A/HRC/11/L.10 page 168 685. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies commended Jordan for its decision to lift its reservation to article 15 (4) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It was concerned about the situation of women, domestic violence and the prevalence of honour crimes, and urged Jordan to consider amending its penal code to ensure that perpetrators of honour crimes would be brought to justice, and to consider withdrawing its remaining reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and ratifying the Optional Protocol thereto. It asked Jordan to review its nationality law to allow Jordanian mothers married to non-Jordanians to pass on their nationality to their children and to lift all its reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It also asked Jordan to revise its recent law on societies and to accede to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It welcomed Jordan’s commitment to respond to the request for a visit by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and requested that Jordan consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and set up an independent national mechanism for oversight in places of detention. 4. Concluding remarks of the State under review 686. Jordan believed that the review had offered a comprehensive and objective assessment of the human rights situation in the country. Despite the wide range of challenges at the national and regional levels, the Government was determined to follow up the recommendations effectively and to report on their implementation. Malaysia 687. The review of Malaysia was held on 11 February 2009 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Malaysia in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/MYS/1); (b) The compilation prepared by the OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/MYS/2); (c) The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/MYS/3).

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