{"id":6552,"date":"2015-01-26T14:48:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2024-10-06T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:15:04","slug":"morocco-and-the-coe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europewatchdog.info\/en\/morocco-and-the-coe\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco and the Council of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>All though Morocco is not a member state of the Council of Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, it is connected to Europe’s chief organisation for the promotion of human rights<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, democracy and the rule of law in a number of ways:<\/p>\n

Morocco was the first country to be accepted by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as \u201ePartner for Democracy\u201c in 2011, a special status created for States from neighbouring regions.<\/p>\n

Morocco has acceded to several Council of Europe treaties<\/a><\/em><\/strong> such as the Anti-doping Convention<\/a><\/em><\/strong> or the Convention on Spectator Violence<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Sport and has signed numerous others.<\/p>\n

Morocco also participates in various enlarged partial agreements<\/a><\/em><\/strong> of the Council of Europe such as the Pompidou Group<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the Venice Commission<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the North-South Centre<\/a><\/em><\/strong> or the EPAS agreement on sport<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and has observer status in the European Pharmacopeia<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2014, a Council of Europe field office was opened in Rabat in order to strengthen the co-operation between the two partners.<\/p>\n

Keep going, Morocco!<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto \u00a9 Sir Robin Photography<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All though Morocco is not a member state of the Council of Europe, it is connected to Europe’s chief organisation for the promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in a number of ways: Morocco was the first country to be accepted by the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly as \u201ePartner for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meinung"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t