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Rabat – The Arab Permanent Human Rights Committee of the League of Arab States has adopted recommendations proposed by Morocco during its 55th session, held over two days in Kuwait.
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) released a statement welcoming the adoption of its recommendations, which focus on strengthening cooperation among Arab countries in legal and institutional protection of the family.
The recommendations address emerging issues related to human rights, including within the realms of artificial intelligence as well as business, which the council had previously urged the committee to address in its work plan.
The council also noted that it had previously submitted a memorandum to the committee in January 2022, calling for the inclusion of gender equality in its agenda.
In the same period, it also sent an explanatory memorandum on emerging human rights issues.
Morocco is participating in the current session, taking place on February 4 and 5, with the CNDH represented by Mohamed Sabri, advisor to the council president, Amina Bouayach. The council was invited by the General Secretariat of the Arab League as an independent observer at the committee’s meetings.
The Arab Human Rights Committee was established under the Arab Charter on Human Rights, which came into effect on March 16, 2008. Its role is to review reports from the member states about the actions they have taken to implement the rights and freedoms outlined in the charter.
The committee consists of seven members, elected by the states’ parties through anonymous voting. The Arab League Council, at its 16th summit on May 23, 2004, approved the adoption of the Arab Charter on Human Rights through decision number 270.
