112 cases of disappearances acknowledged.
Updated in January 2007
Updated in October 2007
Updated in October 2008
NAME OF MECHANISMConseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme (CCDH) - Human Rights Advisory Council (Alternative Process)
1998 (6 Months)
Mandate: Established by King Hassan II, the CCDH was also tasked to investigate and document cases of disappearances.
Results: The President published a list of names: fifty-six people were declared dead with no accompanying information; the others were described as disappeared in unknown situations, either living abroad or in Morocco, or presumed dead.
Staff: President was Driss Dahak
112 cases of disappearances acknowledged.
No report, but a press relase made.
In August 1999, a month after the death of King Hassan II, King Mohammed tasked the CCDH to create an independent Commission to provide reparations for victims of forced disappearances and arbitrary detention.