Appropriation of the theme of human rights by the Moroccan and Tunisian regimes: rhetoric and reality

Abstract

The human rights issue springs up at the end of the 80s in countries like Morocco and Tunisia. One of the questions reflecting this prominence is its assumption by the groups in power. In the course of these years, human rights were clearly included in the political discourse; measures were approved for the prevention of legal transgressions; also a series of institutions devoted to the improvement in this sphere was created. Paradoxically this process does not mean progress in the democratizatio processes or in the observance of human rights in the short run but shows the value of human rights issue like a political tool.