CNDH SG VISITS DEATH ROW PRISONERS AT CENTRAL PRISON IN SALE, ON OCCASION OF WORLD DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Secretary General of the (Moroccan) National Human Rights Council Mr. Mohamed Essabbar and Chairperson of CNDH Regional Human Rights Commission Rabat-Kenitra, Mr. Abdelkader Azriaâ visited prisoners sentenced to death in the central prison of Salé, on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, two days after the World Day against the Death Penalty.Since 2003, the World Day against the Death Penalty has been celebrated each October 10, following the call of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty. The Coaloition aims to strengthen the international dimension of the fight against the death penalty.
Created in Rome on May 13, 2002, the World Coalition against the Death Penalty is an alliance of more than 120 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions.
The Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER) recommended in its final report the gradually abolition of the death penalty.
The former Advisory Council on Human Rights, that was entrusted with the implementation of the IER’s recommendations, initiated debate on capital punishment involving all relevant stakeholders. It organized a seminar on the abolition of death penalty on 11 and 12 October 2008, in partnership with the French association All against the death penalty.