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31 March 2017
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:
16 August 2016
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
27 January 2016
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Social Protection and Safety Nets in Jordan
Source:
Institute of Development Studies; Centre for Social Protection; World Food Programme
Date of Document:
December 2015
Author:
Ghaith Zureiqat; Hadeel Abu Shama
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; conflict; country overview; freedom of expression; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; map; political activities; political organizations; social services; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Jordan. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; identity documents; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; nationality; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political prisoners; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Jordan. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; human rights activists; identity documents; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; nationality; police/security forces complaints; political prisoners; statistics; torture
Title:
Jordan. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; conflict; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in Jordan. Progress in 2014 and recommendations for actions.
Source:
European Union. European Commission.
Date of Document:
25 March 2015
Accessed Date:
7 August 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; penal system; political activities; political organizations; rejected asylum seekers; religion; social services; torture; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Jordan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
6 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; election; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; political activities
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:
Whether a person of Palestinian origin who lives in Jordan can return to Palestine and obtain a Palestinian passport
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 December 2010
Accessed Date:
26 August 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; nationality
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 acquisition of a Palestinian Authority (PA) passport leads to the loss of rights to Jordanian citizenship; whether this acquisition has any other impact on entitlements (2004 - March 2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 May 2006
Accessed Date:
23 November 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; labour; marriage
Title:
Whether there have been any recent changes to rules or laws related to Jordanian citizenship or status (or protection) for Palestinians; in particular, whether authorities in Jordan are able to automatically revoke the citizenship of Palestinians who..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 August 2008
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; nationality
Title:
Temporary residency status given to Palestinians, including validity, expiration and whether it is renewable; procedures for renewing temporary residency status; whether notification is given that status is not being renewed
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2008
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; minorities; nationality
Title:
Whether the government of Jordan would allow a Palestinian to enter Jordan and establish residency if the individual had a temporary passport but no temporary residency status
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2008
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents; legislation; minorities; nationality
Title:
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; passports issued to Palestinians by the Palestinian Authority, including requirements and procedures, and entitlements
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2015
Accessed Date:
20 November 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2010
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; government corruption; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; nationality; social services
Title:
Jordanian progeny gain ground in nationality fight
Date of Document:
5 May 2015
Accessed Date:
7 August 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; gender equality; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; social services
Title:
Jordan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
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:
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:
Mapping the Legal Obstacles Palestinians Face in Jordan
Source:
Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD)-Legal Aid
Date of Document:
May 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; country overview; identity documents; international guidance note; statistics
Title:
The Status of Palestinians in Jordan and the Anomaly of Holding a Jordanian Passport
Source:
Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; document fraud; freedom of expression; identity documents; nationality; social services; statistics
Title:
Registering Rights: Syrian refugees and the documentation of births, marriages, and deaths in Jordan
Source:
International Human Rights Clinic; Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; conflict; family law; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; internal displacement; legislation; nationality
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Jordan's 2013 Elections: A Further Boost for Tribes
Source:
NOREF Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre
Date of Document:
March 2013
Author:
Mona Christophersen
Accessed Date:
26 August 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; gender equality; government corruption; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; tribes/clans
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Jordan Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; citizenship; conflict; country overview; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; legislation; nationality; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; state surveillance; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Risk to men, who have been accused by relatives of a girl, of engaging in an illicit affair, and threatened with death; protection available to such men; examples of cases in which men have been 'honour-killed'
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2004
Accessed Date:
21 March 2013
Keywords:
honour crimes; religion
Title:
Addendum. Information provided by Jordan in follow-up to the concluding observations. Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Jordan.
Code:
CEDAW/C/JOR/CO/5/Add.1
Date of Document:
2 December 2014
Accessed Date:
7 August 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; honour crimes; judicial efficacy; legislation; political activities
Title:
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Jordan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
23 March 2012
Accessed Date:
26 August 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; police efficacy; political activities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
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 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
7 August 2015
Keywords:
children; disappeared persons; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Family Protection Law No. 6 of Jordan (2008)
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
children; family law; legislation
Title:
Belief that Honour Killings Are “Justified” Still Prevalent Among Jordan's Next Generation, Study Shows
Source:
University of Cambridge
Date of Document:
20 June 2013
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; honour crimes; marriage
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:
Strengthening the Jordanian Justice Sector's Response to Cases of Violence Against Women
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Date of Document:
August 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
Title:
Tribal Dispute Resolution and Women's Access to Justice in Jordan
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:
Little protection for gays in Jordan
Date of Document:
12 August 2014
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; sexual minorities; tribes/clans
Title:
Jordan's LGBT Community Fears Greater Intolerance
Source:
Inter Press Service
Date of Document:
31 August 2014
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; honour crimes; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; tribes/clans
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Jordan (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Jordan. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2016
Keywords:
crime; freedom of assembly; police efficacy; police/security forces; transport infrastructure
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
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Jordan: Investigate Police Violence Against Protesters
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 April 2014
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Jordan. Freedom of the Press 2015.
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Assessment of Media Legislation in Jordan
Source:
European Union. MedMedia.
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Jordan's Online Media Freedom at Stake: 2015 IPI Press Freedom Mission to Jordan
Source:
International Press Institute
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Jordan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
18 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion
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:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt. Addendum. Mission to Jordan.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
27 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; nationality; religion
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Treatment of Palestinians by the government and its agents (2005-2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 February 2007
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; election; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; minorities; nationality; torture
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:
Not Welcome. Jordan's Treatment of Palestinians Escaping Syria.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
May 2014
Accessed Date:
22 August 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; identity documents; nationality; rejected asylum seekers
Title:
Jordan's East Banker-Palestinian Schism
Source:
NOREF Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre
Date of Document:
April 2013
Author:
Lamis El Muhtaseb
Accessed Date:
26 August 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; corruption; ethnic and national groups; nationality; political activities; social services; tribes/clans
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
The treatment of failed refugee claimants who are returned to Jordan, persons who have exited the country illegally or persons whose permission to leave has expired; whether there is a distinction made between citizens of Jordan, stateless..
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 August 2008
Accessed Date:
18 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; freedom of movement; identity documents; minorities; rejected asylum seekers
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 31 August 2016:
Title:
Jordan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=252931
Accessed Date:
19 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
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