The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons
Morocco
The Moroccan Prison Observatory (OMP) is an independent non-governmental organization created in 1999 by human rights activists to protect and promote the rights of detainees.
It acts as an observatory of penitentiary conditions in Morocco, as a unit of legal assistant to the detainees and of treatment of the grievances, as a center of research, information, training and advocacy for a more humane prison and to improve the legislative framework in accordance with international standards in this area.
The OMP works to monitor detention conditions, build the capacity of those involved in the criminal justice system, and advocate for penal reform and improved detention conditions. As part of its partnership with ECPM, the Moroccan Coalition (CMCPM), of which it is a founding member, and the Network of Lawyers Against the Death Penalty, the OMP contributed to a fact-finding mission on the detention conditions of persons sentenced to death.
