King renews Morocco's attachment to human rights as they are universally recognized
Morocco, Politics, 12/11/1999

King Mohammed VI renewed on Friday Morocco's attachment to human rights as they are universally recognized and reiterated commitment to respect these rights and individual and collective freedoms in the frame of the rule of the law.

In a message read out Friday on the Moroccan TV by human rights minister, Mohamed Aujjar, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the human rights universal declaration, the king listed drives undertaken to promote human rights since he succeeded his late father, King Hassan II, last July.

A new concept of the authority is being defined so that the authority will be at the service of citizens, close to their concerns and needs, and maintain with them relations of mutual respect and complementarity. The king also said that any person, community or administration violating the law shall be punished.

The king recalled that the kingdom has, since the first days of independence, opted for the respect of human rights and freedoms, thanks to the wise choices of the late king Hassan II who laid the foundations for a constitutional monarchy that guarantees and protects public and individual rights.

The king's message went on that all Moroccan successive constitutions have consecrated the multiparty system, the separation of powers and the law's preeminence, stressing the kingdom's adhesion to several international conventions.

There is no opposition between development requirements and the respect of human rights, the sovereign insisted, noting that Islam, which consecrates human dignity and human rights, does not contradict human rights principles. Legal provisions are not enough if the respect of human rights is not part of daily behaviors at all levels and becomes a common culture, King Mohammed VI said.

That is why, he explained, our vision on human rights was not limited to institutional and legal aspects, nor to specific measures and procedures, but focused on social aspects that make the basis of the respect of human dignity.

"We continue to grant importance to integrating the needy, and disabled persons, and promoting rural women who are facing a harsh marginalization, being convinced that these issues are the core of human rights," he concluded.

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