Casablanca University, UNESCO agree to create chair on migration and human rights

The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) and the Casablanca Hassan II-Ain Chock university signed on Monday an agreement for the creation of a UNESCO university chair on migration and human rights.

The new university chair will bring political, legal and social answers to the issue of migrations and will be a reference to handle the phenomenon, said Morocco's minister of higher education, executive training and scientific research, Najib Zerouali.

Chairwoman of the chair, Khadija Madmad, explained that the program is part of a network set up by UNESCO to encourage exchanges between northern and southern universities. The network comprises universities from England, Palestine, Jordan, South Africa, Canada, Egypt and Morocco, the only non-English speaking country. The major goal of the academic program is to promote an integrated system of research, training and archives activities in the field of migration, viewed from its relations with human rights, says the agreement.