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Barometer

With a moratorium on executions
Country status
55
Sentenced
0
Execution(s)
6
Conviction(s)
Figures for 2025. The last execution in Morocco took place in 1993.

All reports

Abolition process
Overview 2025 – The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the OIC
Jan 2026
Overview of the death penalty
10 questions to better understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
Feb 2025
Conditions of detention
10 questions to better understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2024)
Jan 2025
Fact-finding mission
Thirty years of moratorium in Morocco: an endless wait – 2023
Apr 2024
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Summary report on the death penalty for the UPR of Morocco (2022)
Mar 2023
41e SESSION RAPPORT ALTERNATIF EN VUE DE L’EXAMEN DU RAPPORT PÉRIODIQUE peine de mort 2022
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Alternative report on the death penalty in view of the consideration of the periodic report of Morocco (41st Session 2022) (French)
Oct 2022
Couverture de "27e session du groupe de travail de l'examen périodique universel CDH (2017)"
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms
Morocco, 27th session of the working group on the universal periodic review, Human rights council, may 2017
Oct 2022
Couverture de la mission d'enquête "Voyage au cimetière des vivants: Maroc"
Conditions of detention
Journey to the cemetery of the living: investigation on Morocco’s death row (French)
Oct 2022
Abolition process
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Oct 2020

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Africa and the death penalty
The death penalty in law and in practice in Morocco
Infographics – The death penalty in Morocco (2025)
Table – Voting trends on the UN resolution calling for a universal moratorium
Leaflet – UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Infographics – the death penalty in Morocco (2024)
Map : French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
10 key points to understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
Monitoring conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death: pratical guide for NHRIs and NPMs
Infographics – the death penalty in Morocco (2023)
Educating for the abolition of the death penalty and human rights in Morocco (French)
Abolition of the death penalty: A practical guide for NHRIs
Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia : from moratorium to abolition of the death penalty
Presentation flyer of the Network of Lawyers Against the Death Penalty
Proceedings 1st Regional congress – Rabat 2012

All news

Advocacy
Morocco : Perspectives following the historic UN vote in favour of a universal moratorium
08 April 2025
In December 2024, Morocco voted for the first time in favour of the United Nations resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. This was a major political development, as until then the Moroccan authorities had consistently abstained from voting on the nine previous texts of…
Press release
Thirty years of moratorium in Morocco : an endless wait
23 April 2024
The actors of the Moroccan abolitionist movement are calling on the Moroccan state to actively commit to the abolition of the death penalty in their country. In an investigative report, conducted in collaboration with the NGO Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) and published on April 23, 2024, the four…
Témoignage
«This report comes at a crucial moment» : In Morocco, thirty years of moratorium on executions
23 April 2024
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the moratorium on executions in Morocco, the publication of the investigative mission report on the situation of the death penalty sheds light on the persistent challenges and advancements made. In this cross-interview, Mr. Abderrahim Jamai, coordinator of the Moroccan Coalition Against the…
Culture
Meet the winners of the 6th edition of the “Draw me abolition” competition!
16 June 2023
This year, around 500 young people from 10 different countries brought together their artistic talents and militant commitment to draw up the abolitionist posters of the future. From Austria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Indonesia, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda, our young artists demonstrated exceptional creativity! Among…
Advocacy, In the field
#ABOLITIONNOWTOUR: A look back on a year of activism around the world
01 December 2022
A year ago, ECPM launched an exceptional mobilisation of the world's youth, aimed at raising awareness among the new generation about the issues at stake in the abolition of the death penalty and to give new impetus to the fight led by the activists from the outset. Six delegations of…
cover 10 arguments for the abolition in arabic
Editorial / opinion page
ECPM publishes 10 arguments against the death penalty in Arabic
02 March 2022
As part of its project co-funded by the European Union, Norway and the French Development Agency, ECPM is publishing a leaflet against the death penalty in Arabic. The leaflet aims to strengthen awareness and advocacy among Arabic-speaking interlocutors and is available both print and online.
Poster Abolition Now Tour
In the field
#AbolitionNowTour : The Youth Stands Against the Death Penalty
24 February 2022
ECPM is glad to introduce an unprecedented experience! In the framework of the 8th World Congress Against the Death Penalty, due in Berlin in November 2022, ECPM just wrapped up the #AbolitionNowTour: a unique mobilization programe intended for young people from Africa, Asia, the Middle-East and North America. The project targetted 6 countries…
Editorial / opinion page, Event, In the field
Regional parliamentary seminar in Morocco: The role of parliamentarians against the death penalty in the light of the provisions of the Constitution
15 March 2021
On 23 December 2020, a high-level seminar was held at the Ministry of Justice in Morocco. Organised by the Network of Parliamentarians Against the Death Penalty (RPCPM), in partnership with the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CMCPM), the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH) and Ensemble contre la peine…
cover publication
Publication
The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
26 November 2020
As the 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers organised by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is being held in Niamey, Niger, on 27 and 28 November 2020, ECPM and Nael Georges publish the study The process of abolishing the death penalty in member states of the Organisation…
In pictures, In the field
The 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty is already over, but the fight for abolition continues
14 October 2019
At the dawn of the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty, ECPM takes you around the world to campaign together for universal abolition. Under the map, find more details about the events we have supported! Follow the news of the abolition with the hashtag #AbolitionNow! Find out more about…
Coalition marocaine logo
Editorial / opinion page
31 Moroccan death row inmates pardoned by King Mohammed VI
02 August 2019
ECPM welcomes the pardon granted to 4764 people on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the reign of King Mohammed VI. Among these persons, there are 31 death row inmates for whom their sentences have been commuted to life imprisonment. However, there are still 60 others on death row…
Event
ECPM is in Morocco for a Parliamentary Regional Round Table
24 April 2019
On 24 April 2019, the Network of Parliamentarians against the Death Penalty in Morocco is organizing, with the support of the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights and ECPM, a Regional Parliamentary Round Table in Rabat. The purpose of this meeting is to highlight the key role of parliamentarians in moving…