137.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
137.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislation to protect children and girls from child marriage and amend article 10 of the Personal Status Law to remove all provisions that allow the authorization and the practice of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
137.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Limit resorting to the State Security Court for criminal cases falling within the jurisdiction of other competent courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
137.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
137.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue reform measures to ensure the welfare of all migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- 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
- 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 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider transferring oversight for allegations of ill-treatment of all prisoners to an appropriate civilian judicial authority
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended considering establishing a legal framework for the protection of refugees and applicants for asylum, as well as becoming a State party to the related instruments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider accepting jurisdiction of the Committee against Torture to receive specific cases as well as the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OP-CAT) within a reasonable timeframe
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to OP-CAT and establish its national preventive mechanism accordingly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended ratifying OP-CAT and setting up an independent national mechanism for oversight in places of detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the recommendation of the special rapporteur on violence against women who expressed concern that the violence has resulted in the form of a culture of impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity
- Special procedures
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the inclusion of "gender" among the criteria of discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen protection provided for persons deprived of their liberty, preferably by ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the introduction of possible amendments to its national legislation on citizenship and nationality, so that, with respect to such issues, men and women are treated on an equal basis before the law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and establish a national preventive mechanism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Go one step further and abolish completely the death penalty in its national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Officially and publicly condemn all acts of torture and ill-treatment and ensure transparent, effective and impartial investigations into any alleged cases as well as ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying International Labour Organization Convention No. 189 (2011) concerning decent work for domestic workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove jurisdiction over torture cases involving police and prison abuse from the Police Court to civil courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the provisions in the revision of the Penal Code which criminalize defamation of political or religious entities and align its legislation on freedom of expression with international standards in this field
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Penal Code to ensure its articles, in particular article 149, cannot be used as a mechanism to refer genuine political activists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure efforts to continue amending the Electoral Law of 2010 with the aim that Jordanians of all ethnic origins as well as non-national residents are proportionally represented in national affairs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Minority rights
137.9.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Restore the moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinstate a moratorium as a first step towards the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its complete abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Restore its moratorium on the application of the death penalty and take the necessary steps for its definitive abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
136.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Modify article 208 of the Criminal Code so that torture is categorized as a serious crime instead of a minor crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
136.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive national legislation to prohibit direct and indirect racial discrimination, in accordance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, including all prohibited grounds of discrimination under article 1
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
137.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify other international human rights legal instruments to which Jordan is not yet a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
137.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
137.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Honduras); Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Croatia); Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to refrain from using the death penalty and further reduce the number of capital crimes, with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its complete abolition and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Re-establish the moratorium on the death penalty (Chile); Consider the adoption of a moratorium on the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on the death penalty and revise the laws that call for its mandatory imposition or its application for crimes other than the “most serious crimes”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, while also establishing a de facto moratorium
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Initiate a review of the current legislation relating to child marriage and guardianship and take action to comprehensively address its shortcomings from a standpoint of international standards on women’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify, without any reservations, the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
137.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Support more effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture, submit its pending reports to the Committee against Torture, accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish its national preventive mechanism accordingly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
137.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow all Jordanian women to pass on their citizenship to their children and spouses on an equal basis with Jordanian men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and officially and publicly condemn all acts of torture and ill-treatment committed by the public authorities; classify torture as a criminal offence, assign jurisdiction over all cases to regular courts and provide protection and compensation to victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Following our recommendations in 2013, take the necessary measures to investigate and punish discriminatory practices against women and girls, such as early marriage or honour crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce further reforms to ensure Jordanian women have the same rights as Jordanian men, including passing on their nationality to their children as Jordanian men can, thus combating gender inequality while ensuring respect for children’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect journalists’ right to freedom of expression by restricting the trial of journalists for “publications crimes” stipulated in the Criminal Code to civilian courts, and by amending article 11 of the cybercrime law, to narrow the definition of hate speech
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Racial discrimination
137.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee that every person that is arrested has access to legal representation and legal aid, from the moment of arrest, regardless of the alleged crime, promptly implement all relevant regulations in this regard, and ensure civilian prosecutors investigate all allegations of abuse in detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
137.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant civilian prosecutors jurisdiction over allegations of abuse of detainees and allow them to carry out effective investigations, including by having private meetings with prisoners, and conduct regular inspections of prisons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
137.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the use of administrative detention and introduce legislation to guarantee access to a lawyer from the point of arrest
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
137.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Refer cases of alleged torture by security officials to independent civil courts rather than police courts, which fall under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Work towards withdrawal of its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
