Geneva, Rabat
Today a delegation of experts of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is beginning its mission to Morocco. The objective of the mission is to assess the level of implementation of the UN Committee Against Torture’s conclusion and recommendation in the fight against torture issued one year ago.
The delegation is led by Dick Marty, OMCT’s Vice-president, former state prosecutor of the Canton of Ticino, member of the Swiss Council of States and former President of the Legal and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The OMCT’s Human Rights Officer for the Middle East and North Africa region, Belkis Wille, is accompanying him on this mission. The mission is undertaken in cooperation with members of the SOS Torture Network, the Moroccan Organisations for Human Rights (OMDH) and the Association for Human Rights in Morocco (AMDH).
The UN Committee Against Torture, the UN’s authoritative expert body reviewing states compliance with the UN Convention Against Torture, had issued a year ago a range of recommendations to prevent torture and to ensure accountability for acts of torture. The OMCT mission aims to collect information on the progress of implementation and to engage with different governmental authorities, the national human rights institution and civil society, victims and their families, and representatives of the international community, on the best way to forward in the fight against torture at this critical juncture in Morocco.
This follow-up mission forms part of global efforts led by the OMCT to foster the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Committee Against Torture undertaken with the financial support of the European Union and the Oak Foundation.
For further information:
Belkis Wille in Morocco – bw@omct.org, Tél: +41 (0) 22 809 4939
Observations finales du Comité contre la Torture, 21 Décembre 2011
