On Wednesday May 20th children from Allal Ben Abdellah secondary school visited the regional human rights office in LaAyoune. Mr.Cherkaoui Mohamed Salem president of the commission welcomed the students and had a warm discussion on the various roles and duties of his office, he also made a short presentation on the work carried out by his office in order to protect children’s rights in Sahara region in Morocco. Mr. Cherkaoui added that children are at the core of interest of the work of the national human rights council as well as its regional offices in the whole country, the children had a tour at the commission gallery and library and were very much impressed by this visit, Sofia one of the children said ” this a great opportunity for us as students to know in depth the noble work you do for children and their rights, I thank you for that.”
It should be mentioned that the regional human rights office in LaAyoune continue to host students from various schools to introduce them to the culture of human rights, and to motivate school children to participate actively in the different human rights activities organized by the clubs at schools in LaAyoune and other cities in Sahara region south of Morocco.