Morocco moves to elaborate children rights code, official

Morocco's State Secretary of family, solidarity and social action, Yasmina Baddou, said her department is probing the elaboration of a children rights code taking into account conditions of children in Morocco.

The secretariat of state is also studying the set up of a national action plan to fight sexual exploitation of children, reactivate the functions of the judge of minors and boost the role of social assistance, Baddou said at the opening in Tangier Wednesday of the 29th internet scientific days.

The event, organized February 19-22 by doctors of the Rabat-Sale university hospital, features a round table on children victims of mistreatment, with the participation of the National Observatory of children rights and police cadres.