Creation of consulting center on human rights

A legal assistance and advising center on human rights was created, in Casablanca Wednesday, in the school of law of Hassan II university in Mohammedia (about 30 km north of Casablanca).

Created by virtue of a cooperation convention between the American Bar Association (ABA) and the school of law, the center is due to provide practical training for students in conducting research and elaborating legal texts.

The center, which will be housed at the school of law, aims also at offering free legal consulting to the public in a large array of issues relating to human rights.

ABA has already established a legal technical assistance program in Morocco on juridical development, women rights, as well as a training program on human rights.

The American Bar Association is a non-governmental organization whose programs seek to prepare law students for their careers as lawyers, judges or law professionals, said Richard Paton, ABA regional director.

Paton hailed the commitment of Mohammedia law school in the dissemination of human rights.