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112 cases of disappearances acknowledged.

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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESSES

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Morocco:

Human Rights Advisory Council

africa moroccoNAME OF MECHANISM

Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme (CCDH) - Human Rights Advisory Council (Alternative Process)

http://www.ccdh.org.ma

YEARS OF OPERATION

1998 (6 Months)

MANDATE AND OPERATIONS

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

RESULTS

112 cases of disappearances acknowledged.

FINAL REPORT

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.