Consolidating Legal Security as a Pillar of the Rule of Law (MO0067)

What is the public issue to which this commitment responds?

As an essential pillar of the rule of law and of citizens’ trust in institutions, legal security is a major challenge for consolidating the democratic process. It guarantees stability, predictability, and clarity of legal norms for citizens and economic actors. It is vital for citizens’ trust in institutions, for the security of economic operators, and for the protection of fundamental rights. In this context, the House of Representatives undertakes to work towards strengthening legal security, ensuring legislation that is intelligible, accessible, stable, and coherent; reducing legal uncertainties; and improving the application and impact assessment of laws. This will be carried out in accordance with OGP values: transparency, citizen participation, respect for fundamental rights, accountability, and the right to information. Addressing the lack of legal literacy in societies is a multifaceted civic endeavour. Making laws more readable and understandable is a task for institutions, but also for universities and specialist learned societies.

What does this commitment consist of?

Specific Commitments

1. Enhanced transparency of the legislative process by: ✓ Simplifying and publishing explanatory memoranda, impact studies, and expert opinions (where applicable) in accessible formats. ✓ Publishing reports of standing and ad hoc committees in multiple open and usable formats. ✓ Establishing a digital legislative dashboard in open data, interconnected with Parliament’s AI tools to visualize the progress of texts and their amendments.

2. Ensuring clarity and accessibility of texts by: ✓ Simplifying legislative drafting: plain language, standardized structure, AI readability support. ✓ Rationalizing amendments to avoid overcomplexification of bills. ✓ Developing summary sheets and practical guides in Arabic and Amazigh, in inclusive formats (audio, video, easy-to-read).

3. Periodic evaluation: ✓ Expanding ex-post evaluation of laws to improve their effectiveness and applicability. ✓ Strengthening parliamentary oversight of law implementation: fact-finding missions, hearings, written and oral questions. ✓ Establishing an interactive follow-up system for House recommendations (dynamic dashboards).

4. Citizen participation and public consultation ✓ Systematic consultation on draft laws via an open participatory platform. ✓ Using citizen contributions through digital coannotation and voting tools.

5. Strengthening legal culture The objective is to enable citizens, legal professionals, and public decision-makers to better understand, apply, and develop the law through: ✓ At the level of the House of Representatives: o Specialized training for staff on legislative readability, legal norms, and AI tools. o Publication of a practical guide on national and international standards in the field of legal security. o Organization of seminars and workshops to deepen debate on legal security issues in all their aspects. ✓ Digital Tools and AI o Interactive platforms to popularize laws (videos, infographics). o Using Artificial Intelligence to read legislative texts and detect possible redundancies, incompatibilities, and inconsistencies. ✓ Communication o Awareness campaigns on legislative issues via social networks and institutional channels. 6. Accountability and citizen requests o Establishing a digital citizen appeals platform allowing citizens to report legal obstacles (confusion, contradictions, gaps). o Integrating AI monitoring of recurring appeals to improve legislative production.

How will this commitment help solve the public issue?

A commitment to legal security (LS) will significantly enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the House of Representatives and consolidate its central role in the democratic process and in the adoption and implementation of laws characterized by stability, predictability, and clarity of legal norms for citizens and economic players. Furthermore, it will strengthen the principles and values of the OGP, namely transparency, citizen participation, and accountability.

Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?

As a prerequisite for a democratic society, legal security underpins key aspects of society and affects human activities, social relations, investments, and the relationship of citizens with the administration. As Jacques CHEVALLIER noted, it is “substantial to law, an attribute of law, an element inherent in its essence.” This long-term commitment aims to embed legal security in legislative practice and make it inherent in logistics. Its internalization by institutional, social, economic, and legal actors will strengthen the quality of democracy and transparency and, beyond that, citizens’ trust in institutions and stability.

This commitment is rooted in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco, which stipulates that “the law is the supreme expression of the Nation’s will” and that “All, natural or legal persons, including public authorities, are equal before it and bound to comply with it – Article 6.” Thus, this commitment is relevant to OGP values as it will: ✓ Strengthen Transparency and Openness: o Open data: publication of data in accessible and reusable formats. o Access to information: ensuring citizens’ access to legislative information and documents. o Collecting citizens’ comments. ✓ Promote Citizen Participation: o Public consultations: online and in-person consultations for all legislative initiatives. o Collaboration platforms: using digital tools to facilitate participation. ✓ Accountability: o Online citizen appeals to report legal gaps or complexities, delays in publishing implementing decrees, or arbitrary decisions. Its implementation will help achieve accessible, understandable, stable, predictable, and coherent legislation.

Additional Information

• The House of Representatives has adopted an innovative strategy for the digital transformation of all aspects of parliamentary work covering the period .

Key Activities with Deliverables and Verifiable Results | Start Date | End Date:
✓ TWO specialized training sessions for MPs and staff. ✓ ONE guide on national and international standards in legal security. ✓ THREE seminars and workshops to deepen debate on legal security issues. ✓ THREE interactive workshops: Parliamentary debate simulations (e.g., “Children’s Parliament,” SIEL 2026-2027 and 2028). ✓ TWO legislative education courses including practical case studies. | July 2025 | June 2028

✓ Interactive platforms: ONE for animated explanations of laws (videos, infographics).
✓ ONE awareness campaign on social networks on the role of Parliament, the Rule
of Law…
✓ Open data portal: real-time access to legislative data. | July 2025

✓ TWO online public consultations on legislative initiatives; ✓ ONE digital citizen requests
submission platform; ✓ ONE chatbot to answer legislative questions. | July 2025