Doha – Morocco has strengthened its presence in international human rights associations when Nadia Amal Bernoussi was elected to the advisory board of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday in his 33rd meeting in Geneva.
Bernoussi, who served in the committee since 2020 and won Re -election In 2023 for the term of 2023-2026, the human rights lawyer offers considerable experiences.
You currently served In the Venice Commission and beforehand, the advisory commission took part in the constitutional check of the constitutional check of the constitutional authorization for the constitutional check of the constitutional authorization and at the same time held an active role in academic research.
The advisory committee, which includes 18 experts, acts as a thought factory that focuses on the protection and promotion of human rights.
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One of the most important agenda elements is to investigate the effects of human rights of emerging military technologies, the effects of disinformation on human rights, technologically grinded gender violence and the effects of plastic pollution on human rights.
This choice builds on the growing role in Morocco in UN human rights mechanisms. In January 2024, Morocco’s ambassador Omar Zniber won the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council with 30 votes against the 17 votes in South Africa in a rare elections to the African group.
Under the leadership of Zniber, the Council has launched initiatives in order to examine the effects of artificial intelligence on human rights and to tackle challenges such as climate change as well as nutritional security and health security.
Morocco recently shown its diplomatic influence through Hosting The first retreat of the UN Human Rights Council in the Mena region in November 2024. The two-day event in Rabat gathered global stakeholders to discuss the challenges and reform strategies of the council.
The appointment contributes to the growing diplomatic presence of Morocco at UN. Morocco was recently chosen As deputy chairman of the UN Peace Consolidation Commission for 2025, with Ambassador Omar Hilale representing the country.
Hilale also claims his position as chairman of the configuration of the Central African Republic for peace consolidation, where Morocco has used more than 12,000 peace forces since 2014.
Morocco is currently party At nine of ten important human rights conventions and completed his fourth universal regular review in 2022 with the participation of all 193 UN member states.
The Advice Committee of the Human Rights Council as a subsidiary of the 47-member Human Rights Council offers specialist knowledge and researched advice on various human rights issues, as requested by the Council.
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