137.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Legislate to penalize discrimination, including on the basis of gender, race, age, disability, religion or belief, and sexual orientation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
137.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Amend the Personal Status Law to give women and men joint guardianship of their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Implement reforms to ensure that Jordanian women can transmit nationality to their children and spouses on an equal footing with men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Abolish the legal guardianship system of women and children contained in the Personal Status Law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Amend article 292 of the Criminal Code to include marital rape and eliminate attenuating circumstances for honour crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Create legislative and social conditions to allow the de facto empowerment of Jordanian women and launch awareness campaigns on women’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
137.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to guarantee that Jordanian women can fully enjoy their civil rights, including by allowing them to pass on their citizenship to their children on an equal basis with men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective steps to advance women’s rights, namely with regard to their transmission of citizenship to their children or spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Remove all remaining discriminatory provisions in its national legislation to ensure consistency with the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
137.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider withdrawing its reservations to articles 9 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Respond as soon as possible to the request for visits by Special Rapporteurs, such as the Special Rapporteur on violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take further steps to address discrimination against women, minorities and vulnerable groups, including children and disabled people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Minority rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Follow-up on the recommendations made by CEDAW to address all forms of violence against women and girls, adopt and enact legislation in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop the penal legislation concerning discrimination and violence against women in a comprehensive manner
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Improve the legislative and judicial sectors of Jordan particularly in the areas of gender mainstreaming, sexual harassment and economic exploitation of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Within the context of paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 9-12 of the HRC, to review the nature of reservations to CEDAW and the CRC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider withdrawing its reservations to a number of articles of CEDAW, and also consider ratifying its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Review its Nationality Law in order to ensure that a Jordanian mother married to a non-Jordanian man has the right to confer her nationality to their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to promote gender equality and women's empowerment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take further steps to address discrimination against women, with a particular focus on reducing violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Intensively pursue current national priorities and strategies, with effective measures focusing on the rights to health, education, gender equality, social protection and women's participation in employment and sociopolitical progress
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Grant equal citizenship rights to men and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Pay attention to the trafficking in women and children for sexual and other exploitative, purposes, preventing and combating such trafficking, also by means of including in the Human Trafficking Act a definition of trafficking, and ensure that trafficked women and girls have access to quality medical care, counselling and shelter
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Right to housing
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to boost the status of women and eliminate all forms of violence against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue working to eradicate the practices that allow rapists to avoid prosecution if they marry their victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Revise all laws relevant to protection from domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure proper and effective investigation of all crimes against women, including those with an "honour" element
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to tackle the issue of women's empowerment in the light of the recommendations emerging from this review and of those made by the relevant treaty bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider launching awareness-raising campaigns on the empowerment of women in public and political life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to promote women's political participation and representation at national and local levels, including in the cabinet, political parties and the judicial system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights