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Informal roundtable marking the 20th anniversary of the UN Human Rights Council
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March 2026
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Informal roundtable marking the 20th anniversary of the UN Human Rights Council
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Policy Center
Policy Center
Africa/Casablanca
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Mohammed Loulichki is confirmed to participate as the main intervenor in Panel I, “The Council’s formative years.”
On 15 March 2026, an informal roundtable marking the 20th anniversary of the UN Human Rights Council will be held at the Hotel Beau-Rivage (Lausanne). The event is organized by the Lake Room Initiative together with a “Group of Friends” composed of diplomats involved in the establishment and early development of the Council. Participation is foreseen at the level of Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives, as well as other participants involved in the Council’s work, for discussions on the Council’s past, present, and future.
Speakers
Mohammed Loulichki
Senior Fellow
Mohammed Loulichki is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He brings over 40 years of comprehensive experience in diplomacy, conflict resolution, and human rights. He has served in various roles including as a member and Deputy Head of the Moroccan delegation to the 3rd Conference on the Law of the Sea (1982-1990), Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-1991), and General Director for Multilateral Affairs in the same ministry (2003-2006).
He also acted as Morocco's Ambassador to Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia (1995-1999), and was the Moroccan Government's Ambassador Coordinator with MINURSO (1999-2001). Furthermore, he se ...
