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the substance of the rights adopted by the Constitution or affects their
fundamentals.
Affirming the independence of the judiciary and guaranteeing the right to a fair
trial through: to stipulate the establishment of a constitutional court that has the
jurisdiction to consider the interpretation of the Constitution provisions and
monitoring the constitutionality of legislations and regulations in force. In addition
to providing from the independence of the Judicial Council, which considers all
matters related to civil judges, and the formation of the administrative court on two
degrees of litigation.
To implement the constitutional amendments for 2011, a package of legislations has
been modified; including laws related political parties, the election laws and the
public gatherings law, as well as the adoption of a set of laws which will hopefully
contribute effectively protect and promote human rights. the most important of
which are as follows:
The Constitutional Court Law No. (15) for the year 2012.
The Independent Commission for Elections Law No. (11) for the year 2012.
The Independence of the Judiciary Law No. (29) for the year 2014.
The Administrative Justice Law No. (24) for the year 2014.
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The Jordanian state took, during the past two years under the direct directive of His
Majesty the King, two significant steps towards the promotion of human rights in the
Kingdom, namely:
In 2014, the JNCHR adopted the action plan for the promotion and the dissemination of the
human rights culture. The plan was prepared in 2013 at the suggestion of His Majesty the
King when he received JNCHR’s 9th Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights in
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, whose main recommendations included developing
national plan for the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as another plan for
teaching and integrating the culture of human rights into educational institutions at the
school and university levels.
A National plan for the dissemination of the culture of human rights.
. This plan was elaborated during 2012 and the early months of 2013 following wideranging consultations with governmental agencies, CSOs, and educational institutions,
especially universities. The National Plan for Disseminating the Culture of Human Rights
covers the following six objectives, coupled with clear time-frames:
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