Doha – King Mohammed us experienced Amina Bouayach as President of the National Human Rights Council of the Morocco (CNDH) on Friday and marks a continuation of her leadership role that started in December 2018.
The Recovery comes as part of the royal commitment to strengthen the constitutional institutions and their missions in human rights protection.
Bouayach was born on December 10, 1957 on December 10, 1957 and symbolically shared her birthday with the human rights day of the world.
Her father, Hammadi Bouayach, was not only a resistance activist, but also as a Dean of Law in Rabat. Her grandfather fought alongside Abdelkrim El Khattabi during the heroic resistance against Spanish colonial forces in the RIF region.
Bouayach’s journey into human rights activism began in 1976 after the arrest of her former husband for political activities. This experience in Morocco’s years of leadership led them to work closely with families of political prisoners and to deepen their understanding of civil rights issues and institutional reform needs.
Your professional path was shaped by diversity and performance. After receiving her conclusion in economics at Mohammed V University, she worked as a research assistant at the late Fatema Mernissi and focused on the rights of Muslim women.
Later she was a journalist and institutional communication consultant, including a role as head of communication for the former government director Abderrahmane El Youssoufi.
Bouayach wrote the story as the first woman who heads a human rights organization in Morocco and led the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) for two consecutive terms.
In her diplomatic career, from 2016 to 2018, the diplomatic career as Morocco’s ambassador in Sweden and Latvia included.
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Bouayach was unanimous at the beginning of this month chosen As President of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Ganhri), he becomes the second African leader who holds this position. Before that, she was general secretary of the organization.
Bouayach has campaigned for various human rights throughout her career, including the abolition the death penalty, the contraception of torture and the protection of the rights of the refugees. In 2019 she headed a successful national campaign against children’s marriage in Morocco.
Your contributions have received their numerous awards, including the Order of the Throns (commanders) by King Mohammed VI and the French Legion (officer) in 2014.
In 2021, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recognized her as one of five female managers who campaigned for a more egalitarian postcovid world.
She too receive The Council of Europe’s north-south prize for their work to promote human rights, equality of gender and torture prevention.
Bouayach in Arabic, Amazigh, French, English and Spanish also worked various national and international institutions, including the National Commission for International Humanitarian Law and the Scientific Committee of the World Congress against the death penalty.
She was also a member of the Advisory Board for revising the constitution of Morocco 2011.
