Moroccan human rights council looks into issue of missing people

The Moroccan human rights advisory council "CCDH" opened on Friday a session devoted mainly to the issue of "missing people."

The CCDH Chairman, Driss Dahhak, recalled the results of the previous session that submitted to King Hassan II an advisory opinion on various human rights-related issues, including the creation of a commission to examine information on various human rights cases.

He added that the present session's agenda includes the issue of "missing people" and cases of persons who were amnestied.

Last October, King Hassan II had expressed resolve to settle, once and for all, the issue of human rights in Morocco.

In the same month, Morocco made public a list of 28 political detainees, amnestied by King Hassan II, and another list of 56 dead persons. The CCDH had then said that out of a list of 112 reported missing people, 56 persons died, 12 are living in Morocco or abroad while the fate and the identity of 44 others is still unknown.

The CCDH, which was set up by the King in 1990, is a national institution in charge of protecting and promoting human rights and consolidating human rights culture in Morocco.

The council, which is independent from the legislative, executive and judiciary powers, issues consultative opinions that are submitted to the king.