Human Rights Report on Morocco

The highlights of the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Morocco are not overly surprising:

1. Morocco has maintained a de facto moratorium on the death penalty since 1994;


2. Morocco has made torture a criminal offense (Bush Administration take note);


3. The Equity and Reconciliation Commission has unfinished business;


4. Moroccan prisons are overcrowded and unsanitary; and


5. The press law needs reform.

Notably, France indicated that is it willing to provide some material assistance. It is also worth a good laugh to read the comments of such beacons of human rights as Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, even in light of the dismal recent record of the United States.