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Bouyahyaṣ urges ending the death penalty now
The article discusses the call by the Chairwoman of the National Human Rights Council, Amina Bouayach, directed at the Moroccan government and parliament to capitalize on the current political climate to permanently abolish the death penalty from Moroccan criminal law. It notes that Morocco has ceased executing the death penalty since 1993 and emphasizes the need to move from merely suspending executions to legally abolishing it altogether. The article underscores that the debate surrounding the death penalty should be based on a humane approach that rejects taking life as a form of justice, while exploring preventive and humanitarian alternatives that align with human rights principles. This perspective aims to review justice mechanisms by adopting approaches that better respect the right to life. The ongoing discussion about the future of the death penalty—still present in the criminal code—is supported by increasing popular and human rights backing, and Morocco’s hosting of the 10th World Congress against the Death Penalty in Marrakech further reinforces its international commitment to withdraw the death penalty from final legislation.
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