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Dear friends and supporters,

As I write these words, I reflect on another year of profound violence and repression across the Middle East and North Africa. Our first thoughts go to the victims of genocide in Gaza and Sudan, whose suffering continues with complete impunity. At MENA Rights Group, we remain deeply committed to denouncing human rights violations and supporting those who dare to speak out against injustice, despite the immense risks they face.

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Dans le cadre de la visite de pays au Maroc de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, la présente contribution analyse successivement le recours à la torture et aux mauvais traitements dans le cadre des procédures judiciaires, les violations du principe de non-refoulement lors des procédures d’extradition, et la pratique des disparitions forcées.

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This alternative report is submitted by MENA Rights Group to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (hereinafter “the Committee”) ahead of its 30th session in March 2026, during which the Committee will review additional information submitted by the State of Iraq under article 29 (4) of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (hereinafter “the Convention”).[1]

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1.1 Transnational repression in the MENA

According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), transnational repression refers to “acts conducted or directed by a State, or its proxy, to deter, silence or punish dissent, criticism or human rights advocacy towards it, expressed from outside its territory.”

Dans cette soumission, MENA Rights Group et l’Alliance des Orphelins Mauritaniens met en lumière les principales préoccupations en matière de droits humains en Mauritanie dans le cadre de son quatrième Examen périodique universel (EPU).

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This joint stakeholder report is submitted by Cedar Center for Legal Studies and MENA Rights Group to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in the context of the fourth cycle of Lebanon’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR).