A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 50 Jordan Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in the report of his visit to Jordan in June 2006 (A/HRC/4/33/Add.3, paras. 72-73). 16. By letter dated 4 December 2008, the Special Rapporteur sent the following table to the Government of Jordan, requesting information and comments on follow-up measures taken with regard to implementing his recommendations. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government has not provided input. He looks forward to receiving information on Jordan’s endeavour to follow-up to his recommendations and reaffirms that he stands ready to assist in any efforts to prevent and combat torture and ill-treatment. 17. While commending the incorporation of a definition of torture in accordance with article 4 of the Convention against Torture, the Special Rapporteur regrets that he has not been provided with statistics on prosecutions of perpetrators of torture under the amended article of the Penal Code. Similarly, the Special Rapporteur has not received any information on compensation rewarded to victims of torture. 18. Furthermore, he was not informed of any steps taken with regard to the abolition of the special court system or the strengthening of legal safeguards against torture and ill-treatment, such as the right to access to legal counsel from the moment of arrest. 19. Finally, the Special Rapporteur wishes to reiterate his earlier recommendation to the Government of Jordan to consider ratifying the OPCAT and establishing a National Preventive Mechanism.