137.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservation to article 9 (2) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and amend the Law on Nationality so that Jordanian women may pass on their citizenship to their children on an equal basis with Jordanian men, and end the discrimination against all non-citizen children of Jordanian women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthen its legislation to ensure respect for women’s and girls’ human rights and to fully outlaw gender-based discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that women and girls can exercise their sexual and reproductive rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw all its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and amend legislation to bring it into compliance with the Convention, including by amending provisions of the Personal Status Law and the Law on Nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to fully eliminate child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to ensure the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, including ratification of the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
137.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Treat migrant workers and members of their families in accordance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
137.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts for social inclusion and adequate welfare support for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
137.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2017, in particular by amending provisions in the Personal Status Law concerning guardianship and preventing the practice of early or child marriage in all groups of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
137.13.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to 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
137.9.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Re-establish a de facto moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.11.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty and ultimately ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.9.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty, as a step towards its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty, restore without delay the moratorium on executions and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enshrine equality before the law for all persons within the Jordanian jurisdiction, including the amendment of the Personal Status Act to address discrimination against women in relation to inheritance, the right to work, divorce and guardianship
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Officially and publicly condemn all acts of torture and ill-treatment so that they do not remain unpunished, resorting to civilian and not to military justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt targeted measures to ensure the full implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment including by disseminating information to increase awareness among law enforcement personnel, by making sure that there is no impunity for acts of torture and by providing redress and adequate compensation to victims of torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove extenuating circumstances for "honour" killings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider withdrawing their reservations to articles 9 para. 2, and 16 para. 1(c), (d) and (g) 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 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift reservations to articles 9 and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women relating to nationality and to discrimination in family relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift the remaining reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the reservations made to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift all its reservations to 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservations to article 9 paragraph 2 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty in law and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider positively acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty and acceding to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in all places of detention, fight against impunity of perpetrators of such acts and recognize the competence of the Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to repeal all provisions discriminating against women that still persist in its domestic laws, with the aim of guaranteeing full compliance with provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the law so that it allows women married to foreigners to pass on their Jordanian nationality to their children and thus allow these children access to basic education and health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.9.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions and commute all existing death sentences for the full abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.9.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty with a view to abolishing it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
137.13.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to 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
137.9.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Following our recommendations in 2013, take the necessary measures to remove the death penalty from the Jordanian legal framework
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- UPR process
137.2.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.2.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.2.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.2.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove all exceptional conditions from legislation that allow the authorization of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
137.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal article 340 of the Criminal Code and ensure that the definition of rape meets international standards, and repeal article 10 (b) of the Personal Status Law that enables derogation from the prohibition of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
137.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate efforts to repeal all remaining discriminatory provisions to end male guardianship in marriage and protective custody, especially article 185 of the Personal Status Law, and amend article 223 of that law in order to give women and men joint guardianship of their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the Crime Prevention Act (Act No. 7 of 1954)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
137.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Personal Status Law to remove all exceptional conditions that allow the authorization and practice of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
137.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove the definition of “hate speech” from the proposed amendments to the cybercrime law and eliminate criminal penalties for defamation in the proposed amendments to be more in line with international human rights law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Racial discrimination
137.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee women equal responsibilities to their husbands in the education of their children by amending article 223 of the Personal Status Law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide a legal basis for equality between men and women by amending article 6 of the Constitution to ban explicitly discrimination based on gender, and lift its reservations to articles 9 and 16 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
137.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further advance the amendments of the Act on Public Gatherings by creating an independent bureau to receive complaints regarding meetings and gatherings that have been shut down without explanation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
137.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take immediate measures to stop mistreatment in custody; amend article 208 (2) of the Criminal Code so the definition of torture aligns with the Convention against Torture; cease trying civilians in military courts; create an independent oversight body to address allegations of abuse by security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and remove reservations to article 9
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities to the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Rescind the recent amendments to the Penal Code, Press and Publications Law and the Law of Information System Crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Press and Publications Law to promote an open and free press, including by broadening the definition of a journalist and by removing fines and the requirement for permission prior to publication, and ensuring freedom of Internet media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to strengthen the freedom and independence of the media, particularly electronic media, and consider removing the registration requirement for independent Internet sites
