Meeting discusses Jordan’s 4th periodic human rights report

Amman: A meeting was held on Thursday at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates for representatives of the ministries and national institutions, which contributed to prepare the Kingdom's 4th human rights report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Discussions aimed to follow up on activities of the Human Rights Council's session designed to discuss the Kingdom's report, which will be presented by Jordan's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Walid Obeidat, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The meeting also sought to provide Jordan's official delegation participating in the review session with additional information necessary to enrich interventions and respond to the member states' observations during the session, which will be held remotely. The statement added that the ministry drafted the fourth periodic report, in its capacity as chair of the Permanent Committee on Human Rights after receiving all responses to recommendations that were accepted by the Kingdom dur ing the last 3rd UPR in 2018. Source: Jordan News Agency