ii
2.
The Right to Work (Article 15 of the Charter)........................................................................... 38
3.
The Right to Health (Article 16 of the Charter) ........................................................................ 38
4.
The Right to Education (Article 17 of the Charter) .................................................................. 42
Chapter Three: Peoples Rights............................................................................................................. 45
1.
Equality of People (Article 19 of the Charter) .......................................................................... 45
2.
Equality in Self-Determination (Article 20)................................................................................ 46
3.
The Right of the People to their National Resources (Article 21 and 22 of the Charter) .. 46
4.
The Right to Peace and Security (Article 23) ........................................................................... 47
5.
The Right to A Peaceful Environment Conducive to Development ...................................... 48
6.
The Right to Participate in the Cultural Life (Article 27.2) ...................................................... 49
CHAPTER FOUR: OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CHARTER (Articles 25 and 26) ...................... 50
1.
Sensitization on the Charter (Article 25) ................................................................................... 50
2.
Independence of the Judiciary (Article 26 of the Charter) ..................................................... 52
3.
Obligations of All Towards Family and Individuals (Articles 27, 28 and 29 of the Charter)
53
Part III: Gross Violation of Human Rights by Morocco in the Occupied Western Sahara
Territories .................................................................................................................................................. 54
Chapter One: Political and Civil Rights ................................................................................................ 54
1.
Morocco‟s Violations of Political and Civil Rights .................................................................... 54
2.
Violation of the Right to Life and Physical and Personal Safety ........................................... 57
a)
Killings and Severe Torture .................................................................................................... 57
b)
Abductions ................................................................................................................................. 58
c)
Impunity and Unaccountability ............................................................................................... 60
d)
Political Arrests ......................................................................................................................... 61
Political Trials and the Status of Sahrawi Political Prisoners in Moroccan Prisons ................... 62
Political Trials ........................................................................................................................................ 62
Conditions of Sahrawi Political Detainees in the Various Moroccan Prisons ............................. 64
Violation of the General Freedoms ............................................................................................ 65
1.
Violation of the Right to Freedom of Association ............................................................................ 65
Freedom of Expression and the Right to Peaceful Demonstration and Protest ................. 66
2.
a)
Freedom of Movement ............................................................................................................ 67
Chapter Two: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ......................................................................... 68