Laws

International and National Law on Migrant Rights

International Agreements

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UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)

United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto (2000)

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956)

INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS and AGREEMENTS

Declaration of Philadelphia (1944)

Multilateral Framework on Labor Migration (2005)

ILO Declaration on Social Justice for Fair Globalization(2008)

R86 Migration for Employment Recommendation (Revised), 1949

R151 Migrant Workers Recommendation, 1975

International Labor Organization Major Conventions:

C29 Forced Labour Convention, 1930

C81 Labour Inspection Convention, 1947

P81 Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947

C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize, 1948

C97 Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949

C98 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

C100 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951

C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957

C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958

C118 Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962

C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973

C143 Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975

C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999

NATIONAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS

Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Law on Residence and Foreigners Affairs No. 24 of 1973

Human Trafficking Prevention Act No. 9 of 2009

National strategy to prevent trafficking in Persons 2010-2012

Social Security Law No. (7) for the year 2010 (provisional)

Labor law and its amendments No. 8 of 1996

Regulation of Labour Inspectors No. (56) Of the year 1996 and Its Amendments

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Regulation of Employment Permits Fees for Non- Jordanian Workers No. (36) Of the Year 1997 and Its Amendments  No. 89 of 2009

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Regulation of Organizing the Private Offices of Bringing and Employing Non-Jordanian Domestic Workers No. (3) Of the Year 2003

Conditions and Procedures of Bringing and Employing Non-Jordanian Workers.

Regulations No. 90 of 2009 for domestic workers, cooks, gardeners and the like

Conditions of Bringing and Employing Non-Jordanian Workers in QIZ for 2007. 

A Decision Issued By the Committee of Minimum Wages Determination, Issued by virtue of the Provisions of Article (52) of the Labour Law No. (8) Of the Year 1996.

Closed Professions List 

GENERAL REMARKS & COMMITTEE COMMENTS

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families / General comment No. 1 on migrant domestic workers

Useful links for more information:

·         International Labour Organization: http://www.ilo.org/Search3/search.do

·         International Organization for Migration law database: http://www.imldb.iom.int