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Law on Societies to remove undue restrictions and facilitate the ability of civil society organizations to seek, secure and use resources, including foreign funding, in order to ensure the full enjoyment of the right to peaceful assembly and association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to foster an enabling environment for civil society, including by amending the Societies Act to remove the restrictions on the establishment of civil society organizations, eliminate the role of government in civil society organizations, including in appointing State employees to newly established civil society organizations, remove the requirement for Cabinet approval of foreign funding for civil society organizations as well as any other undue restrictions and controls by the Government on them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt laws that guarantee the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, that establish the prohibition of expulsion, return and extradition of a person to another State in case that there are well-founded reasons to believe that this person would be in danger of being subjected to torture or ill-treatment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift the reservation to Article 9(2) of the CEDAW Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility to withdraw the reservation to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with the aim of providing Jordanian women with the right to pass on the nationality to their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider making the declarations under Articles 21 and 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Citizenship and Nationality Law to enable Jordanian women to pass on their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with Jordanian men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
137.9.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Restore the moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
137.11.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility of restoring the moratorium on the death penalty and joining the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.21.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
137.21.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
137.19.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
136.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enable unrestricted access to the Internet for all members of society by ensuring cybersecurity and the safe flow of information, without violating freedom of expression or the right to privacy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Privacy
136.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Facilitate the creation and operation of civil society organizations by amending the law of societies in accordance with the requirements of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by limiting State interference, in particular restrictions on funding, and by ensuring that any such interference is exercised in an accountable and transparent way
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
136.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the labour code to align it with international labour standards, including allowing foreign workers to form and head trade unions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
137.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the 1954 Crime Prevention Act and guarantee to detainees the right to mount a legal challenge to their detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
137.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Personal Status Law to remove conditions that allow child marriage and to eliminate the recognition of legal guardians of adult women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with cooperation efforts for capacity-building of the Office of the Government Coordinator for Human Rights, representing ministries, institutions and official bodies, the Government and security forces, which has been in place since 2014
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
137.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant the same rights to women as to men in the transmission of nationality to children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
137.2.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.2.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.19.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
137.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the law on associations in order to streamline the administrative processes which restrict the activities and the funding of civil society organizations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
137.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in particular the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
137.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
137.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue full implementation of the Convention against Torture and consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the Optional Protocol to 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
137.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts for gender equality and allow Jordanian women to pass on their citizenship to their children and spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to make progress in the reform of the Criminal Code in order to abolish reduced sentences for adultery-related murders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
137.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent electoral commission, allowing for open participation of political parties and objective certification of election results
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Agree that the visit requested in 2007 by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women be carried out, and use the opportunity to organize transparent consultations with all stakeholders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended ratifying the Optional Protocol to CEDAW (OPCEDAW) and facilitating the visit of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Special procedures
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Modify or repeal discriminatory legislation, including discriminatory provisions in its Personal Status Act, Criminal Code and Nationality Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservations to CEDAW
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific 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
- Recommendation
Take further concrete steps to move quickly towards the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to enable accession to OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending articles 98 and 340 of its Criminal Code in order to abolish all kinds of legal protection for perpetrators of honour killings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended considering amendment of the Jordanian Nationality Act with respect to the right of children to a nationality, as the law currently does not allow a Jordanian mother married to a non-Jordanian man to confer her nationality to her children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- 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
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to Optional Protocols 1 and 2 to ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend practices and deficiencies in national legislation and accede to OP-CAT to prevent and punish cases of violations in this regard
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty as a way of achieving its full abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift reservations to CEDAW to ensure greater participation by women in public life, non-discrimination and effective protection against violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific 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
- Recommendation
Lift reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and adopt measures to ensure recognition of refugees and regularization of their stay, including access to basic needs and protection against exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservations to articles 9 (2), 15 (4) and 16 (1), (c), (d) and (g) of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific 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
- Recommendation
Implement all possible efforts to combat ill-treatment against foreign workers and to offer, through the Labour Code, adequate protection to all workers in Jordan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue and strengthen efforts to eliminate acts of torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- 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
- Recommendation
Actively seek to address concerns on the use of administrative detention, to review it, and ensure that current detainees have access to legal representation and to the courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to promote an open and free press where journalists may report on a full spectrum of political, social and economic issues without fear of retribution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Recommendation
Pursue its policy aiming at enshrining human rights principles into national legislation in accordance to international standards as well as to continue its constructive cooperation with international human rights mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work to enhance access to water through efficient water resources management with the support and assistance of the international community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consolidate and continue taking measures to reinforce enrollment and retention rates in secondary education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to cooperate with OHCHR and human rights mechanisms and the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts aimed at eradicating poverty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts as to ensure that MDG1 and national targets can be achieved as planned
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts as to ensure that MDG1 can be achieved for 2015, so that its population be able to fully enjoy the rights inherent to a decent and respectable life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the enlargement and going into depth of the quality of the national health system, if possible, earmarking more financial resources of the total national budget and through the training of specialised personnel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue the protection of those who convert to another religion according to international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue its efforts aimed at improving the living conditions of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the efforts to finalize the adoption of the special system for alimony loans
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to promote awareness on the social level through continuing campaigns that aim at combating all types of discrimination linked to negative cultural norms while protecting the cultural identity of the society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures aimed at the further strengthening of national human rights institutions and continue its policy of aligning national legislation with international obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to be persistent in rejecting any attempt to impose foreign values over Jordanian social principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue centring human rights educational programmes for law enforcement officers on issues of combating torture and respect for human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance ongoing efforts regarding human rights education and training for all public officials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Recommendation
Share its expertise in the field of strengthening the judicial system with other countries and continue to train judges to implement international conventions in their judgements
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility in order to align it with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- 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
- Recommendation
Limit the use and duration of administrative detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures aiming at further ensuring for the administrative detainees, duly supported by legal assistance, their right of taking proceedings before a court to challenge the lawfulness of their detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure respect of fair and equitable judicial proceedings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt further law amendments to abolish the State Security Court or, at a minimum, ensure that civilians are not tried for crimes not listed under the jurisdiction of the court and either release political activists in detention or try their cases in civilian courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- 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
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to execute the national media strategy in cooperation with all relevant partners
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to increase women's participation in political life, both in elected positions and in discretionary appointments
- 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
- Recommendation
Continue its ongoing efforts in promoting and enhancing women's political participation, including through the implementation of the national coalition this strategy for the period 2012-2017
- 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
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to ensure the empowerment of women in political and economic plans in order to reduce gender inequalities
- 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
- Recommendation
Continue its measures in fostering women's advancement, including intensifying efforts to increase the number of women in decision-making posts
- 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
- Recommendation
Adopt further measures to increase the participation of women in political life, including to serve as senior level officials in the executive and judicial branches, at the national and local levels
- 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
- Recommendation
Ensure through the Labour Code, as well as in practice, the protection of the rights of all workers in Jordan, regardless of their origin
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise current labour laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access for persons with disabilities to public facilities, including schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the use of electronic monitoring systems in centres and institutions that provide social care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen in the field the rights of persons with disabilities despite difficulties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in requesting support to intensify the abilities of Jordan to respond to the needs of Syrian refugees who are present on Jordanian territory
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue national efforts in granting humanitarian aid to the Syrian refugees with the support of the international community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure access to water by improving water services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to undertake measures to eliminate poverty and combat unemployment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to improve access to quality education for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation protecting women with mental disabilities from forced sterilization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures towards the full realization of the national strategy for the protection of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with efforts to raise the living standards of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further intensify its efforts to raise the living standards of persons with disabilities, in particular to support their right to social inclusion and self-reliance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
136.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Define in law the crime of torture in accordance with article 1 of the Convention against Torture, with appropriate punishment attached to it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
136.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend laws that impede freedom of expression and information
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
135.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to follow up on the implementation of the Comprehensive National Human Rights Plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
136.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Form a committee of independent experts to consider amendments to media-related legislation and institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
136.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to prevent torture, including by reviewing the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
135.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working on the effective implementation of the Comprehensive National Human Rights Plan until 2025, with the broad participation of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
135.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the legal framework for the protection of women against domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
135.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Proceed with implementation of the executive plan on raising awareness of the principles of the rule of law, equality and citizenship
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
135.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing human rights educational programmes for law enforcement officers on the issue of combating torture and on respect for human rights, and ensure that all allegations of torture are promptly, thoroughly and independently investigated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
135.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recognize the important work of human rights defenders facing discrimination or marginalization and ensure effective protection against the threats and violence they face
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Other
135.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the practice of consulting with civil society on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Right to development
135.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up specialized training for judges
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
135.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Encourage labour-intensive production sectors to alleviate unemployment and create more job opportunities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to development
135.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote specialization in the legal profession and its institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
135.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the criminal procedures to guarantee that a detained person is medically assessed before admission to a detention centre
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
135.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue measures to ensure appropriate representation of women in political life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
135.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement all measures to prevent any and all violence against women and girls and bring the perpetrators of such violence to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
