Global Rule of Law Index 2026.. Morocco advances to 90th place internationally and strengthens its leadership position in North Africa

صحافة بلادي — My Press – Rabat:Revealing the annual report issued by theorganization “World Justice Project – WJP”Drawing a year2026The results of which are at the forefront of the legal and institutional circles this morningFriday, October 23, 2026, for an investigationKingdom of Moroccoprogress in the overall classification forGlobal Rule of Law IndexWhere Morocco settled inRanked 90th globally out of 143 countriesIt was included in the international assessment, with a total score of0.48 points.

This international benchmark index relies on in-depth opinion polls including thousands of families, legal experts and judicial practitioners to evaluate eight main factors, includingLimitations on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice, criminal justiceMorocco recorded advanced performance in terms of establishing security and public order, modernizing judicial administration, and institutional openness.

Works to reform the justice system and digitize the courts are at the heart of the international assessment

This improvement in the Kingdom’s ranking culminates in a series of ongoing legislative and institutional reforms to modernizeThe justice system in MoroccoIn particular, workshops to review the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Criminal Code, expand the scope of alternative penalties, and generalize the digitization of judicial services and exchange of documents electronically in the Kingdom’s courts, in a way that reduces the time frames for deciding cases and enhances judicial security for citizens and investors.

In reading these results, observers of human rights and legal affairs confirmed that Morocco’s continued improvement in international indicators of the rule of law and governance remains dependent on accelerating the pace of reforming public life, improving the implementation of judicial rulings in the face of the administration, and strengthening guarantees of fair trial and transparency, in keeping with the major economic and investment transformations that the Kingdom is witnessing on the horizon of the year 2030.