:
Morocco. Haut-Commissariat au Plan.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: “My life is ruined”: The need to decriminalize abortion in Morocco
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 May 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Situation des enfants au Maroc. Module 6: Genre et droits des enfants au Maroc.
Source:
Morocco. Observatoire National du Développement Humain et al.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Dispositif territorial intégré de la protection de l'enfance. Le circuit de protection de l'enfant.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund et al.
Date of Document:
November 2021
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Moroccans endorse women's political participation but not equal access to jobs, land
Date of Document:
21 September 2023
Author:
Mhammed Abderebbi; Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Le mariage des mineures au Maroc
Source:
Morocco. Observatoire National du Développement Humain et al.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Maroc : Situation des femmes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
22 June 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Morocco
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
12 July 2022
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Morocco. Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women's Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 July 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
« Petites Mains, Grandes Corvées ». Le Travail Domestique des Petites Filles : Une Offense à l'Enfance Marocaine.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Moroccans condemn domestic violence, but many see it as a private matter to handle within the family
Source:
Afrobarometer et al.
Date of Document:
25 November 2023
Author:
Mhammed Abderebbi; Maame Akua Amoah Twum
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Moroccan Family Code Reform: Achievements, Challenges, and Future Directions for Gender Equality
Source:
Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis
Date of Document:
26 December 2023
Author:
Mohamed Masbah et al.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Moroccan Court Overturns Landmark Marital Rape Conviction
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 October 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2023
Author:
Kellyn Botha et al.
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Emergence, Resilience, and Tensions: A Decade of LGBTQ Activism in Morocco
Source:
Arab Reform Initiative
Date of Document:
2 February 2024
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Study of the Needs of Sexual and Gender Diversity Population in Morocco
Source:
Association Akaliyat
Date of Document:
19 January 2024
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Three Years Post-Sars COV 2: The Mental and Sexual Health Status of a LGBTIQ+ Population in Morocco. Empirical Study Results 2022-2023.
Date of Document:
August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: Online Attacks Over Same-Sex Relations
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 April 2020
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Maroc : Minorités sexuelles. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the commissioner general for refugees and stateless persons.
Date of Document:
9 April 2025
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
17 December 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Morocco: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2024.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Country Reports on Terrorism 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 December 2024
Accessed Date:
26 May 2025
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Morocco.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
8 November 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Global Organized Crime Index 2023.
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Military Service in Morocco: Pursuing Social and Security Goals
Source:
Italian Institute for International Political Studies
Date of Document:
5 June 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Brief thematic country of origin information report concerning the principle of double jeopardy, foreign judgments and privacy legislation in Morocco
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
July 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Reform the Criminal Justice System in Morocco: Strengthen pre-trial rights, guarantees and procedures
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
29 May 2017
Title:
Les garanties fondamentales durant la garde à vue au Maroc
Source:
Association pour la Prévention de la Torture; Centre d'Études en Droits Humains et Démocratie
Date of Document:
June 2020
Author:
Abdessalam Imani et al.
Editor:
Barbara Bernath et al.
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Introduction to the Moroccan Legal System
Date of Document:
June 2018
Author:
Netty Butera; Kevashinee Pillay
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Morocco under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Les mineurs en conflit avec la loi et l'état des lieux de privation de liberté
Source:
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance; Centre d'études en droits humains et démocratie
Date of Document:
September 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its ninety-sixth session, 27 March–5 April 2023
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
11 October 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Recourse available to victims of police abuse, including accessibility and effectiveness; whether a person must file a complaint in the area where the abuse occurred; treatment of victims of police abuse who report the abuse and protection provided ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 September 2013
Accessed Date:
28 May 2014
Title:
Morocco / Western Sahara: the use of torture to incriminate citizens with differing views. Written statement submitted by the Federacion de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanosa non-governmental organization in special consult...
Source:
Federacion de Asociaciones de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos
Date of Document:
23 February 2017
Accessed Date:
24 April 2017
Title:
Morocco/Western Sahara. Video Captured Police Violence.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Morocco. The Law on police Use of Force Worldwide.
Source:
University of Pretoria. Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. Freedom on the Net 2024.
Editor:
Amelia Larson et al.
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
“They'll Get You No Matter What”: Morocco's Playbook to Crush Dissent
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
July 2022
Author:
Clive Baldwin et al.
Editor:
Clive Baldwin et al.
Accessed Date:
11 May 2023
Title:
Moroccan Journalist Targeted with Network Injection Attacks Using NSO Group's Tools
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 June 2020
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Morocco: Denying imprisoned academics and journalists access to read and write violates their right to freedom of expression
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco / Western Sahara. World Press Freedom Index 2025.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Maroc : Les cyberactivistes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
Accessed Date:
26 May 2025
Title:
Maroc. Digital Freedoms in French-Speaking African Countries.
