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President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Amina Bouayach called for a common roadmap for Southern countries with clear objectives and concrete commitments to promote various dimensions of human rights, during her participation in a global human rights summit held on September 2-4 in San Salvador.
Speaking at the opening of this international meeting, Bouayach emphasized that experiences of countries in the Global South in transitional justice and drafting of constitutions enshrining social justice enrich the universal heritage of human rights and provide inspiring lessons for the international community.
She noted that the summit addresses issues central to GANHRI, including the rights of persons in detention, migration, the environmental crisis, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, inclusion and political participation, noting that these issues require more efforts and greater solidarity between countries in the South and North.
In this regard, the chair of GANHRI raised the issue of migration, emphasizing the leading role played by Southern countries in international debates on this subject, with Morocco being among the main contributors to the drafting of the Global Compact on Migration, adopted in Marrakesh.
The official also argued that new digital spaces, which are now platforms for public debate and mobilization, must be strengthened as tools for promoting transparency and accountability and reinforcing democratic practice, given that political participation is no longer the preserve of traditional channels.
With regard to environmental challenges, Bouayach recalled that countries of the South, albeit least responsible for the global climate crisis, suffer its most devastating effects, stressing that climate change has serious repercussions on human rights, particularly in terms of forced displacement of populations and its complex socio-economic results.
She concluded that various challenges, particularly those relating to migration, climate, and technological change, require joint action and international solidarity so that national human rights institutions are at the heart of the response to current global challenges.
On the sidelines of this global human rights summit, CNDH president received the keys to the city of San Salvador from the mayor of the Salvadoran capital, in recognition of the work of national bodies and human rights defenders around the world.
In addition to the symbolism of the presentation of the keys to the city, the summit also paid special tribute to Bouayach for her career as a Moroccan woman committed to the defense of human rights, a national leader and regional and international activist in the field of the protection of rights and freedoms and the prevention of violations.
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