The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) | Shadow report Right to physical and mental health 57. The Committee is concerned about the general inadequacy of funding for and the persistent disparities in access to public health-care services in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Committee is also concerned about reports of inadequate mental health care, including for women and children who are victims of domestic violence (art. 12). 58. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all measures necessary to improve its health-care services and guarantee the enjoyment of the right to good-quality and affordable health care to all persons throughout the State party; (b) Earmark funding to improve mental health-care services at both the preventive and the curative levels, including for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. 59. In this regard, the Committee recalls its general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health. 60. The Committee is concerned about the highly restrictive legal framework for legal access to abortion, which subjects both doctors and patients to criminal prosecution under articles 321, 322 and 324 of the Jordanian Criminal Code of 1960, as incorporated by the State party, and which also results in unsafe abortions (art. 12). 61. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a)Amend parts of the domestic legal and institutional framework, including articles 321, 322 and 324 of the Jordanian Criminal Code of 1960, as incorporated by the State party, to ensure that women and girls who undergo abortions and the doctors or others who attend to them are not subject to criminal penalties, as also recommended by the Human RightsCommittee;30 (b) Duly takes into consideration the World Health Organization Abortion Care Guideline.31 62. In this regard, the Committee recalls its general comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health. 63. The Committee is concerned about reports that the State party’s health insurance system is governed by multiple legislative and administrative frameworks, which increases the transactional and administrative burdens for patients and health-care providers alike, and about reports that referrals 30 31 CCPR/C/PSE/CO/1, para. 16 (a). Geneva, 2022. 36