Mr. Omar Battas
Born in 1959. Mr. Battas is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, (University of Hassan II - Ain Chock, Casablanca). He is a doctor at Ibn Rochd University Hospital Centre (CHU Ibn Rochd) and the Director of the Laboratory of Clinical Neurology and Mental Health at the same faculty. He is a researcher in mental health at the CHU Ibn Rochd. He was an expert and consultant for the former Advisory Council on Human Rights and the Equity and Reconciliation Commission. He is a member of several civil society associations, including the Moroccan Association of Medical Sciences, the Moroccan Association of Mental Health and the Moroccan Association of Biological Psychiatry. He is a founding member of the Medical Association for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture.