Amendment No. 8 | Doc. 14399 | 09 October 2017

Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan

Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

Origin - 2017 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 6.5, insert the following words:

", the revision of Article 98, which reduced the sentence for honour crimes if the crime was “impulsive”, but regrets the fact that Article 340 of the Criminal Code, which exempts from punishment men who kill their wives or female members of their families caught committing adultery and which reduces sentences if there is a presumption of adultery on the part of the victim, has not been repealed".