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Executions
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9 executions |
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[15th of 22]
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Jails
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10 |
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[43rd of 80]
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Prisoners
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5,589 prisoners |
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[39th of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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1.6% |
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[122nd of 134]
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Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
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22.1% |
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[24th of 86]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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106 per 100,000 people |
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[84th of 164]
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Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
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41.8% |
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[43rd of 143]
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Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
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80.1% |
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[114th of 128]
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Software piracy rate
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60% |
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[57th of 107]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation Jordan is a destination and transit country for women and men from South and Southeast Asia trafficked for the purpose of forced labor; Jordan is also a destination for women from Eastern Europe and Morocco for prostitution; women from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines migrate willingly to work as domestic servants, but some are subjected to conditions of forced labor, including unlawful withholding of passports, restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating Tier 2 Watch List - Jordan is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007, particularly in the area of law enforcement against trafficking for forced labor; the government made minimal efforts to investigate or prosecute numerous allegations related to exploitation of foreign domestic workers; Jordan failed for a second year to criminally prosecute and punish those who committed acts of forced labor; Jordan also continues to lack victim protection services; Jordan has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol |
United States extradition treaties > Citation 1995 U.S.T. LEXIS 215. TREATY DOC. 104-3 |
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United States extradition treaties > Date signed
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March 28, 1995 |
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United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
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July 29, 1995 |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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2.9 |
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[100th of 143]
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