ROUNDTABLE IN OUJDA ON CNDH’S MEMORANDUMS ON CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND EXCEPTION OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY
The Regional Human Rights Commission of Oujda-Figuig organizes a roundtable to discuss the National Human Rights Council two memorandums on the Constitutional Court and the Exception of Unconstitutionality. This roundtable will held in cooperation with the Human Rights Laboratory and the Laboratory of Constitutional Studies, On Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 3:30 p.m., at the Conference Room of the Faculty of Law in Oujda.A constitutional court is created under article 129 of the Moroccan Constitution, approved by referendum in July 2011. Article 133 gives litigants the right to challenge the unconstitutionality of a law that may infringe on the rights and liberties enshrined in the Constitution.
Under the provisions of the Constitution, the legislator is required to issue an organic law for the constitutional court, to provide for its structure, missions, procedures and status of its members. Another organic law should govern terms and condition of the exception of unconstitutionality.
CNDH drafted these two memorandums to contribute to implementing the provisions of the Constitution.
The Regional Human Rights Commission of Oujda-Figuig is one of CNDH’s 13 regional human rights mechanisms. Created under Article 28 of the Council’s founding Royal Decree, these commissions are mandated to monitor the situation of human rights at the local levels. They receive and handle complaints about allegations of human rights violations. They implement the Council’s programs and projects related to the promotion of human rights and stimulation of dialogue and thoughts on human rights, in cooperation with the local stakeholders concerned.