Morocco and Mauritania partner to digitalise judiciary systems

On October 20th, relations between Morocco and Mauritania deepened as the countries’ justice ministers signed a cooperation program to enhance and speed up the transformation and digitalisation of their judicial systems in Rabat, Morocco, according to APA.

This agreement between the Mauritanian Justice Minister Ould Soueidatt and his Moroccan counterpart Abdellatif Ouahbia aims to digitalise the public services of the judiciary system. It reflects the two countries’ commitment to using new technologies to promote efficiency, transparency, and wider public access to justice.

During the meeting, the Moroccan Justice Minister stated that the agreement aims to share Morocco’s experience in modernising and digitalising its judicial system with Mauritanian authorities. Ouahbia hopes it will help Mauritania build a more efficient system and adapt to modern challenges.

The Moroccan Justice Ministry also released a statement to clarify the program’s objectives. It aims to pool their technical and institutional expertise in digitalising tribunals, training their legal workforce and digitally transitioning their legal procedures.

The Ministry also added that the agreement sets out to exchange Morocco and Mauritania’s technical knowledge in digitally securing legal databases, engineering and managing digital platforms, and implementing platforms to facilitate communication between litigants, lawyers and judges.

During the meeting, Morocco’s Ouahbia took a moment to recognise the program’s significance as another step towards building stronger cooperation between the countries.

As Morocco gains international recognition for its controversial sovereignty over the Western Sahara region, it’s developing ties with Mauritania, which borders the disputed territory. Planned additional crossings between the region and Mauritania are now reportedly finalised, and the countries’ authorities have been working closely to connect their grids and infrastructure through the region.

According to the SWP,  Mauritania doesn’t officially recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara. However, it keeps a “positive neutrality” to benefit from trade and strong relations with both Algeria and Morocco who have differing plans for the Western Sahara.

Mauritania’s Soueidatt believes that the agreement will allow both countries to exchange their knowledge and best practices in modernising their justice system. He also highlighted the significance of the cooperation between the two countries, especially in common strategic goals for public governance.

Both justice ministers also reaffirmed their goal to ensure an effective implementation of the program’s plan for the 2026-2027, which will lay the foundations of the cooperation between the justice ministries.

APA, SWP, Maghrebi.org