The situation of human rights and legal reforms in Jordan
Lecture and open discussion with Eva Abu Halaweh, Director of Mizan Law Group for Human Rights. Monday 28th June 2010, 15:00-17:00.
Jordan's path towards greater respect for human rights is not an
easy one due to many reasons, like political tensions, geographical
location between major conflict zones, restrictive laws incongruent
with the international standards, etc. Nevertheless it is the
assessment that Jordan is continuing its progress in the area of
human rights.
The conference will address several issues as the relation between
Jordan and the international human rights conventions, human rights
in the domestic law, women's rights, torture and the civil society
participation in the promotion of human rights.
Eva Abu Halaweh will also present the major outcomes of Karama
programme in Jordan (Programme to Improve the Treatment and
Conditions of Persons Deprived of their Liberty in Jordan). Mizan
Law Group is in fact one of the Jordanian partners of Karama, a
project managed by RCT and supported by the Danish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs which has the overall aim of rooting out the use of
torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement personnel through the
prevention of such practices and by promoting that such acts are
criminalized, investigated, prosecuted and redressed in accordance
with Jordan's international legal obligations.
People interested in attending the conference are kindly invited to
sign up before the 22nd of June by sending an email to the RCT
Project Coordinator Ilaria Paolazzi, ip@rct.dk, tel. +45 3693
8654
Venue: RCT, Borgergade 13,
PO Box 2107
DK - 1014 København K
www.rct.dk
Biography
Eva Abu Halaweh is a lawyer holding BA in Law and Master in
Diplomacy and International relations from the Jordanian Institute
for Diplomacy. Founder and Director of Mizan-Law Group for Human
Rights (Jordanian NGO aiming at enhancing the protection of human
rights and reinforcing democracy in Jordan), Eva is working for the
protection of victims of human rights violations in Jordan by
providing vulnerable groups with legal aid and awareness. She is
also coordinating the lobbying program which aims at developing the
Jordanian legislations to commensurate with international Human
Rights Standards. She previously worked with UNHCR as legal adviser
for refugees and asylum seekers in Jordan and participated in
several meetings and conferences on human and women's rights at
international, regional and national level.