A/HRC/8/52 page 126 building of human rights also aimed at setting norms and standards which were compatible with international human rights, because it was cognizant of the need to achieve developments in the field of human rights and to promote and protect human rights with the cooperation of the international community. It believed that the Council should provide Morocco with all the necessary help to that effect. It was noted that Morocco had been working towards putting in place internationally recognized human rights norms. 3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders 298. The Consultative Council on Human Rights of Morocco recalled that as a national institution, it was responsible for the operationalization of human rights in cooperation with the Government. These efforts have been translated into offering redress to victims of human rights violations. Various judicial decisions that have been implemented provided redress to victims in 95 per cent of the cases addressed. Regarding health insurance, cooperation between the Government and the Consultative Council had allowed health coverage to be provided for the majority of those victims. Regarding collective rights, various decisions had been taken at the local level before programmes were implemented. Regarding the Equity and Reconciliation Commission, it affirmed that 44 cases out of 66 had been dealt with, and investigations were in progress to settle the remaining ones. It further explained that it was also working to implement the recommendations which have been adopted by the Committee for Legal Redress, including with regard to capital punishment, and establishing a national strategy to combat impunity. 299. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies stated that the cooperation between the Government and civil society in the preparation of the universal periodic review should be institutionalized in order to be fruitful and productive. It could not be challenged that Morocco has made tangible progress in promoting and protecting human rights. Important legislative reform has taken place to harmonize domestic legislation with international treaties. Nevertheless, human rights violations were regularly recorded by the Cairo Institute and other organizations, and it invited the Government to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Working Group. 300. Interfaith International commended the Government of Morocco on its commitment to promote and protect human rights and steps including, inter alia, the 1999 revision of the Constitution, the public liberty legislation, the law on prisons, the revision of the criminal procedure code, the labour law, the 1999 Independent Commission for the compensation of victims of forced disappearances and arbitrary detention, the adoption in 2004 of a new family code and the creation of a commission on truth, justice and reconciliation, and the launching of a national plan of action for economic, social and cultural rights. It affirmed that Morocco had developed strategies that placed the human being at the centre of development. 301. The Arab Commission for Human Rights mentioned that, since the attacks of 2003 in Casablanca, thousands of persons were arbitrarily detained, tortured and imprisoned after unfair trials in the name of the fight against terrorism. It stated that efforts undertaken to combat terrorism included some measures that led to violations of international conventions ratified by Morocco. It said that torture, which was tending to disappear in the beginning of the 2000s, was unfortunately back and practised in a certain number of detention centres under the oversight of the direction of the territory and law enforcement.