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
APRIL 21, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT RECOMMENDS ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
The 2019 report of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) has recommended that the government abolishes the death penalty and carries out impartial and urgent investigations regarding the death cases in “zones deprived from freedom.”
APRIL 7, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI GRANTS EXCEPTIONAL PARDON TO 5,654 PRISONERS
King Mohammed VI ordered on 5 April 2020 the release of 5,654 detainees in an exceptional royal pardon due to the COVID-19 crisis.
FEBRUARY 12, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND KILLING A WOMAN AND VIDEOTAPING HIM
A Moroccan court on 11 February 2020 sentenced to death the principal accused of raping and killing a woman in a popular neighborhood in Rabat last summer, in addition to participating in the recording of a video with the facts and disseminating it on soc
- JANUARY 1, 2020MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
The Country has 11 crimes that carry the death penalty
- DECEMBER 3, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: AN EGYPTIAN MAN AND HIS ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING A MOROCCAN
An Egyptian citizen and his accomplice on 26 November 2019 were sentenced to death by the Tangier Court of Appeal for murdering a Moroccan man, mutilating and cremating his remains, Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath reports.
- OCTOBER 31, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED AGAINST FOUR MEN IN BACKPACKER MURDERS
A Moroccan appeals court upheld, late on 30 October 2019, death sentences against three Moroccan men for murdering two Scandinavian women in the Atlas mountains last December.
JULY 29, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: TWO DUTCHMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Two Dutchmen were sentenced to death in Morocco for murder, the NOS reported on 27 July 2019. One person was killed in the shooting in Marrakech. Two others were injured.
JULY 29, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING GRANTS ROYAL PARDONS TO DETAINEES OF HIRAK RIF, RECONCILIATION PROGRAM APPLICANTS
The Ministry of Justice issued a statement on 29 July 2019 to announce the royal pardons granted in the event of the King Mohammed’s 20th Throne Day.
JULY 19, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: COURT ORDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR JIHADISTS WHO BEHEADED TOURISTS
Three men have been sentenced to death in Morocco for the Isis-inspired murder of two Scandinavian hikers in the Atlas mountains last December.
- JUNE 5, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: THE KING PARDONS 755 CONVICTS ON THE OCCASION OF EID AL FITR
On the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, HM King Mohammed VI granted his pardon to 755 people sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, said a statement by the Justice ministry.
- JANUARY 21, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
JUSTICE MINISTER: MOROCCO IS TAKING STEPS TOWARD ENDING DEATH PENALTY
The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty has reiterated its call to the government to remove the death penalty from the country’s Penal Code.
JANUARY 14, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KING MOHAMMED VI PARDONS 783 PRISONERS
The Ministry of Justice in Rabat on 13 January 2019 has announced that King Mohammed VI has graciously pardoned 783 prisoners as part of the celebrations for the 75th Anniversary of the Manifesto of Independence.