Jordan

Region
Asia-Pacific
Regional Court
Not party to a court
Regional Organisations
Bali Process
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Arab League
Legal System
Mixed
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
27 September 1957
1966 ICCPR
28 May 1975
1930 Forced Labour Convention
06 June 1966
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
31 March 1958
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
20 April 2000
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
11 June 2009
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
11 April 2002

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
Provisions related to slavery are found in the 1929 Abolition of Slavery Act which abolished slavery within Jordan (article 2); voided contracts including a requirement or pledge to buy a person, servitude, and the giving of a person for a mortgage or as insurance for a debt (article 4); and made it an offence to buy, sell, or reciprocate another person, or to give or take him to another in order to be acquired or treated as a slave (article 5).
There appears to be no legislation in Jordan prohibiting institutions and practices similar to slavery.
Provisions related to servitude are found in the 1929 Abolition of Slavery Act, which makes any contract including servitude void at article 4.
Provisions related to forced labour are found in the Constitution at article 13 which prohibits compulsory labour except in the prescribed circumstances. Forced labour may also form an element of trafficking under the Anti-Human Trafficking Law and article 389 of the Penal Code prohibits causing, procuring or encouraging any child under the age of sixteen to beg or gather alms in public.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Anti-Human Trafficking Law of 2009 which prohibits trafficking at article 8.

Legislative Provisions

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN

PENAL CODE

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY ACT 1929

LABOUR CODE OF 1996

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW 2009

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