32 OTHMAN (ABU QATADA) v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT IV. HUMAN RIGHTS IN JORDAN A. United Nations reports 1. The Human Rights Council 106. The United Nations Human Rights Council the Working Group on Jordan’s Universal Periodic Review delivered its report on 3 March 2009 (A/HRC/11/29). The report noted Jordan’s acceptance of certain recommendations geared towards eradicating torture. Following the report, Human Rights Watch welcomed Jordan’s satisfaction at the “constant review” of its human rights standards but found Jordan’s rejection of some important recommendations geared towards eradicating torture to be “deeply disappointing”. The organisation called on Jordan to implement quickly recommendations to set up independent complaints mechanisms, allow unannounced prison visits and abolish the Police Courts, which were composed of police officers who heard allegations of torture against fellow officers. Similar recommendations were made by the United Kingdom Government in their statement to the Human Rights Council. 2. The Committee Against Torture 107. The United Nations Committee Against Torture, in its concluding observations on Jordan of 25 May 2010, welcomed Jordan’s ongoing reform efforts, which included the establishment of the National Centre for Human Rights, an independent Ombudsman to receive complaints and a comprehensive plan for the modernisation of detention facilities. However, it was also deeply concerned by the “numerous, consistent and credible allegations of a widespread and routine practice of torture and ill-treatment of detainees in detention facilities, including facilities under the control of the General Intelligence Directorate”. It also found a “climate of impunity” and an absence of proper criminal prosecutions for perpetrators. The Committee also expressed its concern at the limited number of investigations into allegations of torture and its serious concern at the lack of fundamental legal safeguards for detainees and the overuse of administrative detention, which placed detainees beyond judicial control. The Committee also recommended that the GID be placed under civilian authority, given that it continued to detain suspects arbitrarily and incommunicado and to deprive detainees of access to judges, lawyers or doctors. The Committee was also gravely concerned by the special court system in Jordan, which included the State Security Court, where military and security personnel alleged to be responsible for human rights violations were reportedly shielded from legal accountability and where procedures