Morocco willing to integrate with U.N. efforts to foster rule of law: Diplomat

New York, 20 January 2012 (MAP)

Morocco is ready to integrate with any United Nations effort to strengthen the rule of law, said on Thursday Moroccan Ambassador to United Nation Mohamed Loulichki.

“As a member of the Council, my country is still willing to share its experience and integrate with any United Nations effort to reach an effective strengthening of the rule of law,” Loulichki told the U.N. Security Council in New York.

The ambassador was speaking in a discussion of the 15-nation U.N. body on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict.

“My country has established the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER) and compensated those whom their human rights were violated and have been documented and proven, as the significance, value and merits of transitional justice” said the diplomat.

He recalled, in this regard, that the new Constitution “has further strengthened (Morocco’s) commitment to the rule of law, and respect for human rights.”

Referring to the relationship between justice and rule of law, he said that the exercise by the Security Council of its responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security within the framework of international law “is essential to strengthen the rule of law in international relations and to minimize the risk of outbreak of conflicts and preserve peace and security in the world.”

With regard to aspects related to strengthening the rule of law, the Ambassador stressed the need for “an integrated approach” to restore and foster the rule of law in situations of conflict or post conflict.

In this context, Loulichki said that “building the rule of law should be part of the political process and the economic and social reconstruction in conflict and post-conflict situations.”