Nom complet
Amina Bouayach
Profession
President
Entreprise
National Human Rights Council of Morocco
Biographie

Former Ambassador of Morocco to Sweden and Latvia, Vice President and Secretary General of the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues, she was the first woman to chair a human rights organization in Morocco (OMDH). Member of the Consultative Commission for the reform of the Constitution 2011, the Commission on International Humanitarian Law 2006-2012, the MENA Regional Forum for the ratification of the OPCAT, the African Forum for Civilian Oversight of Police and against Violence, the International NGO Committee for the reform of the League of Arab States, the Working Group of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Ms. Bouayach was also Deputy Secretary General of the Steering Committee in charge of the elaboration of the Moroccan Plan of Action for Democracy and Human Rights. She is the recipient of several national and international awards, a member of the Nelson Mandela Prize Jury, and was chosen among five eminent women human rights defenders advocating for a more egalitarian post-covid world by the OHCHR. She was decorated by His Majesty King Mohammed and designated Officer of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic.

Amina Bouayach