Morocco
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy
- CONSTITUTION
- March 10, 1972, revised on September 4, 1992 and amended in September 1996. A new constitution was approved by referendum on July 1, 2011
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on Islamic law and French law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Counselors and Chamber of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Muslim majority
From the country
JANUARY 15, 2026MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: DEATH PENALTY REAFFIRMED FOR DUTCH HITMEN IN CAFÉ LA CRÈME SHOOTING
Two Dutch nationals convicted over the 2017 Café La Crème shooting in Marrakech have again been sentenced to death in Morocco,
- DECEMBER 12, 2024MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO TO BACK UN RESOLUTION FOR A UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi on December 9, 2024 said Morocco will vote in favor of the tenth United Nations resolution on a moratorium on the application of the death penalty.
APRIL 18, 2024MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MAIN PERPETRATOR IN HIT-AND-RUN MURDER OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Casablanca delivered its verdict on April 16, 2024 in the case of the hit-and-run murder of university student Badr.
- OCTOBER 17, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO SENTENCES SUSPECT INVOLVED IN MURDER OF POLICEMAN TO DEATH PENALTY
The Court of First Instance in charge of terrorism cases at the Court of Appeals in Rabat on October 13, 2023 sentenced a man to the death penalty for his involvement in the murder of a policeman.
JULY 31, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI GRANTS ROYAL PARDON TO 2,052 CONVICTS
On the occasion of the Throne Day, King Mohammed VI has granted a royal pardon to 2,052 people sentenced by different Moroccan courts, said a statement released by the Ministry of Justice on July 29, 2023.
- JUNE 2, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.N. Body Condemns Torture of Guantánamo Prisoner Awaiting Capital Trial
Together with United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Thailand
JANUARY 18, 2023MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI GRANTS PARDON TO 991 CONVICTS FOR INDEPENDENCE MANIFESTO DAY
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted a royal pardon to 991 convicts on the occasion of the country’s Independence Manifesto Day, the Justice Ministry announced.
JANUARY 11, 2022MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: CASSATION COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPIST, KILLER OF 11-YEAR OLD ADNANE
The Court of Cassation in Rabat confirmed on 5 January 2022 the death penalty sentence for the 24-year-old man who raped and killed 11-year-old Adnane Bouchouf in Tangier in September 2020.
- APRIL 8, 2021MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR RAPIST, KILLER OF 11-YEAR-OLD ADNANE BOUCHOUF
The Tangier Court of Appeal upheld on 7 April 2021 the death penalty sentence against a 24-year-old man, who kidnapped, raped, and killed Adnane Bouchouf, an 11-year-old boy in September 2020.
JANUARY 13, 2021MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KILLER, RAPIST OF 11-YEAR OLD BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Moroccan Court sentenced on 13 January 2021 a 24-year old man to death penalty for kidnapping, raping, and killing Adnane Bouchouf, a 11-year old boy in September last year.
OCTOBER 26, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: EXTRADITED FROM DENMARK, SAID MANSOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
A Moroccan court on 19 October 2020 sentenced to death Said Mansour for his involvement in the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca.
AUGUST 1, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI OFFERS ROYAL PARDON TO 1,446 CONVICTS
King Mohammed VI has ordered a royal pardon for 1,446 convicts on the eve of Throne Day, which will take place on 30 July 2020.