Morocco's Truth Commission
Honoring Past Victims during an Uncertain Present      

Organizations and Commissions mentioned in this report

I. Summary

II. Human Rights Watch Recommendations

To Moroccan Authorities
To the Equity and Reconciliation Commission

III. Background: The State of Human Rights in Morocco

Morocco’s Acknowledgement of Past Abuses
The File of the “Disappeared”
The Aftermath of the Casablanca Bombings
Other continuing human rights concerns
Positive steps

IV. Mandate of the ERC

Powers of the ERC
Composition of the ERC

V. Constraints on the ERC

Impunity
Arbitrary Limits
Inability to Compel Cooperation

VI. The ERC in Action

Caseload
Closed and Public Hearings
Publicity and Issues of Transparency
Presentation of ERC findings

VII. Equality of Approach to Victims: the Sahrawis

VIII. The ERC and Current Human Rights Issues

IX. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

November 2005   Vol. 17, No. 11(E)