Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 11:21
Rabat – The Mediator of the Kingdom, Mr. Mohamed Benalilou, highlighted, Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York, the constitutional roles of this institution in the defense of rights, the consolidation of the primacy of law, promotion of the values of ethics and transparency and the guarantee of equity between users.
Speaker at a high-level expert meeting under the theme “public access and involvement in the development of strategic initiatives to raise awareness of the roles of ombudsman and mediator institutions in promotion and protection of human rights, good governance and the rule of law”, Mr. Benalilou stressed that the Institution of the Ombudsman of the Kingdom, through its processing of user complaints, is an essential mechanism for consecrating the the effectiveness of human rights, by transforming a set of rights into realistic and concrete deadlines at the service of users, or through its interventions within the framework of voluntary initiatives as a means of orientation in matters of human rights.
It also involves the provision of indicators to measure the state of rights in the Kingdom, in accordance with a “sorting system” which classifies complaints according to the nature of the right subject to referral, rather than on simple facts treated far from the field of human rights, as part of the mission to evaluate these rights, he continued.
A press release from the Institution of the Mediator of the Kingdom specified that Mr. Benalilou also affirmed that the Institution is a “link” between governance and human rights and between the provision of public services and their supposed field of human rights, within the framework of a new concept favoring the control of the action of public services from the angle of law, justice and equity.
On the other hand, the Mediator of the Kingdom considered that action relating to human rights is a transversal action which concerns everyone, noting that the multitude of governance and human rights bodies in Morocco presents a model of intelligent solutions for institutional coordination.
He added that the differentiation imposed by autonomy, the specificities of institutional identity and the sovereignty of the decisions taken has never prevented the appropriate exploitation of areas of convergence.
The prerequisites for coordination are focused on an institutional and legal framework, common action and complementarity between the national framework and international standards, without excluding the dimension of human rights as a prelude for this coordination, explained Mr. Benalilou.
Complementarity in constitutional action constitutes one of the achievements of the work of the institutions concerned and allows better treatment of human rights issues, while responding to the needs expressed.
This participation confirms the great consideration and the privileged place in the field of human rights enjoyed by the Kingdom within international bodies, under the enlightened leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, may God help him, concluded the communicated.
