AMMAN — The
Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ)
launched a two-week advocacy campaign through social media platforms to
introduce the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights, based on the
premise that freedom of speech is an integral part of human rights.
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“We believe that the UPR is an effective means to strengthen
human rights, and the aim is to introduce this UPR to the public,” said the
center’s CEO
Nidal Mansour.
The UPR is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of
all UN Member States. The review is a state-driven process, under
the auspices of the
Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for
each state to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights
situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights
obligations.
The ultimate aim of this mechanism is to
improve the human rights situation and address human rights violations wherever
they occur.
Jordan issued its last review in 2018, where it had
fulfilled 149 out of 226 recommendations, according to Mansour.
The campaign involves social media messages about the
government’s human rights obligations as signatory to international human
rights agreements, including civil, political, economic and social rights, as
well as the rights of women, children, persons with disabilities and vulnerable
groups.
Mansour said the center has been working alongside with the
civil society. "The comprehensive review mechanism is only part of the
UN mechanisms that civil society must use to motivate the government to abide by
the pledges it made to the world," he said.
In the last of a series of meetings with competent
government officials and the CDFJ, Mansour pointed out, three points were
agreed: the importance of having a national mechanism to follow up on human
rights issues; of creating an updated database on human rights, and a declared
government set of priorities on human rights. “However, the government has not taken action
on any of the three points, despite its pledges and promises,” said Mansour.
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