Source:
France. Agence Française de Développement.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Author:
Olivier Alais et al.
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
The Deterioration of Human Rights in Morocco
Source:
Carnegie Endowment
Date of Document:
17 January 2023
Author:
Abdellatif El Hamamouchi
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco: A Draft Criminal Law to Penalize Social Media Users
Date of Document:
3 July 2023
Author:
Abdellatif el-Hamamouchi
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. International Religious Freedom Report for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 June 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
General situation of Muslims who converted to Christianity, and specifically those who converted to Catholicism; their treatment by Islamists and the authorities, including state protection (2008-2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Title:
The situation of people who abjure Islam (who apostatize), including their treatment by society and by the authorities; the repercussions of a fatwa of the High Council of Ulemas condemning apostates to death, including the reaction of the...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 April 2018
Accessed Date:
18 May 2018
Title:
Morocco. Religious Freedom in the World Report 2023.
Source:
Aid to the Church in Need International
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Morocco. The Indigenous World 2025.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2025
Author:
Hicham El-Mastouri (Afulay)
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Alternative Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Review of the combined 19th to 21st periodic reports of Morocco
Source:
Minority Rights Group International et al.
Date of Document:
27 October 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Nationality and Statelessness among Persons of Western Saharan Origin
Source:
Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
Date of Document:
1 February 2020
Accessed Date:
11 May 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports of Morocco
Code:
CERD/C/MAR/CO/19-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
21 December 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Information received from Morocco on follow-up to the concluding observations on its combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports
Code:
CERD/C/MAR/FCO/19-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
16 December 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2024
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Country report. Immigration detention in Morocco: Still waiting for reforms as Europe increases pressure to block migrants and asylum seekers.
Source:
Global Detention Project
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 May 2022
Title:
Maroc: Le traitement réservé par les autorités nationales à leurs ressortissants de retour dans le pays. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the commissioner general for refugees and stateless persons.
Date of Document:
20 July 2021
Accessed Date:
11 May 2022
Title:
La migration forcée au Maroc : Résultats de l'Enquête Nationale de 2021
Source:
Morocco. Haut-Commissariat au Plan.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
12 May 2022
Title:
Spain/Morocco: No Justice for Deaths at Melilla Border
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 June 2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: Moroccans Drive an Increase in Migrations through the Western Mediterranean Route
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Tasnim Abderrahim
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Migrant and Refugee Rights in Morocco: Between Strategic and Exceptional Solution
Source:
Rowaq Arabi. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Date of Document:
5 September 2023
Author:
Abderrafie Zaanoun
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 May 2024:
Title:
Morocco. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 May 2024
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/morocco
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Présentation du Maroc
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
21 March 2022
URL:
https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/maroc/presentation-du-maroc/
Accessed Date:
12 May 2022
Title:
Morocco. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
17 January 2024
URL:
https://www.icnl.org/resources/civic-freedom-monitor/morocco
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco/Western Sahara. Amnesty International Report 2023/24: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 April 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/POL1072002024ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco and Western Sahara. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/morocco-and-western-sahara
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Morocco.html
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
About parliament; Elections results. Morocco: House of Councillors.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/115/basic-information?chamber_id=13461
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
About Parliament; Elections results. Morocco: House of representatives.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/115/basic-information?chamber_id=13460
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Maroc : Minorités sexuelles. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the commissioner general for refugees and stateless persons.
Date of Document:
19 January 2024
URL:
https://www.cgrs.be/sites/default/files/rapporten/coi_focus_maroc._minorites_sexuelles_20240119.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-trafficking-in-persons-report/morocco/
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. Country Reports on Terrorism 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 November 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2022/morocco
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Morocco.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
27 March 2024
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/216e5ae5-953e-4ca7-8e03-1c2cd25ffbc2
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/morocco/freedom-net/2023
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco / Western Sahara. World Press Freedom Index 2024.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
URL:
https://rsf.org/en/country/morocco-western-sahara
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/morocco/
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. The Indigenous World 2024.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2024
URL:
https://www.iwgia.org/en/morocco/5357-iw-2024-morocco.html
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Maroc. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
18 December 2023
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/maroc-1demo.htm
Accessed Date:
22 May 2024
Title:
Relaunching Negotiations over Western Sahara. Middle East and North Africa Report N°227.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
14 October 2021
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/western-sahara/227-relaunching-negotiations-over-western-sahara
Accessed Date:
10 May 2022
Title:
Dahir n° 1-07-149 du 19 kaada 1428 (30 novembre 2007) portant promulgation de la loi n° 35-06 instituant la carte nationale d'identité électronique
URL:
https://adala.justice.gov.ma/reference/html/Fr/152153.htm
Accessed Date:
9 May 2023
Title:
Dahir n° 1-02-239 du 25 rejeb 1423 (3 octobre 2002) portant promulgation de la loi n° 37-99 relative à l'état civil
URL:
https://adala.justice.gov.ma/adala/new_fr_pdf/b8ff6aaf756cd85e146c8a0755c8094572d8a8c2cd3897fa064b6ef724e9763b.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 May 2019
Title:
Human Rights Watch Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Morocco 79th Pre-Session
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 October 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/21/human-rights-watch-submission-committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women
Accessed Date:
17 May 2021
Title:
Women's Reproductive Rights and Abortion in Morocco: Regulatory reforms should not miss the bigger picture
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
March 2023
URL:
https://www.mei.edu/sites/default/files/2023-04/Women%E2%80%99s%20Reproductive%20Rights%20and%20Abortion%20in%20Morocco.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco. 2022 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor.
