Joint Submission to the Human Rights Council at the 41st Session of the Universal Periodic Review. MOROCCO Introduction 1. Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, the MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati), Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI), and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, make this joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), on the right to nationality and non-discrimination and related human rights violations that result from gender discrimination in the nationality law of Morocco. 2. Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM) is a non-governmental, non-profit, feminist and autonomous association with ECOSOC status. It was founded in 1985. ADFM’s mission is to protect and promote the human rights of women as universally recognized, particularily via advocacy, capacity building, networking and reporting. ADFM has been accompanying the UPR process since its inception, coordinating the reports submitted to the Human Rights Council by women’s rights NGOs in Morocco, starting from the first cycle of UPR. 3. The MENA Statelessness Network (Hawiati) is a network bringing together actors working on, and interested in, statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It aims to build solidarity between such actors and individuals affected by statelessness across the region. 4. The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) is the first and only human rights NGO dedicated to working on statelessness at the global level. ISI’s mission is to promote inclusive societies by realising and protecting everyone’s right to a nationality. The Institute has made over 80 country specific UPR submissions on the human rights of stateless persons. ISI has also compiled summaries of the key human rights challenges related to statelessness in all countries under review under the 23rd to the 40th UPR Sessions.1 5. The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights mobilizes international action to end gender discrimination in nationality laws. It executes its mission through its coalition of national, regional, and international organizations and activists, including steering committee members Equality Now, Equal Rights Trust, Family Frontiers, the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion, Nationality For All, Women’s Learning Partnership, and Women’s Refugee Commission. 1 For more information, see https://www.institutesi.org/. 1