Morocco's draft law excluding civilians from military justice process: another sign of Morocco's maturing democracy
Washington - The adoption last Friday by the ministers council of a draft law that bars military tribunals from trying civilians is "another sign of Morocco's maturing democracy", writes the Huffington post which notes that "these are earthshaking reforms in North Africa, where several of Morocco's neighboring nations are governed by 'emergency decrees' from secretive military juntas or weak democracies where political leaders fear to challenge military officers.
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Reminding that these reforms followed the adoption of new constitution," which specifically protected the rights of women and religious minorities including Jews", the American online news aggregator and blog which was ranked N.1 on the 15 most popular political sites list comments that "this places Morocco among the most developed democratic countries in this field. Indeed, it puts Morocco on par with the European Union in this area of law".
"These major reforms are designed to harmonize Morocco's military justice laws with international norms and enshrine irreversible constitutional safeguards for fair trials in all courts", says the author, Ahmed Charai who also underscores that "the latest reforms began with a series of very public debates about the role of the military and the role of civil society."
"The National Council for Human Rights developed recommendations from human-rights lawyers and activists. This led to parliamentary debates and, now, new landmark legislation, he goes on, noting that the "bold reformist king" is also strongly committed to the abolishing the death penalty and a bill formally ending the death penalty is expected in the parliament in the coming months.
As far as reforms are concerned, "Morocco stands alone, in that regard", the columnist who sits on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of United States and the boards of trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, argues, insisting that "the Moroccan experience--a new democratic constitution that safeguards human rights and lets priorities be identified by public debate--is, without doubt, a stand-out success."
"These major reforms are designed to harmonize Morocco's military justice laws with international norms and enshrine irreversible constitutional safeguards for fair trials in all courts", says the author, Ahmed Charai who also underscores that "the latest reforms began with a series of very public debates about the role of the military and the role of civil society."
"The National Council for Human Rights developed recommendations from human-rights lawyers and activists. This led to parliamentary debates and, now, new landmark legislation, he goes on, noting that the "bold reformist king" is also strongly committed to the abolishing the death penalty and a bill formally ending the death penalty is expected in the parliament in the coming months.
As far as reforms are concerned, "Morocco stands alone, in that regard", the columnist who sits on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of United States and the boards of trustees of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, argues, insisting that "the Moroccan experience--a new democratic constitution that safeguards human rights and lets priorities be identified by public debate--is, without doubt, a stand-out success."
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