To all consciences and decision-makers: depriving children of seeing their father after divorce is a silent crime. Five concrete demands put forward by the association.
To every living conscience, to those who care about the future of this country, to every official and actor in the fields of human rights, social affairs and law, to decision-makers and to all those concerned with the family and childhood, we address this urgent appeal:
Depriving children of seeing their father after divorce is a silent crime that destroys the child's psyche and deprives him of his natural right to love and security. The bond with the father is not an option: it is a fundamental right of the child, and there is no fair custody without balanced contact with both parents.
Deprivation of the father after divorce has become a recurring and worrying phenomenon, which harms not only the father but strikes at the heart of the child's psychological and social development, threatens his emotional stability and balance, and leaves scars that are sometimes indelible. How can we raise a balanced generation and invoke the best interests of the child while staying silent about his unjustified separation from one of his parents?
We strongly call for
- enshrining shared custody as the general rule, not the exception;
- guaranteeing the child regular and direct contact with his father as with his mother;
- penalising any behaviour or incitement aimed at breaking the bond between the child and one of his parents;
- activating psychological support and family mediation mechanisms to protect children from conflict;
- a complete revision of national laws in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child ratified by Morocco, which clearly enshrines common responsibility and the child's right to contact with both parents and to the preservation of his family relationships.
This appeal is not only an appeal for justice for fathers: it is an appeal for childhood, for justice, dignity and family balance, for a healthy society whose children do not carry the scars of silent laws or unfair applications. Has the time come to end this injustice? To do justice to these little hearts who need their father as much as their mother? The answer is in your hands, and conscience does not lose its way. Enough injustice towards children… enough exclusion of fathers. The best interests of the child begin with justice.