02-05-2025
Morocco's symbolic tribunal : Advocating for family code reform to end gender inequality
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A «symbolic trial» is set to take place on Saturday, May 10, at the Lawyers' Cultural and Sports Complex in Rabat, putting family code inequalities in the dock. Initiated by the Union of Feminist Action (UAF), this 22nd edition of the Women's Symbolic Tribunal has chosen a prominent theme in the context of the current debate on reforming the text. It is part of the NGO's advocacy campaign for a «comprehensive and profound» revision.
Explaining the concept of the Symbolic Tribunal, the UAF recalls that it constitutes «one of the advocacy mechanisms, organized annually since 1996» to «denounce the many forms of discrimination and violence that hinder women's emancipation and their full enjoyment of human rights, whether at the legislative level or in public policies».
This year, the Tribunal is composed of three bodies: a judicial one, an expert panel, and the defense, in addition to testimonies from victims of discrimination perpetrated by the Family Code.
In this regard, the UAF explains that «the judicial body is responsible for ruling on the complaints submitted to it and, based on these findings, issuing a decision that the association uses as an advocacy tool with policymakers and all concerned parties».
