Dissemination of information relating to the Covenant (art. 2) 25- The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was published in the Official Gazette on 15/6/2006. Recommendations: 1. Activate the implementation of the ICCPR in the Jordanian courts. This requires raising awareness among judges, lawyers and citizens to ensure the primacy of the Covenant over national laws and their applicability and enforceability within the domestic legal framework. 2. Amending Article (101) of the Jordanian Constitution so as to ensure that civilians are tried solely by civilian courts. 3. Making the necessary legal amendments to ensure that torture is considered a criminal offense, and the independence of the investigating authorities and prosecution bodies by granting regular courts the subject matter jurisdiction (competence ratione materiae) to consider cases of torture, in order to ensure that torture crime perpetrators are prosecuted and convicted and the compensation of victims comprehensively as set forth in Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 4. The establishment rehabilitation centers for victims of torture . 5. Abolishing the solitary confinement penalty stipulated in Article (38) of the Reform and Rehabilitation Centers Law No. 9 of 2004. 6. Reviewing the legislation containing provisions that contravene the provisions of the Constitution and the general principles of the right to a fair trial in order to ensure its conformity with the international conventions ratified by Jordan and published in the Official Gazette. The most prominent of these legislations are the State Security Court Law, the Prevention of Terrorism Law, the Prevention of Crimes Law, the Domanial Money Collection Law, and the Economic Crimes Law . 7. Ratifying the 1st and 2nd Optional Protocols to the ICCPR. 8. Ratifying the OPCAT 2006. 9. Lifting of the reservations to article 9, paragraph 2 of CEDAW, in line with Article (6) of the Constitution. 10. Abolishing the Crimes Prevention Law / or cancelling the power to arrest and detain vested in local governors, and lie this power solely in the judiciary. To this end, the Center recommends making amendments to some of the provisions of the said law, which have already been mentioned in its previous reports. 11. Adopting legislations that explicitly provide for the right of individuals to reparation for arbitrary and unjustified detention. 12. Establishing a judicial record in the Ministry of Justice based on final judicial decisions, rather than relying on the criminal records at the security departments. 24