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Committee is also concerned at the lack of information on any officials who may have been
prosecuted and punished for extracting such confessions (art. 15).
The State party should take the necessary steps to ensure inadmissibility in court of
confessions obtained as a result of torture in all cases in line with the provisions of
article 15 of the Convention. The Committee requests the State party to firmly
prohibit admissibility of evidence obtained as a result of torture in any proceedings,
and provide information on whether any officials have been prosecuted and punished
for extracting such confessions.
Women migrant domestic workers
31.
The Committee notes the establishment, in 2006, of the Directorate of Domestic
Workers, to monitor and regulate the practices of employment agencies. However, it
expresses its concern at reports referring to widespread abuse of women migrant domestic
workers, of which the vast majority is from South and South-East Asia, and against whom
physical, psychological and sexual abuse is common (arts. 13 and 16).
The State party should strengthen its measures to prevent violence and abuse directed
against women migrant domestic workers in the State party by ensuring their right to
lodge complaints against those responsible, and by ensuring that such cases are
reviewed and adjudicated in a prompt and impartial manner by a competent
oversight mechanism and that all employers and representatives of employment
agencies who abuse migrant domestic workers are brought to justice.
32.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Optional
Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment.
33.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
34.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the core United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
35.
The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance
with the requirements of the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on
reporting, as approved by the international human rights treaty bodies and contained in
document HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6.
36.
The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by Jordan
to the Committee and these concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
37.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on
its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 10, 11, 18 and
31 above.
38.
The State party is invited to submit its third periodic report by 14 May 2014.
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