This article addresses teh issue of women in 'protective custody'. Where most of the women in protective custody were involved in cases of rape, adultery and incest, and, fearing for their lives, left

This report documents how women accused of being “absent from home”,eloping,or having sex outside marriage,risk imprisonment without charge or trial in Jordan if male family members complain to the

Who are the women held on remand or imprisoned following conviction? What offences have they been charged with or convicted of? What triggered their confrontation with the criminal justice system

This report,prepared by Karama,which working under the umbrella of the National Center for Human Rights,aims to preventing torture and monitoring violations in Jordanian prisons,in addition to

This Tool on Penal Reform and Gender is part of a Gender and SSR Toolkit. Designed to provide a practical introduction to gender issues for security sector reform practitioners and policy-makers,the

This 36-page report documents how Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) served as a proxy jailer and interrogator for the CIA from 21 until at least 24. While a handful of countries received

This 5-page report contains a detailed description of a secret CIA prison from a Palestinian former detainee who was released from custody. The report provides the most comprehensive account to date