Driss el-Yazami (born 1952 in Fez, Morocco) is a Moroccan human rights activist.

He was President of the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) in Morocco between March 2011 and December 2018.

[1] In the mid-1970s, the young el-Yazami spent three months in the prisons of Hassan II, having been expelled from France after leading a radical left strike.

[2] He has held senior positions in several institutions and bodies in Morocco as well as international associations and organizations.

Driss El Yazami is an Officer of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic, under foreign personalities, and Officer of the Order of Leopold, he highest division of Belgium.