Morocco/Western Sahara: No more half measures: Addressing enforced disappearances in Morocco and Western Sahara

Morocco/Western Sahara: No more half measures: Addressing enforced disappearances in Morocco and Western Sahara

In a significant break with the past in Morocco and Western Sahara, King Mohamed VI established the Equity and Reconciliation Commission in 2003 to investigate cases of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention that occurred between 1956 and 1999. But the hopes initially raised by this initiative have been marred by an inability to adequately deliver truth, justice and reparation to the many victims and families of the disappeared. Further steps are essential and Amnesty International therefore makes appropriate recommendations to the Moroccan authorities in this document.