Suspicious Sweeps

The General Intelligence Department and Jordan's Rule of Law Problem

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Government of Jordan..

To the Jordanian parliament

III. Background: The General Intelligence Department and Rule of Law..

Powers and duties of the GID..

Powers of arrest under Jordanian law and the GID..

Compliance with International Human Rights Law...

The State Security Court and SSC prosecutors

Lack of oversight

Who does the General Intelligence Department arrest?

IV. Arbitrary Detention

Legal standards

Absence of judicial oversight over charges

House searches

Incommunicado detention..

Access to legal counsel

Family notification, and communication with the outside world..

V. Torture and Ill-treatment

Beatings and other torture..

Participation of medical doctors

Solitary confinement

VI. Redress

Non-judicial accountability

International scrutiny

VII. Acknowledgements