7: The child protection system in Morocco: its evolution and application

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17 Jan 2025
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120–141
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https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447371045.ch007
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This chapter studies the child protection system in Morocco. To this end, it examines the various stages in the implementation of this system, including the legislative and regulatory texts, the competent public and private bodies and the necessary means and procedures for its activation. The chapter presents official data on child maltreatment in the country, and insight into the practice of child protection in the country. Finally, a number of observations and proposals have been made for a possible future revision of this system in order to optimise it and adapt it to rapid developments in the field.

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