Rabat – Ahmed Harzni, the former President of the Advisory Council for Human Rights (CCDH) and Ambassador-at-Large, died today after suffering from an illness.
The National Council for Human Rights mourned the deceased in a post on Facebook, saying: “With great sorrow, the Council mourns the loss of the esteemed Professor Ahmed Harzni, a prominent jurist and official, one of the pioneers and pillars of human rights work and transitional justice, and a former president of the Advisory Council for Human Rights.”
The council also expressed deepest condolences to his family and all his colleagues.
Ahmed Harzni was born in 1948 in Guercif. He was a political prisoner for years before King Mohammed VI appointed him President of the Advisory Council for Human Rights in 2007, succeeding the late Driss Benzekri.
In 2016, he was then appointed, in the Ministerial Council meeting in Laayoune, as an ambassador-at-large for the Kingdom of Morocco in charge of human rights.
During his academic career, Harzni obtained a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from the University of Kentucky in the US. He also obtained a diploma of higher studies in sociology from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Rabat.
As a consultant, Harzni undertook national and international consulting assignments on agriculture, rural development, natural resource conservation and management, the use of participatory methods, and vocational training.
Additionally, he held an associate membership in the Rabat-Agdal Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ training and research divisions.
Harzni also served as Director of Al Mouzari’ Al Maghribi magazine, where he published several articles and analyses, including “A Reading in Marx’s political record,” “The left, Islam and democracy,” and “Le Maroc Décanté.”
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