Para.
Paragraph
No.
1
Persons with disabilities are free to take
decisions
independently,
including
decisions relating to access to justice.
2
Persons with disabilities enjoy personal
freedom without deprivation of or
intervention by anyone.
3
Persons with disabilities may resort to
legal entities just like others.
4
Persons with disabilities enjoy legal
protection exactly just like others.
Agree
Disagree
73.7%
Not
sure
9.3%
12.6%
Missing
Value
4.4%
64.4%
15.3%
15.3%
4.9%
73.7%
12.0%
6.6%
7.7%
77.2%
10.4%
10.9%
5.5%
Table (1)
It is clear from the above table that the person with a disability enjoys a high
degree of freedom on the right of access to justice, as it was found that the
highest positive trend was for paragraph (1), which indicated that a person
with a disability is able to take personal decisions independently, including
decisions relating to access to justice. The reason behind the higher
percentage of answers, amounting to 73.7%, to paragraph (3) is the
awareness of persons with disabilities of their legal rights guaranteed to
them by law and international standards, and that no discrimination between
a person with a disability and others in terms of access to legal entities.
In this connection, the following observations were recorded:
1. Each person, with a disability or not and whether a Jordanian or
residing on the territory of Jordan, has the right to litigation.
2. Pursuant to the provisions of the law, this right is preserved in
Jordanian courts by using sign language interpreters with cases of
hearing disabilities, when one of the litigants or witnesses suffers
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