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09AMMAN242
2009-01-28 06:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Amman
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JORDAN,S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ENDORSES

Tags:  PGOV PREL KTIP JO 
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R 280619Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4318
INFO RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI 1279
RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD 6153
RUEHLB/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT 2975
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 3892
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 0196
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 4058
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 0170
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 0043
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 0130
RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA 0696
RUEHML/AMEMBASSY MANILA 0129
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0302
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH 2077
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1501
UNCLAS AMMAN 000242 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ELA, G/TIP, AND DRL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KTIP JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN,S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ENDORSES
ANTI-TIP LAW; FULL APPROVAL EXPECTED IN EARLY FEBRUARY

REF: A. 08 AMMAN 3388

B. 08 AMMAN 3171

C. 08 AMMAN 2822 AND PREVIOUS

UNCLAS AMMAN 000242

SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/ELA, G/TIP, AND DRL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KTIP JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN,S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ENDORSES
ANTI-TIP LAW; FULL APPROVAL EXPECTED IN EARLY FEBRUARY

REF: A. 08 AMMAN 3388

B. 08 AMMAN 3171

C. 08 AMMAN 2822 AND PREVIOUS


1. (U) Jordan's Lower House of Parliament endorsed on January
25, the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law (ref A). The
law 1. (U) Jordan's Lower House of Parliament endorsed on
January 25, the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law (ref
A). The law now moves to the Senate, where endorsement is
expected before the session ends on February 5. The King
will then sign the law, followed by publication in Jordan's
Official Gazette. (Note: The King has not vetoed a piece of
legislation in his ten year tenure. End Note.) The law would
come into full effect 90 days after the King's endorsement,
during which time the Legislative and Opinion Bureau will
draft the regulations to govern the law's implementation.


2. (U) The law defines trafficking-in-persons, delineates
sentences ranging up to 10 years with hard labor depending on
specificities, and will replace the 1929 anti-slavery law.
Once translated, Post will transmit septel an analysis of the
law, along with its full text. Members of the
inter-Ministerial drafting committee told Poloff on several
occasions that the United Arab Emirate's anti-trafficking law
was used as a basis and that aspects of Bahrain's law were
also used.


3. (SBU) Comment: The Lower House's endorsement of the
anti-TIP law follows a series of conversations on the need
for such legislation between Ambassador and senior GOJ
officials including the Prime Minister and the Chief of the
Royal Court. In those conversations, the PM and Royal Court
Chief asserted that fighting TIP is a high priority and that
passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP Law is at the top of
their short-term agenda. End Comment.

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