Seminar to discuss universal periodic review of human rights Organized by the Jordanian Network for Human Rights in cooperation with the Association of Arab Women
The Jordanian Network for Human Rights in cooperation with the Arab Women’s Association, hosted the fourth symposium on Saturday, October 20, 2018, entitled “Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Jordan”. It was held in the Assembly Hall. A group of women activists and representatives from civil society organizations participated in the seminar.
The seminar discussed the role of the Arab Women’s Association and other Jordanian human right organizations in producing and presenting the official reports to the third session of the UPR.
In Karama Coalition’s final report, a great emphasis was placed on the issue Jordanian children face in obtaining the right to the nationality of their mothers.
In its report to the Human Rights Council, the Arab Women’s Association called on Jordan to implement the decision of civil rights in the interest of Jordanian children and citizens.
Attorney Fatima Dabbas, President of the Jordanian Association for Human Rights, presented her research and led a discussion about the reality of women human rights defenders. Dabbas discussed the role of civil society organization, their alliances, and their reports on torture cases found in the 2018 Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Jordan.
Dr. Nizam Assaf, director of the Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, concluded the seminar with a presentation about the organization’s third report on the death penalty to the Universal Periodic Review. ACHRS has created a new mechanism in its recommendations to the Jordanian government for gradually abolishing the articles that allow the death penalty to override the right to life. ACHRS has led the civil society organizations in the first-ever new mechanism it proposed in 2007 followed by another mechanism published by the Universal Periodic Review in 2009.
The Jordanian Network for Human Rights was established in Jordan on 12/5/2018. After three months of discussions, the Network’s statute, coalition, and human rights network was formed by a group of ten Jordanian NGOs.
