June 2024 - September 2027

 

« Towards a More Protective, Accessible, and Effective Justice in Morocco » (MA-JUST) 

This project is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

 

Context and Objectives

The program "Towards a More Protective, Accessible, and Effective Justice in Morocco (MA-JUST)" aims to improve access to law and justice for all, including the most vulnerable populations, and to enhance the efficiency and the quality of the Moroccan justice system. The project will rely on the instruments and standards of the Council of Europe, the tools and methods of the CEPEJ, and European best practices in order to highlight the skills and expertise of Moroccan justice professionals and work with them to support the proper functioning of the courts and the quality of the judicial process.

The aim of this new cooperation programme is to continue CEPEJ's action in Morocco, which began in 2012 to support the ambitious reform of the Moroccan judicial system.

Main Activities

  • Support for improving access to law and legal information, to physical access to justice, and to legal aid.
  • Support for the modernisation and improvement of judicial statistics, notably to enable central judicial institutions to identify and to correct dysfunctions.
  • Support for strengthening coordination between various judicial actors aimed at improving the functioning of courts and public prosecutors' offices.
  • Support for the modernization of the work of courts, the Court of Cassation, and public prosecutors' offices, including through digital tools.
  • Strengthening the capacities of judges, court clerks, and administrative staff in the courts.
  • Strengthening the capacities of auxiliary judicial personnel (judicial experts and lawyers).
  • Supporting mediation.

Project beneficiaries and stakeholders

Ministry of Justice, Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), Presidency of the Public Prosecutor (PMP), Higher Institute of the Judiciary (ISM), judges, prosecutors, court clerks, lawyers, judicial experts.

News

Back CEPEJ Meeting with Moroccan Pilot Courts: Presentation of the Visit Report and Court Coaching Perspectives

CEPEJ Meeting with Moroccan Pilot Courts: Presentation of the Visit Report and Court Coaching Perspectives

On 2 and 3 February 2026, the CEPEJ organized a meeting dedicated to presenting the report resulting from the visits carried out in 2025 by its experts in the Moroccan pilot courts. These visits made it possible to put into perspective the practices of the courts regarding efficiency, the quality of justice, and human resources, in light of CEPEJ’s tools and methodology. This initiative aims to support the pilot courts in improving their organization, accessibility, and the quality of the services provided to citizens.

This session brought together, in the presence of the High Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice, the representatives of the five pilot courts involved in the process: the Rabat Court of Appeal, the Rabat Court of First Instance, the Casablanca Administrative Court, the Fez Commercial Court, and the Marrakech Court of First Instance.

The CEPEJ experts presented several recommendations to the courts with a view to defining concrete actions within the framework of a support and court-coaching program. A workshop on judicial communication was also held to present its fundamental principles, identify the specific challenges faced by the pilot courts, and develop good practices in relations with the media, drawing on the CEPEJ’s tools and methodologies.

This activity is part of the project “Towards a More Protective, Accessible, and Effective Justice in Morocco (MA-JUST)”, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the latter. 

Rabat, Morocco 2 - 3 February 2026
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