The Nature of the Right to Sound and Image in Moroccan Criminal Legislation

Abstract

This research aims to shed light on one of the legal issues related to the right to one’s statement and image and whether they are considered elements of an individual's private life, a privacy-unrelated right, or a dual-natured right. The study also examines the scope of criminal protection, based on both the nature of the place and the nature of the images and statements. This paper relies on a comparative legislative, jurisprudential, and judicial mixed approach, investigating Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Arab legal experiences. The research concludes that the right to one’s statements falls within the scope of private life, while the right to image varies according to different jurisprudential perspectives. Moreover, criminal protection of images is limited to private spaces, whereas the protection of statements is linked to its private and confidential nature, regardless of the location.