MoroccoCNDP press release of 18 March 2025 states that AI processing of personal data is governed by Law 09-08, that automated decisions require integrity, transparency, fairness and legibility plus a route of recourse, and that work on a deliberation on AI processing has begun with stakeholder hearings. No AI deliberation adopted.
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Morocco
Early: one or two positionsmixedupdated 2026-09-04verified 2026-09-04
As of 4 September 2026 Morocco has no binding or advisory rule on AI in legal practice. The Higher Council of the Judicial Power hosted the Arab and African region's first UNESCO consultation on AI in courts (Rabat, 22 September 2025). The CNDP has stated AI processing falls under Law 09-08 and is preparing a deliberation.
As of 2026-09-04, Morocco has 0 binding rules, official guidance in 1 category, 2 proposals and 0 positions set only by case law across the 20 categories in the map. In 17 categories we found nothing; in 0 the position is not yet determined.
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- Binding rule Binding rule means a rule in force from a court, statute, regulator or equivalent authority.
- Official guidance Official guidance means an official non-binding position from a judiciary, regulator, bar or public body.
- Proposed / consultation Proposed / consultation means a public bill, draft rule or consultation that is not yet in force.
- Set by case law Set by case law means no rule was found, but courts have set the position in decisions.
- Nothing found Nothing found means the category was checked and no rule, guidance, proposal or case-law position was found.
- Not yet determined Not yet determined means research did not establish a reliable position yet.
The rules, category by category
The CSPJ and UNESCO's Maghreb Office held the region's first consultation on UNESCO's guidelines for AI use in courts and tribunals in Rabat on 22 September 2025, under the principle that an AI cannot decide or judge. No Moroccan judicial guidance has been adopted.
A framework law known as 'Digital X.0', covering AI, data governance, digital identity and interoperability, was presented by the Minister Delegate for Digital Transition in November 2025 and is with the Secretariat General of the Government. No official text is public and no justice-sector classification is reported.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. Neither the Cour de cassation nor the Ministry of Justice has imposed a duty to verify AI-generated citations.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The September 2025 CSPJ-UNESCO consultation adopted the guiding statement that decision-making remains the magistrate's responsibility, but this is not an adopted rule.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The CNDP has invoked article 447-2 of the Penal Code to require labelling of AI-generated political content, but no evidence or authentication rule for AI material in litigation was located.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No bar or CNDP restriction on entering client data into AI tools was located.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. The Moroccan code of professional conduct for lawyers does not name technology or AI competence.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No AI charter or guidance from the Association des Barreaux du Maroc was located; a private association of digital-law practitioners (APDND) launched in Casablanca in April 2026 but is not a regulator.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. Morocco's e-justice / justice numérique digitisation programme is well established, but no published policy on the courts' own use of AI was located; the CSPJ website was unreachable from outside Morocco during checks.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No Moroccan decision sanctioning a lawyer for AI-fabricated citations was located.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026. No AI rule or guidance from a Moroccan arbitration or mediation institution was located.
No mandatory requirement as of 4 September 2026. The September 2025 CSPJ-UNESCO consultation called for training judges, prosecutors, clerks and lawyers on the legal and ethical issues of AI, but no compulsory training exists.
No rule, guidance or reported case found as of 4 September 2026.
Official documents recorded for Morocco (1)
- Communiqué de presse — IA et protection des données à caractère personnel
CNDP (Morocco) · revised 2025-03-18 · verified 2026-09-04
Court incidents on the record in Morocco
- Yichang District Court (Hubei)2026-07-21 Warning
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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Morocco" (updated 2026-09-04, verified 2026-09-04), https://safelegalai.com/regulation/country/ma (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.
SafeLegalAI is a research publication by Cognesio LLP, not a law firm. Nothing here is legal advice, and no lawyer–client relationship arises from reading it. Rules change; always check the official document linked on each record and take advice on your own situation. Researched and drafted with AI assistance; verified against primary sources and edited by Cognesio LLP. The linked official documents are the record — our summaries are not the law and are not legal advice.
- CNDP — Communiqué de presse: IA et protection des données à caractère personnel (18 March 2025)
- CNDP — AI and personal data protection landing page
- UNESCO — IA et droit: la première consultation au Maroc sur son utilisation (22 September 2025)
- Ecofin Agency — Morocco advances with Digital X.0 law to regulate artificial intelligence (November 2025)
- Policy Center for the New South — L'intelligence artificielle au Maroc: entre encadrement réglementaire et stratégie