135.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat violence against women and to ensure gender parity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
135.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a mechanism to implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Women's rights
135.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include sections on women’s rights and gender equality in the curriculum at all levels of education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Women's rights
135.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to protect women and girls from violence and discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
135.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue active efforts in the area of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
135.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue implementing the system of aftercare for juveniles to ensure that there is no return to or repetition of offending
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Rights of the Child
135.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts aimed at ending and discouraging child labour, including enactment and enforcement of legislation on the minimum age for employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
135.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop legal mechanisms to protect children and continue efforts to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
135.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to raise awareness to prevent child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
135.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce more effective measures to tackle the issue of early and forced marriage, especially among refugee communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
135.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase measures to ensure that all refugee children have access to education and ensure the protection of refugee children from labour exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
135.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue focusing on the situation of the less fortunate groups of the Dom community and facilitate their access to services and contribute to the improvement of their living conditions and their integration in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
135.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening its efforts in the promotion and protection of the rights of elderly persons and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Actively seek support in technical assistance and capacity-building to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2017
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to improve the living standards and conditions of persons with disabilities, especially children with disabilities, to ensure that their basic needs are met
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
135.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take measures to improve access for persons with disabilities to public facilities and to create modes of transport for use by persons with disabilities, and continue its sincere quest to consolidate the human rights system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the implementation of necessary measures for disabled students by creating accessible conditions in educational institutions in order to achieve greater inclusion in Jordanian society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
135.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote the organization of programmes to enhance the independence of persons with special needs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to promote the participation and empowerment of persons with disabilities in the labour market by amending legislation and creating an appropriate working environment for them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
135.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to combat violence, abuse and neglect of persons with psychosocial disabilities and mental health conditions, in particular those living in “shelters”, and respect their autonomy and free and informed consent while promoting their inclusion in the community and combating institutionalization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
135.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the provisions of the new law to improve the living conditions of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.126
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue measures aimed at improving the situation of people with disabilities, in particular on their social inclusion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
135.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement measures to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities, particularly in educational institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
135.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to enact labour legislation that protects migrants and governs the work of employment agencies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
135.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legal protection for migrant workers by increasing labour inspections and public sector training, prosecuting employers who confiscate employees’ passports and bringing penalties for sex trafficking crimes into line with other serious crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish all protection and impunity for perpetrators of honour killings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
That the Government and responsible authorities fully investigate all cases and reports on torture in a prompt, transparent and independent manner and bring to justice those responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a shelter system for victims of domestic violence and undertaking public awareness campaigns against domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation in order that violence against women constitutes a criminal offence, that women and girls who are victims of violence have access to immediate means of redress and protection, and that perpetrators are prosecuted and punished
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific 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
- Recommendation
Submit periodic reports, which have suffered some delays, to treaty bodies, and seek technical assistance from the OHCHR in this regard if deemed necessary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake efforts aimed at protecting the rights of foreign workers and prohibiting abuses that might be practiced against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Support the more effective implementation of provisions of CAT and submit its pending reports to CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
That the Complaints and Human Rights Office of the Public Security Directorate and the National Centre for Human Rights work closely together to monitor the strict application of the rule of law for detainees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to integrate into domestic legislation the provisions of the human rights treaties which it has ratified
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to integrate national procedures with acceptable international human rights mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend relevant national laws and regulations by 1 October 2014, as stipulated in the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Initiate a process of revision of the Penal Code and laws on publications which includes civil society and international experts and is based on international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Penal Code and relevant legislation to end impunity for torture and ensure victims' right to justice and to compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts on alignment of national legislations and international standards and good practices of human rights, especially those on civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fast-track the issuance of newly proposed laws such as the child rights law, and the laws regulating centres and institutions for disabled persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review all executive laws relevant to juveniles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislation protecting women and girls from forced or underage marriage and strengthen its penal code regarding rape, in particular by removing article 308 and amending the Penal Code to remove the exemption of those accused of honour crimes from prosecution, and strengthen the enforcement of this legislation, particularly in refugee camps
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the inclusion of all parts of the society in the drafting of laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in the promotion and protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue building the national human rights institutional framework and ensure its effective functioning
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide the Jordanian National Centre for Human Rights and other relevant institutions with adequate human, technical and financial resources so that they can properly fulfil their mandate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to strengthen the role of its national mechanisms and institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country, particularly those of women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights