Jordan Celebrates the CRC’s Passage into Law
Jordanian Parliament discussed and approved the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) last week. This meant that the convention will be legally binding in Jordan. The convention assured the right of every child to enjoy equal citizenship rights and to acquire citizenship through either the mother or the father.
Even though the convention was signed by the government in Aug 1990 and ratified in May 1991, it was not legally binding because it was not passed into law by the Parliament.
Asma Khader (SIGI/J) shared this achievement with a group of international women leaders at the Women’s Learning Partnership meeting in Washington DC.
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