Amman, Aug 27 (Petra) -- The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) on Wednesday launched its 21st report on the status of human rights in Jordan as a national "diagnostic tool" to assess progress made in protecting and promoting human rights through upgrading policies and practices.

In a ceremony attended by Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs Abdel Moneim Al-Odat, representing Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, Lower House Speaker Ahmad Safadi, and a number of ministers and dignitaries, NCHR Board of Trustees' Chairperson Samar Hajj Hassan said releasing the annual report is a legal requirement under the center's law.

It is not merely a periodic document, but the fruit of a full year of monitoring and analysis of the human rights situation in the Kingdom, she added.

The report is characterized by objectivity in highlighting areas of progress and pointing out shortcomings, flaws or violations, leading to "scientific and objective diagnosis that contributes to developing national human rights policies and programs," Hajj Hassan said.

This year's report included 155 recommendations, which were comprehensive, specific, and documented with data and field verification, covering various political, economic, and social sectors, including the rights of groups most in need of protection, she said.

The Center, in cooperation with official bodies, civil society institutions and partners, seeks to devise an action plan to implement the recommendations within a clear timeline and measurement indicators through specialized sessions to set priorities, ensuring the enhancement of the human rights situation in the Kingdom, said Hajj Hassan.

Jordan's commitment to human rights, as one of the founding principles of the state and a political will to support the modernization process, are a favorable environment for the center's work in tracking and promoting the human rights situation in a comprehensive and participatory manner, ensuring that citizens and residents are empowered to exercise their constitutional rights in accordance with international standards, she pointed out.

For his part, NCHR Commissioner-General, Jamal Shamayleh, said the release of the annual report is "a key national and strategic event, not restricted to presenting data or indicators, but is a human rights assessment tool that concisely monitors the status of rights and freedoms, measures progress on the ground, identifies challenges and imbalances and explains their causes, and offers practical proposals based on field experience and ongoing monitoring."

He emphasized the center's commitment to overseeing progress made in policies, legislation, and practices, including evaluating the impact of national laws and policies on the status of rights and freedoms, and measuring the extent to which public institutions adhere to national and international standards, to ensure all measures and programs implemented are effective and directed toward improving the lives of citizens and citizenship.

The 2024 report is the fruit of systematic institutional work based on continuous field monitoring and field visits to various national institutions, Shamaileh pointed out.

It underlines that monitoring the human rights condition is inseparable from political, economic, and administrative modernization projects, but it tracks and evaluates the human rights impact of these projects on the ground, as modernization is tied to enhancing human dignity and safeguarding human rights.

Shamaileh reviewed the center's achievements in the area of civil and political rights, saying in 2024, it received 519 compalints, distributed among nine main rights, including the right to vote and run for office, freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of the press and media, access to information, and the right to set up and join political parties.

He also reviewed achievements in the sphere of economic, social, and cultural rights, the rights of groups most in need of protection, and the rights of women, children, and persons with disabilities.

//Petra//SS

27/08/2025 17:10:37