Identifier
Created
Classification
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03AMMAN2997
2003-05-21 08:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE ON THE STATUS OF THREE INSTRUMENTS

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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002997 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2013
TAGS: PHUM JO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON THE STATUS OF THREE INSTRUMENTS
RELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

REF: A. REFTEL A: STATE 126276


B. REFTEL B: AMMAN 1357

Classified By: DCM GREGORY L. BERRY FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 002997

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2013
TAGS: PHUM JO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON THE STATUS OF THREE INSTRUMENTS
RELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

REF: A. REFTEL A: STATE 126276


B. REFTEL B: AMMAN 1357

Classified By: DCM GREGORY L. BERRY FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D)


1. (C) Per reftel a, on April 19 A/PolCouns and PolOff
delivered message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA
Legal Adviser Samer Naber and Human Rights Officer Bisher
Khasawneh provided the following information:

a. The GOJ is a party to ILO Convention 182 (reftel B).

b. On the Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child
Prostitution and Child Pornography, Naber said that Jordan
has laws banning child slavery dating to 1927, and stiff
penalties for crimes involving child prostitution or
pornography (reftel b). Jordan is a signatory to the sexual
exploitation protocol, but has yet to join. He expressed
confidence that the GOJ is &moving toward8 joining the
protocol.

c. On the Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict, Naber said
the GOJ &in practice8 does not violate the terms of the
protocol, i.e. it is not currently engaging in forced
conscription of minors. However, the current law does allow
for the GOJ to draft males 16 and above, in extreme
circumstances. Jordan is not a party to the Protocol.


2. (SBU) We urged the GOJ to join the two Protocols. Naber
and Khasawneh took the point, and said they would pass the
message forward within the GOJ.
GNEHM