Amina Bouayach Receives Key to San Salvador During Global Human Rights Summit

Bouayach stands now as one of Africa’s leading human rights voices and a prominent figure among the continent’s women leaders.

Rabat – The mayor of San Salvador handed the symbolic key of the capital to Amina Bouayach, President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and head of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI).

The ceremony took place during the Global Human Rights Summit held in the Salvadoran capital from September 2 to 4.

Bouayach said the distinction represents an acknowledgment of the mission carried out by national institutions and human rights defenders across the world.

She also underlined that the defense of human dignity remains a collective duty that requires constancy and determination.

In addition to honoring her with the city’s symbolic key, the summit organizers paid tribute to Bouayach’s career as a Moroccan woman who rose to national and international leadership in the field of rights and freedoms. They also spotlighted her role in promoting protection against abuses and her contribution to regional and global initiatives.

The event recalled Morocco’s democratic transformation, its structural reforms, and the progress achieved over the past two decades.

“This distinction is for women, for Moroccan and African women, for all who stand for human dignity,” Bouayach said in her remarks.

At the opening of the summit, she called with other international participants for a roadmap that rests on six priorities: the defense of dignity and the prevention of torture in places of detention; the protection of migrant rights; climate and social justice; rights in artificial intelligence and the digital space; inclusion; and political participation.

In March, the GANHRI unanimously elected Bouayach as its president, confirming her role as a central figure in the international human rights arena.

A few months later, in August, the feminist African media platform “Pour Elle” included her in its 2025 list of “50 Inspiring African Women,” a recognition of her lifelong work to advance human rights and dignity at the national, regional, and international levels.

She stands today as one of Africa’s strongest voices in the field and an active member of the continent’s network of women leaders.