WORKSHOP IN TIZNIT TO DISCUSS DRAFT LAW ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Civil Space (civil society association) organizes a workshop to discuss a draft law on the right to access to information, on Saturday June 1, 2013, at Tin Hinane Center in Tiznit, at 6:00 p.m. This workshop is held in partnership with the Regional Human Rights Commission of Agadir and with support of the Municipal Council of Tiznit.Mr. Mustapha El Iraqi, member of the National Human Rights Council, Mr. Rachid Ennassiri, Judge and member of the Judges club of Agadir, Mr. Abdelatif Ouamou, parliamentarian, Mr. Mohamed Ali Debba, Regional Treasurer of Tiznit, Mr. Larbi Belouch, Lawyer in Agadir, and Mr. Abdelhafid Rekibi, member of the Moroccan Center for Studies and Research in human rights and communication, will take part in the gathering.
Approved in 2011 by referendum, the Moroccan Constitution stipulates, in Article 27, that citizens, men and women, have the right to access to information held by the public administration, the elected institutions and the entities invested with missions of public service. Under article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
The Regional Human Rights Commission of Agadir 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.