Manama, Feb. 27 (BNA)—Moroccan Ambassador to Bahrain and Head of the Moroccan Delegation to the conference on setting up an Arab Human Rights Court Ahmed Rashid Kahtabi described the initiative of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to set up the tribunal as a milestone in developing the Arab human rights system and promoting the culture of human rights in the Arab World.

Addressing the conference, which concluded in Manama yesterday, he lauded Bahrain’s openness and constant progress in the nation’s building and modernization project which was launched in 1999.

He voiced his country’s pride in taking part in the conference out of its keenness to boost pan-Arab cooperation in all fields.

He stressed that setting up the Arab Human Rights Court can by no means serve as an alternative for the national judiciary of any member state.

He underscored the importance of national invariables, rules, constitutional systems and basic individual and collective freedoms in crystallizing the project within the framework of responsibility and according to a realistic and harmonious vision.

He voiced his country’s welcoming of the project in principle, calling to determine clear-cut mechanisms for the tribunal regarding mainly its work systems.

The Moroccan delegation suggested setting up a legal committee of experts and representatives from the Arab League member states to study regulations of the court’s system.

The Moroccan ambassador said that thanks to the futuristic vision of King Mohammed VI, Morocco has engaged strongly in a comprehensive reform march which aimed essentially at bolstering human rights and freedoms within the framework of respect of the law and public system.

He pointed out Morocco’s access to the main international conventions on human rights and the international humanitarian law and presented will all national responsibility a bold experience in transitional justice.

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