Opening of an international symposium in Marrakech

The proceedings of an international symposium on "Human rights and territorial development: towards a new model of governance" started on Thursday in Marrakech, with the participation of a host of experts, academics, university professors, magistrates, and elected officials.Initiated jointly by the Hans Seidel Foundation, the Research Group on Space and Territories (GRET), the UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, and the Ecole Sup de Co Marrakech, this meeting aims to conduct an in-depth reflection on the correlation between human rights and the right to development as well as on the ways and mechanisms to make territories places of change and requalification of social and political life, social cohesion, and innovative political competitiveness through the prism of human rights.According to the organizers, in view of contemporary political changes, the territory is becoming increasingly impor…