AMMAN — The joint
Lower House committee, comprising
the legal, women, and family affairs committees, headed by MP Abdel Moneim
Al-Odat, announced it had completed discussions on the children’s rights draft
law, according to Khaberni.
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The announcement
came during a meeting held by the committee on Sunday in the presence of the
Chair of the Women and Family Affairs Committee Abeer Al-Jabour,
Minister of State for Legal Affairs Wafaa Bani Mustafa, Sharia judges Ashraf Al-Omari and
Mansour Al-Tawalbeh, and Secretary General of the National Council for Family
Affairs Muhammad Al-Miqdadi.
Odat said that
the committee discussed the articles which refer to the rights of children with
disabilities. He said that contacts have been made with the Higher Council for
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to adopt their comments and suggestions
regarding these materials in the interest of the committee to serve this
segment and integrate its members into society.
He pointed out
that Jordan has strived to protect and care for persons with disabilities,
adding that existing legislation already supported and integrated them into
public life at all levels.
He stressed that the committee will not approve the
draft law until all forms of contradictions and inconsistencies between its
texts and the provisions of the
Personal Status Law and all relevant
legislation are removed, so that this project is integrated with other
legislation.
He asserted that
the committee’s goal is not only to approve laws, but to study their
implementation and application on the ground, and the ability to translate and
adapt texts to serve the higher national interest and the interest of society.
Lawmaker Jabour
stressed the importance of implementing laws and legislation in a way that
ensures the achievement of the goals for which it was proposed.
In addition, all
the interventions of the attendees focused on the practical application of
these articles of the draft law.
Bani Mustafa
praised the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Law because of its great role
in organizing the lives of persons with disabilities. There are nine direct
services that are provided to persons with disabilities, including health and
educational services and customs exemptions, she said.
At the
conclusion of the meeting, Odat praised the efforts made by the government,
represented by the ministers of justice and state for legal affairs, the chief
justice department, and the National Council for Family Affairs, for submitting
proposals that contributed to formulating a law in line with religious values
and the Constitution.
Separately, the
former president of the Legislation and Opinion Bureau, Fedaa Al-Hmoud,
questioned why society is divided on the children’s rights bill, Al-Ghad News
reported.
The comment came
during a legal briefing Hmoud gave on the children’s rights bill at a
discussion by the Amman Group for Future Dialogue, held on Friday to announce
the group’s position on the children’s bill.
She said that it
is a moral and legal responsibility to inform the public on the draft law’s
provisions and its spirit, which are consistent with the international human
rights conventions ratified by Jordan and with the constitution and national
legislation.
Humoud denounced
the disproportionate “demonization” of the bill by people she did not identify.
She said that the majority of those trying to demonize the bill had not read
the provisions of the bill clearly. Those who were aware of the provisions must
realize that the draft law is in line with all the laws to which children are
party, such as the personal status code, protection against domestic violence,
and the juvenile code.
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