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Join on Telegram Morocco was re-elected today to the UN Human Rights Committee during the 40th Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in New York.
Morocco’s representative on the Council, Mahjoub El Haiba, received an overwhelming majority of 120 votes.
The North African country was running against 15 candidates for one of the nine vacant positions in the committee for the period 2025-2028.
In addition to being a university professor, El Haiba has gained extensive experience in the field of human rights in recents years.
Prior to representing Morocco on the UN Human Rights Council Committee, he served as Secretary General of Morocco’s Advisory Council for Human Rights, which now operates under the name of the National Human Rights Council.
He also served as Morocco’s first Inter-ministerial Delegate for Human Rights.
“Since his first election to the Human Rights Committee, El Haiba has endeavored to strengthen the working methods of this important conventional body,” Moroccan news agency MAP reported today, noting that the re-election reflects Morocco’s growing capital of support and trust in the international community.
The Human Rights Committee, which consists of 18 experts elected by the States Parties, is tasked with monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Its mandate is to review the reports of States Parties on the implementation of the Covenant, as well as to prepare general assessments on the obligations and to examine communications relating to violations of this instrument.
