AMMAN — The director of the
Human Rights Unit at the
Prime Minister's Office, Khalil Al-Abdallat, held a meeting today, Sunday, as part of
a series of consultations held by the government to prepare the national report
within the framework of the fourth Universal Periodic Review for
Human Rights, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
A summary of the recommendations of the Universal Periodic
Review was presented, which addressed enhancing the role of the
National Center for Human Rights and building its capabilities.
He clarified that the government, in cooperation with the
National Center, worked on preparing the Comprehensive National Plan for Human
Rights 2016–2025, and the center undertook the task of consulting with various
active sectors from
civil society institutions, the government, and national
institutions to include the community vision in the plan's themes and
sub-goals, and to work on its implementation.
He pointed out that since its inception the center has been
in compliance with the Paris Principles for
National Human Rights Institutions.
Steady progress
Abdallat added that the Jordanian state has presented the
state of human rights annually for three consecutive sessions, where 226
recommendations were directed in the third report in 2018, and 149
recommendations were approved by the Jordanian state, which is concerned with
implementing them continuously and in partnership with various relevant
entities, including the National Center for Human Rights and civil society
institutions.
Jordan has obtained category (A) for all three sessions,
indicating its steady progress in the right direction in supporting and
improving the human rights situation in Jordan, Abdallat added.
The Chairwoman of the center's Board of Trustees, Samar Al
Haj Hassan, pointed out that Jordan has witnessed a set of positive
developments in the past four years in order to upgrade the reality of human
rights, such as updating the Comprehensive
Annual Plan for Human Rights (2016-2025), forming the Royal Committee to update the political system in
2021, launching the Economic Update Vision 2022-2032, launching the roadmap to
update the sector for 2022, enacting
constitutional amendments for 2022, and a
package of legislation regulating political life for 2022.
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