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Kingdom of Morocco

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

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Children

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Danish Immigration Service
    • Morocco: Situation of Unaccompanied Minors – Feb. 2017

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Inside the Home, Outside the Law: Abuse of Child Domestic Workers in Morocco. – Dec. 2005
    • Nowhere To Turn: State Abuses of Unaccompanied Migrant Children by Spain and Morocco – May 2002

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Disabilities

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • World Directory of Minorities – Overview

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Berber

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Saharawis

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Gender

US Government Reports

  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
    • Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress – Dec. 2021

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MAR102505.E - Morocco: Protection, services and recourse to the law available to women who are victims of domestic violence – May 2007
    • MAR43088.FE - Morocco: Legality and possibility of marriage between a non-Muslim man and a Muslim woman; social and legal consequences of such a marriage, including a prison sentence for the man – October 2004

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch
    • Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
    • Human Rights in Western Sahara and in the Tindouf Refugee Camps - Dec. 2008

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Human Rights

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MAR104296.FE - Morocco: The "February 20 Movement" (Mouvement du 20-Février), including its structure, leaders, objectives and activities; treatment of members of the movement by the government – March 2013

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International Global Report:  Death Sentences and Executions – 2021
  • Amnesty International
    • Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
    • “They beat him in the head, to check if he was dead”: Evidence of crimes under international law by Morocco and Spain at the Melilla border - Dec. 2022
    • Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: 2021
    • Shadow of Impunity: Torture in Morocco and Western Sahara – May 2015
    • Broken Promises: The Equity and Reconciliation Commission and its Follow-up – January 2010
  • Freedom House - Freedom in the World - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Trapped - How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa - July 2023
    • Morocco's Truth Commission: Honoring Past Victims during an Uncertain Present – November 2005
    • Human Rights at a Crossroads – May 2002

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Justice System

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MAR104567.FE - Morocco: Recourse available to victims of police abuse, including accessibility and effectiveness; whether a person must file a complaint in the area where the abuse occurred; treatment of victims of police abuse who report the abuse and protection provided to them – September 2013
    • MAR104354.FE - Morocco: Honour crimes, including frequency; government protection for victims – April 2013

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • “They beat him in the head, to check if he was dead”: Evidence of crimes under international law by Morocco and Spain at the Melilla border - Dec. 2022
    • Covid-19 Crackdowns - Police Abuse and the Global Pandemic – Dec. 2020
    • Morocco/Western Sahara: Torture in the "Anti-terrorism" Campaign - the Case of Témara Detention Centre – June 2004
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • “Stop Looking for Your Son”: Illegal Detentions under the Counterterrorism Law – October 2010

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Law

US Government Reports

  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Dec. 2020

Foreign Government Reports

  • Danish Immigration Service
    • Morocco: Risk of Double Jeopardy in Morocco – Apr. 2017

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • “They beat him in the head, to check if he was dead”: Evidence of crimes under international law by Morocco and Spain at the Melilla border - Dec. 2022
    • Making Love a Crime: Criminalization of Same-Sex Conduct in Sub-Saharan Africa - April 2013
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Freedom to Create Associations A Declarative Regime in Name Only – October 2009

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Maps

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Medical Availability

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • World Health Organization Page

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • "Pain Tears Me Apart" Challenges and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Palliative Care in Morocco - February 2016

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports

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Refugees

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • “They beat him in the head, to check if he was dead”: Evidence of crimes under international law by Morocco and Spain at the Melilla border - Dec. 2022
    • Fear and Fences: Europe's Approach to Keeping Refugees at Bay - Nov. 2015
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco – Feb. 2014

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Religion

US Government Reports

  • International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Special Reports (USCIRF)
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Dec. 2020
    • Apostasy, Blasphemy, and Hate Speech Law in Africa – Apostasy Laws - Dec. 2019
    • The Religion-State Relationship & the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Textual Analysis of the Constitutions of Majority Muslim Countries and Other OIC Members – August 2012

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MAR43088.FE - Morocco: Legality and possibility of marriage between a non-Muslim man and a Muslim woman; social and legal consequences of such a marriage, including a prison sentence for the man – Oct. 2004
    • MAR103889.FE - Morocco: General situation of Muslims who converted to Christianity, and specifically those who converted to Catholicism; their treatment by Islamists and the authorities, including state protection – Nov. 2011
    • MAR104307.E - Morocco: Situation of individuals who renounce Islam (commit apostasy) in favour of atheism, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection available – Mar. 2013
    • MAR104932.FE - Morocco: The situation of individuals who abjure Islam (who apostatize), including their treatment by society and by the authorities; the repercussions of a fatwa of the High Council of Ulemas condemning apostates to death, including the reaction of the government – Aug. 2014
    • MAR106102.FE - Morocco: The situation of people who abjure Islam (who apostatize), including their treatment by society and by the authorities; the repercussions of a fatwa of the High Council of Ulemas condemning apostates to death, including the reaction of the government - Apr. 2018

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Sexual Orientation

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • MAR104621.FE - Morocco: Situation of sexual minorities, including treatment by the authorities and society; the application of Article 489 of the Penal Code and cases with convictions for homosexuality; state protection and support services – Mar. 2013
  • Danish Immigration Service
    • Morocco: Situation of LGBT Persons - Mar. 2017

 

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Specific Country Issues - Armed Conflict

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • International Crisis Group
    • How the Islamic State Rose, Fell and Could Rise Again in the Maghreb - July 2017

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Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Timeline

Non-Governmental Organization Reports

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Trafficking

US Government Reports

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - North Africa and the Middle East - 2009

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Terrorism

US Government Reports

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Updated December 17, 2024