Country Profile of Morocco - International Bureau of Children's Rights

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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 23 No action Ratification 3 May 1979 Submitted 27 October 2004 Ratification 3 May 1979 Submitted 3 October 2004 No action No action Ratification 21 June 1993 Submitted 27 April 2009 No action Ratification 8 April 2009 Accession 8 April 2009 Signature 6 February 2007 Convention related to the Status of Refugees Succession 7 November 1956 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees Accession 20 April 1971 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children Ratification 21 June 1993 Due on 7 January 2004 Accession 17 August 1973 No action
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age of Marriage and Registration of Marriages Convention concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (C-138) Convention concerning the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (C-182) No action Ratification 6 January 2000 Ratification 26 January 2001 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Signature 8 September 2000 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (or any other regional convention relevant) 3. National Legal Framework and Practices Affecting Children’s Rights i. The National Legal Framework Since the last Committee’s 2003 Concluding Observations, Morocco’s progress on child rights can be grouped into three main categories: legislative, institutional and programmatic. In legislation, amendments have been undertaken in the Personal Status Code increasing the legal age of marriage (Article 209); recognising children born out of wedlock (Article 147) and reforming the Labour Code by increasing the legal working age from 12 to 15 (Article 130). At the institutional level, Morocco has established a National Action Plan for Children (NAPC) for 2006 to 2015, entitled “Morocco Fit for Its Children”, adopted by the Council of State. 66 This document was subject to an initial assessment two years after its launch (NAPC+2). The evaluation of the NAPC was performed by a technical committee under the Ministry of Social Development, No action Family and Solidarity and then endorsed by the Ministerial Committee for Children, chaired by the Prime Minister. It was also to have been reviewed in 2010 (NAPC+4) but the results were not available at the time of this writing. Since the last Concluding Observations, several new ministries were added, including that of a Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity (in charge of implementing the NAPC through a division in charge of Family, Children and Elderly issues). This institution has a special division for children and tracks and implements various projects and programmes. The Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity has introduced several new programmes since its inception, including the Indimaj project (“integration” in Arabic) that rehabilitates children living and working in the streets, and Inqad (“to rescue” in Arabic), which fights the domestic labour of young girls. New institutions for vulnerable Moroccans and those living in the streets have emerged, including “SAMU Social” in Casablanca for homeless people and adults in difficult circumstances and Unités de Protection de l’Enfance ( Child Welfare Units or UPEs) in Morocco Country Report 24
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Page 3 and 4: The Child Rights Governance Program
Page 5 and 6: Contents Foreword 6 Acronyms 8 Intr
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Page 10 and 11: Introduction Bayti Association This
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Page 14 and 15: Country Overview 1. Demographic and
Page 16 and 17: Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Relig
Page 18 and 19: The Children of Morocco Children in
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Page 28 and 29: d. 27 Media In 2002, the Press Act
Page 30 and 31: j. 29 Regional Bodies Since Morocco
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Page 34 and 35: The Association de Lutte contre le
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Page 40 and 41: available on the number of children
Page 42 and 43: children in difficult circumstances
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Page 46 and 47: only 17.6% of those surveyed felt i
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Page 54 and 55: 134 Wajih Maazouzi, Noureddine Fikr
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