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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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