Source:
United States. Department of Labor.
URL:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2022/Morocco.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: Six Gdeim Izik prisoners filed complaints before the Committee Against Torture
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 November 2022
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/en/region/north-africa-middle-east/morocco/Morocco-Gdeim-Izik-complaints-Committee-Against-Torture
Accessed Date:
11 May 2023
Title:
Morocco: Journalist faces three years in jail for Facebook post
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 April 2023
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/04/morocco-journalist-faces-three-years-in-jail-for-facebook-post/
Accessed Date:
11 May 2023
Title:
Morocco's Press Freedom at Risk: Concerns of Erosion and Bleak Future
Source:
Women Journalists Without Chains
Date of Document:
29 May 2023
URL:
https://wjwc.org/images/PDF/Moroccos_Press.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
Morocco: Irregular Migration Ebbs as Rabat Cracks down on Human Smuggling
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
July 2023
Author:
Tasnim Abderrahim
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Tasnim-Abderrahim-Morocco-Irregular-migration-ebbs-as-Rabat-cracks-down-on-human-smuggling-GI-TOC-July-2023.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 May 2024
Title:
The Deterioration of Human Rights in Morocco
Source:
Carnegie Endowment
Date of Document:
17 January 2023
Author:
Abdellatif El Hamamouchi
URL:
https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2023/01/the-deterioration-of-human-rights-in-morocco?lang=en
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Another earthquake hits Morocco, with PTSD stronger than the tremors
Date of Document:
11 February 2025
URL:
https://www.newarab.com/news/new-earthquake-hits-morocco-ptsd-stronger-tremors
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Managing Tensions between Algeria and Morocco. Middle East & North Africa Report N°247.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 November 2024
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/north-africa/247-algeria-morocco-western-sahara/managing-tensions-between
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
URL:
https://www.identitenumerique.ma/about.html
Accessed Date:
14 May 2025
Title:
Morocco's Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Joint Alternative Report Submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights and MRA Mobilising for Rights Associates
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 May 2022
URL:
https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Res/FINAL%20AHR%20MRA%20Morocco%20CEDAW%20alternative%20report%20VAW.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco: “My life is ruined”: The need to decriminalize abortion in Morocco
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 May 2024
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde29/7506/2024/en/
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Moroccans endorse women's political participation but not equal access to jobs, land
Date of Document:
21 September 2023
Author:
Mhammed Abderebbi; Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny
URL:
https://www.afrobarometer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AD702-Moroccans-endorse-womens-rights-in-politics-but-not-employment-and-land-Afrobarometer-20sept23.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Moroccan Court Overturns Landmark Marital Rape Conviction
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 October 2024
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/24/moroccan-court-overturns-landmark-marital-rape-conviction
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2023.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
URL:
https://webfs.oecd.org/devsigi/SIGI%202023%20Country%20Profiles/country_profile_MAR_Morocco.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
17 December 2024
URL:
https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/morocco/
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Morocco under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
18 October 2024
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CED/C/MAR/CO/1
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Maroc : Les cyberactivistes
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 June 2024
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/default/files/ofpra_flora/2406_mar_cyberactivistes_161790_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 May 2025
Title:
Morocco: A Draft Criminal Law to Penalize Social Media Users
Date of Document:
3 July 2023
Author:
Abdellatif el-Hamamouchi
URL:
https://smex.org/morocco-a-draft-criminal-law-to-penalize-social-media-users/
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Information received from Morocco on follow-up to the concluding observations on its combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic reports
Code:
CERD/C/MAR/FCO/19-21
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
16 December 2024
URL:
https://docs.un.org/en/CERD/C/MAR/FCO/19-21
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2024
URL:
https://minorityrights.org/country/morocco/
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
Title:
Morocco: Moroccans Drive an Increase in Migrations through the Western Mediterranean Route
Source:
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Date of Document:
June 2024
Author:
Tasnim Abderrahim
URL:
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tasnim-Abderrahim-Morocco-Moroccans-drive-an-increase-in-migration-through-the-western-Mediterranean-route-GI-TOC-June-2024.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 May 2025
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