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Guests of the governor : administrative detention undermines the rule of law in Jordan
- Title
- Guests of the governor : administrative detention undermines the rule of law in Jordan / Human Rights Watch.
- Author
- Human Rights Watch (Organization)
- Publication
- New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | KMM456.7 .H86 2009 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 56 pages; 26 cm
- Summary
- Methodology -- Recommendations -- The crime prevention law -- Misuse of detention -- Abuse of power -- Circumventing criminal procedure -- Due process violations -- International standards.
- This 56-page report details how governors and other officials routinely circumvent the criminal justice system when they detain people by administrative order and without judicial review. The practice is used against crime victims, personal enemies and people freed by the courts.
- Alternative Title
- Administrative detention undermines the rule of law in Jordan
- Subject
- Note
- Christoph Wilcke and Farida Deif wrote this report--Acknowledgments.
- "May 2009"--P. following t.p.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in PDF on the World Wide Web.
- ISBN
- 156432477X
- 9781564324771
- LCCN
- 2009499545
- OCLC
- ocn387923050
- 387923050
- SCSB-8931660
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library