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31 March 2020
JORDAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
April 2004
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Title:
Jordanie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
18 August 2016
Title:
Jordan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
21 August 2019
Accessed Date:
26 August 2019
Title:
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 April 2019
Accessed Date:
9 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
20 March 2020
Title:
Jordan: Human Rights in The Middle East and North Africa: Review Of 2018
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
26 February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1: Jordan.
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/JOR/1
Date of Document:
23 August 2018
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Compilation on Jordan.
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/JOR/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Jordan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/JOR/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law No. 6 of 1954 on Nationality (last amended 1987)
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; indigenous groups; legislation; nationality
Title:
Residence status of non-Jordanian citizens who hold an 'Identification Card for Sons of Jordanian Women,' including renewal of residency status, access to education, health care, and other services; requirements and procedures to obtain the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2018
Accessed Date:
20 August 2019
Title:
Palestinians and Jordanian citizenship
Source:
Middle East Monitor
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; international guidance note; legal system; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Whether the Jordanian Civil Status and Passports Department issues letters detailing an individual's citizenship status in Jordan; information on the requirements and procedures to obtain such a document, including by a third party and from...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2017
Title:
Availability of permanent residence for foreign investors and business owners, including rights for those individuals (2015-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 November 2016
Accessed Date:
23 August 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining medical reports, particularly after being treated for an injury, including who can obtain them and whether they can be obtained from abroad (2013-November 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2017
Title:
Securing Status: Syrian refugees and the documentation of legal status, identity, and family relationships in Jordan
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council and International Huma Rights Clinic
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Palestine and Jordan: Passports issued to stateless Palestinians by the government of Jordan, including procedures, entitlements, differences between Jordanian passports issued to Jordanian nationals and those issued to stateless Palestinians...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2015
Accessed Date:
20 November 2015
Title:
Treatment of Non-Citizen Children of Jordanian Mothers
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 April 2018
Accessed Date:
3 August 2018
Title:
Jordan and Palestine: Whether the acquisition of a Palestinian Authority passport or an Egyptian travel document by stateless Palestinians, including those who were born in Jordan, leads to the loss of the right to Jordanian citizenship or ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Jordan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan and Hungary: The right to Jordanian nationality of a person born in Hungary to a Jordanian father; procedure to recognize Jordanian nationality (2014-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 June 2016
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; crime; family law; freedom of movement; identity documents; legal system; legislation; marriage
Title:
Jordan and Palestine: Whether a Jordanian citizen, who is married to a stateless Palestinian from East Jerusalem, can sponsor the Palestinian spouse to live in Jordan or in the West Bank; procedures and requirements (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Jordan: Small Step for Non-Citizen Children
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 October 2018
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Election for Majlis Al-Ayan (Jordanian Senate) of 20 September 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
6 July 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Jordan.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
3 August 2018
Title:
Takeaways From Jordan's Elections
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
30 September 2016
Accessed Date:
6 July 2017
Title:
Final Report of the EU Election Observation Mission to Jordan 2016
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
13 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 July 2017
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
19 March 2018
Accessed Date:
3 August 2018
Title:
Civic Freedom Monitor: Jordan
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
14 February 2019
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
A Study on Child Marriage in Jordan
Source:
Higher Population Council – Jordan
Accessed Date:
22 August 2018
Title:
Jordan: Parliament Passes Human Rights Reforms
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Jordan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
9 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur trafficking in persons, especially women and children, on her mission to Jordan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; humanitarian situation; legislation; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Jordan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Jordan Gender Justice & The Law
Source:
United Nations Development Programme
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan and United Arab Emirates: Information on divorce, including requirements and procedures for husbands to initiate and complete the divorce; whether the third divorce is considered final (2015-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 September 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2018
Title:
Types of marriage certificates, including issuing authorities, signatories, and content; instances when more than one type of marriage certificate is issued to the same couple (2009-May 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Jordan and the United Arab Emirates: Treatment of divorced women, including those living with their ex-husband, by family members and society; information on honour-based violence, including state protection (2015-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 September 2017
Accessed Date:
26 April 2018
Title:
Tribal Dispute Resolution and Women's Access to Justice in Jordan
Source:
West Asia-North Africa Institute
Date of Document:
22 June 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services; tribes/clans
Title:
Activism and Resilience: Lgbtq Progress in The Middle East and North Africa Case Studies From Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia
Source:
Outright Action International
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Jordan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 April 2019
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. The National Integrity System (NIS).
Source:
Transparency International. Rasheed for Integrity and Transparency.
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Tribal law, including whether it allows murder as revenge; whether tribal law overrides the legal justice system, as well as areas it is applied; government protection (1988-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 May 2013
Accessed Date:
28 August 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gender-based violence; honour crimes; legislation; marriage; sexual violence; tribes/clans
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Jordan
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
29 January 2016
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
Title:
Justice Needs and Satisfaction in Jordan 2017
Source:
Hague Institute for Innovation of Law
Date of Document:
13 October 2017
Accessed Date:
3 August 2018
Title:
Shouting Through the Walls: Discriminatory Torture and Ill-Treatment: Case Studies From Jordan.
Source:
Equal Rights Trust; Mizan for Law
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Jordan. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
20 December 2018
Title:
Assessment of Media Legislation in Jordan
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Title:
Assessment Report. The status of Women journalists at Jordan's media institutions.
Source:
International Media Support
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Jordan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
Title:
Situation and treatment of atheists; whether someone who is born Muslim but does not practice Islam and considers himself or herself to be atheist faces discrimination or ill-treatment by state authorities or society
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 June 2010
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
family law; freedom of expression; legal system; legislation; minorities; religion
Title:
Situation and treatment of Christians; state protection and support services available (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legislation; religion; social services
Title:
Jordan. Overview Of Muslim Family Laws & Practices.
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Jordan. DFAT Thematic Report: Palestinians in Jordan and Lebanon.
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
2 March 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2017
Title:
Rights and obligations of Palestinians living in Jordan without Jordanian citizenship, not including Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria since 2011, including employment, mobility and access to social services (2013-May 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 May 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; family law; identity documents; labour; legislation; minorities; nationality; race; social services
Title:
The living conditions of Syrian refugees in Jordan
Source:
Fafo Research Foundation
Author:
Åge A. Tiltnes, Huafeng Zhang and Jon Pedersen
Accessed Date:
15 August 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic reports of Jordan
Code:
CERD/C/JOR/CO/18-20
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
26 December 2017
Accessed Date:
3 August 2018
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Migration Profile: Jordan
Source:
European University Institute. Migration Policy Centre.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Author:
Françoise De Bel-Air
Accessed Date:
7 July 2017
Title:
Jordan: Country Reports. Displaced And Disconnected.
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Accessed Date:
12 August 2019
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 August 2019:
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/jordan/
Accessed Date:
20 March 2019
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