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support the more effective implementation of provisions of CAT, it recommended Jordan (c)
submit its pending reports to the Commiittee against Torture, (d) accede to OP-CAT and
establish its national preventive mechanism accordingly. Regarding the possibility that, when
under threat of violence or honour killing, women may be put in “protective custody”, it
recommended Jordan (e) review this practice and increase the capacity of existing or establish
other efficient protective mechanisms for women at risk of violence that do not victimize them
and ensure strict punishment of perpetrators of any such violence. The Czech Republic asked
about the procedure for domesticating international obligations, including those regarding
freedom of opinion and expression and protection of free media. It recommended that Jordan (f)
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.
83.
Bosnia and Herzegovina hoped Jordan would make additional efforts to increase
cooperation with treaty bodies and other mechanisms. It asked about steps to enact a
comprehensive gender equality law, as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, and about steps to enact legislation on violence against women
and girls. It also asked about success in protecting and providing assistance to children and
young people victims of sexual exploitation or trafficking and whether Jordan intended to
abolish the death penalty and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (OP-ICCPR).
84.
Albania noted the progress in the area of education and commended the steps to increase
the rate of employment of women, especially the strategies to support female employment in
remote areas. Albania recommended continuing to improve the legislation aimed at prohibiting
all forms of torture and in particular to strengthen measures to protect the rights of detainees.
85.
Afghanistan appreciated efforts to ensure transparency and accountability by welcoming
local and international human rights groups to investigate allegations of human rights abuses and
publish their findings. It noted active supporters of human rights from civil society and that the
Government works to ensure equity and justice and to monitor the protection of rights.
Afghanistan recommended Jordan (a) further implement the national strategy for persons with
disabilities; (b) strengthen the implementation of the National Plan of Action for Children 20042013; (c) increase awareness, including through public campaigns, of human rights and
fundamental freedoms; (c) to continue to provide, improve and enhance human rights education
and training programmes, including the holding of workshops and seminars for the judiciary, law
enforcement personnel and lawyers; (d) maintain support for the National Council and
Institutions charged with the promotion and protection of human rights.
86.
The Jordanian delegation said Jordan is party to 7 of 8 ILO fundamental Conventions and
has also ratified 24 international agreements. Labour laws are guaranteed regardless of workers’
gender, origins or nationalities. Jordan has been taking certain steps to protect the right of
migrant workers, including agricultural and domestic workers, and to ensure that they are treated
in line with international standards. All workers can currently enjoy the benefit of social security
in Jordan. Moreover, Jordan is committed to putting in place the ILO decent work programmes,
which protect rights of migrant workers. Jordan has also signed with several States sending
migrant workers a Memorandum of Understanding on wider protection for such workers.
87.
The Government provides for emergency assistance through social services and a specific
body, the National Assistance Fund, to the families of persons are in protective custody, whose
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