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Women’s Human Rights Organizations Act to Amend the Nationality Code in Morocco

Filed under: Countries, Activities, In the News, Morocco — rabea lemrini at 7:47 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Press Release by Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc

On Friday March 2, 2007, Moroccan women’s and human rights organizations organized a meeting at the invitation of l’Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc on the Nationality Code which was ratified by the Parliament recently. After discussion on the latest developments of this law, their demands are the following:

• Implement the necessary mechanisms for tracking and monitoring the activation of the articles of the relevant nationality code, and especially Article 6; and

• Work to complete the course of citizenship and equality rights between the Moroccan citizens in all fields and legislations, including the nationality code.

Rabat March 5, 2007

Entry Filed under: Countries, Activities, In the News, Morocco

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