{"id":5286,"date":"2017-11-14T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2017-11-14T23:18:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T23:18:02","slug":"observations-topics-included-list-issues-occasion-human-rights-committees-2016-review-kingdom-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=5286","title":{"rendered":"Observations and Topics to be Included in the List of Issues   On the Occasion of the Human Rights Committee\u2019s 2016 Review of the Kingdom of Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above-listed non-governmental organizations and associations submit this report to guide<br \/>\nthe pre-session Working Group in its preparation of the list of issues to be examined during<br \/>\nthe Committee\u2019s review of the Kingdom of Morocco\u2019s implementation of the International<br \/>\nCovenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the non-self-governing territory of<br \/>\nWestern Sahara. We hereby submit a condensed summary of the facts relating to the<br \/>\nviolations of the following rights enshrined in the ICCPR: the right to self-determination<br \/>\n(Article 1); the right to life (Article 6); the prohibition on torture (Article 7); the right to be<br \/>\nprotected from arbitrary detention (Article 9); the right to dignity (Article 10); the right to<br \/>\nfreedom of movement (Article 12); the right to a fair and public hearing and an appeal<br \/>\n(Article 14); the right to privacy (Article 17); the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful<br \/>\nassembly (Articles 19 and 21); and the right to freedom of association (Article 22).<\/p>\n<p>This Committee and the International Court of Justice have already found that States Parties\u2019<br \/>\nobligations under the ICCPR extend to all of the territories and populations that are<br \/>\neffectively under their control.1 As the de facto Occupying Power in a non-self-governing<br \/>\nterritory, it is clear that the Kingdom of Morocco must respect and implement the rights<br \/>\nprotected by the ICCPR in Western Sahara. Nevertheless, the NGOs and associations listed<br \/>\nabove wish to emphasize that, under international law, the Kingdom of Morocco has no<br \/>\nlegitimate sovereignty over Western Sahara&#8230;. <a href=\"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/english_report_for_list_of_issues_including_annex.pdf\">READ FULL REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The above-listed non-governmental organizations and associations submit this report to guide the pre-session Working Group in its preparation of the list of issues to be examined during the Committee\u2019s review of the Kingdom of Morocco\u2019s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. We hereby submit a condensed summary of the facts relating to the violations of the following rights enshrined in the ICCPR: the right to self-determination (Article 1); the right to life (Article 6); the prohibition on torture (Article 7); the right to be protected from arbitrary detention (Article 9); the right to dignity (Article 10); the right to freedom of movement (Article 12); the right to a fair and public hearing and an appeal (Article 14); the right to privacy (Article 17); the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly (Articles 19 and 21); and the right to freedom of association (Article 22). This Committee and the International Court of Justice have already found that States Parties\u2019 obligations under the ICCPR extend to all of the territories and populations that are effectively under their control.1 As the de facto Occupying Power in a non-self-governing territory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5287,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286\/revisions\/5287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}