Tunisian Independent National Coordination for Transitional Justice learns about Moroccan TJ experience
A delegation from the Tunisian Independent National Coordination for Transitional Justice visited the National Human Rights Council from 27 to 29 May 2013.The Tunisian TJ coordination came to deepen its knowledge about the Moroccan experience in the area of transitional justice. It met with former members of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission and CNDH officials. It learned about the different aspects of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission’s actions, recommendations, public hearings, community reparation, truth finding and investigation, final report, etc.
CNDH Secretary General Mr. Mohamed Essabbar met with the delegation to highlight the particularities of the Moroccan experience in transitional justice. 'If course we cannot copy an experience and apply it in different country. Each country has its own and peculiar political, historical and social context” he said.
Mr. Essabbar explained that the Moroccan experience was made possible within the same system and the same political and constitutional context in which violations took place. Unlike in other experiences, he added, several types of violations were investigated and dealt with, mainly enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial executions, unfair political trials, etc.
Several public hearings were held where victims were invited to testify and reveal all the sufferings they have endured. The final report of the Equity and reconciliation Commission included recommendations for individual and community reparation, the adoption of measures to guarantee the non-repetition of violations, including constitution and institutional reform, the integration of the values of human rights in school curricula, etc.
Taking into account the gender based approach in the individual reparation program was another added value; women and men received compensation on an equal footing.