Citizenship in Morocco is governed by the Code de la Nationalité Marocaine, first adopted 1958 and amended most recently in 2007 to allow women to pass their nationality to their children on an equal basis as men. This has allowed the children of women in mixed marriages to access citizenship (see Le Nouveau Code Marocain de Nationalité et Son Impact Sur les Enfants Issus de Mariage Mixte.)
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has welcomed the new law in Morocco on birth registration, but has urged the country to improve its birth registration procedures to ensure that 100% of births are registered.
One particular area of concern is the disputed territory of Western Sahara or the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which Morocco claims as a part of its own country. Some Sahrawis reject Moroccan nationality; other activists have had their Moroccan passports confiscated.
Les autorités marocaines travaillent sur une nouvelle loi qui octroiera le droit aux hommes mariés à des Marocaines d’obtenir la nationalité marocaine, a annoncé la ministre de la Famille Bassima Hakkaoui, lors d’un récent passage au siège de l’ONU, à…
Morocco is working on new legislation enabling Moroccan women to pass nationality to their foreign spouses, said family minister Bassima Hakkaoui. “Borders should never deprive people from enjoying nationality rights,” Hakkaoui said in a recent statement to the press on…
Simon Skira, secrétaire général de la fédération des juifs du Maroc en France, a rencontré Ilyas Elomari le 13 février à Tanger. Les deux hommes ont évoqué la proposition de loi polémique relative à la déchéance de nationalité des juifs marocains…
Narjis Rerhaye (A Rabat) Coup de communication calculé ou surenchère irréfléchie ? En tout cas, la proposition du secrétaire général du “Parti Authenticité et Modernité” (PAM), Ilyas Elomari, de déchoir de leur nationalité les colons juifs d’origine marocaine continue de…
Le Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) va déposer prochainement une loi au parlement en vue de retirer la nationalité marocaine à tous les juifs marocains installés dans des colonies israéliennes. Peu de détails filtrent sur ce projet de loi, mais…
Leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community downplayed the attempts at submitting a draft bill to the Parliament providing for the withdrawal of Moroccan nationality from Jews of Moroccan origin residing in Israeli Settlements. The draft law was suggested by opposition…
Des personnalités de la communauté judéo-marocaine ont manifesté leur hostilité à la proposition de loi pour la déchéance de la nationalité aux juifs marocains installés dans des colonies israéliennes. Le secrétaire général du Conseil de la communauté israélite du Maroc…
In the wake of international objections to Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has announced its intention to submit a bill stipulating the withdrawal…
RABAT: Unable to reach Europe in search of a better life, Aliou Ndiaye settled in Morocco instead, giving up on his original goal like thousands of other sub-Saharan African migrants. […] Despite Morocco’s new migration policies and the kingdom’s efforts…
The parliament majority bloc has submitted a draft law providing for granting Moroccan nationality to foreign spouses of Moroccan women. The draft amends the provisions of Article 10 of the nationality law, which grants Moroccan nationality only to a foreign…