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CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1381: Special Forum Report: Human Rights in North Africa: The Moroccan Experience

Les Campbell, Ahmed Herzenni, Kent Patton

June 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On June 6, 2008, Ahmed Herzenni, Kent Patton, and Les Campbell addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Herzenni is a former political prisoner who was appointed as president of Morocco's Advisory Council on Human Rights last year by King Muhammad VI. Mr. Patton is deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, responsible for promoting democratic reform and managing the Middle East Partnership Initiative. Mr. Campbell is director of the National Democratic Institute's democracy program for the Middle East and North Africa.

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