Recommendation (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) Situation during visit (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (to be found in A/HRC/7/3/Add.2, Information received in the reporting A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2) period - The NCHR receives complaints concerning human rights violations. The Centre monitors human rights situation and any violation of public freedoms by official bodies. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 153 Non-governmental source: Detainees may file complaints to the NCHR during their visits to detention centres, through their families or the existing hotline. - In April 2009, the NCHR and the PSD signed a Memorandum of Understanding for further cooperation in the field of human rights, including the strengthening of the monitoring role of the NCHR. - The CRC Department at the PSD established a hotline for detainees to file complaints. (f) The right to legal counsel be The CCP provided that, in the Government: A memorandum of understanding legally guaranteed from the period following the arrest and was signed with Jordan Bar Association. moment of arrest. before being presented to the Non-governmental sources: In July 2009, the Bar Public Prosecutor, legal Association signed a Memorandum of counsel could not be sought. Understanding with the PSD to allow lawyers to be present during the investigation period. (g) The power to order or approve Security services were The discussion regarding separation of the two arrest and supervision of the police effectively shielded from authorities was ongoing. and detention facilities of the independent criminal prosecutors be transferred to prosecution and judicial independent courts. scrutiny as abuses by officials of those services were dealt with by a special court system, which lacked independence and impartiality. (h) All detainees be effectively Articles121 to 129 CCP guaranteed the ability to challenge guaranteed the right to habeas the lawfulness of the detention corpus. They also held that a before an independent court, e.g. detainee could challenge a through habeas corpus detention order and any