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The Jordan Strategy Forum affirmed that Jordan's performance was good in a number of axes of the rule of law index for the year 2022, in a policy summary it issued today, Tuesday, entitled: "Where does Jordan stand in the rule of law index for the year 2022?"
The forum indicated that these axes in which Jordan's performance is considered good are the absence of corruption, basic rights, order and security, enforcement of regulations, civil justice, and criminal justice. empowered and transparent government.
The issued policy brief aims to shed light on Jordan's performance in the Rule of Law Index for the year 2022, which was issued by the Global Justice Project, in addition to presenting some recommendations concerned with improving Jordan's position in the index.
In the summary, the Forum indicated that the "Global Justice Project" was launched in Washington in 2006, to be institutionalized as an independent, non-profit organization.
in 2009. According to the Forum, the Global Justice Project Foundation aims to spread knowledge, build awareness, and catalyze action to advance the rule of law around the world; Believing in the importance of the rule of law in reducing corruption, combating poverty and disease, and protecting people from injustice.
With regard to the framework of the rule of law indicator, the forum stated that it measures the extent to which societal institutions and customs are compatible with laws, based on 8 main axes, including 44 sub-indicators.
According to the forum on the 8 axes of the index, they included government authorities' overreaching of the powers entrusted to them, absence of corruption, government transparency, basic rights, order and security, enforcement of regulations, civil justice, and criminal justice.
In this regard, the forum indicated that the rule of law index evaluates the performance of 140 countries with a score from 0 to 1, based on the results of a survey that included 154,000 families and 3,600 practitioners and legal experts in the countries included in the index.
According to the Forum, regarding the results of the rule of law index for the year 2022; Denmark was the best performing country. Venezuela was the weakest performer.
As for the performance of the Arab countries on the index, the forum indicated that the UAE achieved the best performance at the level of the Arab countries, with a global ranking of 37 out of 140 countries. As for Jordan, it ranked second among 7 Arab countries, and it ranked 61 out of 140 in the world.
In a related context, the forum indicated that although Jordan achieved a good performance when compared with the Arab countries on the index, its performance declined over time, as its overall score decreased from 2018 to 2022.
The forum showed that Jordan's best performance was in the axis of order and security, while its weakest performance was in the axis of government transparency.
In order to identify deficiencies and work to improve them, the forum shed light on Jordan's performance in the eight axes of the index.
The forum showed that in the context of government authorities exceeding the powers entrusted to them, Jordan ranked late, 6 out of 7 among the Arab countries.
As for the axis of absence of corruption, Jordan ranked relatively well, second in the Arab world, and with a medium score globally. With regard to the axis of government transparency, Jordan achieved a modest ranking, which is the fourth out of 7 Arab countries, and to a degree lagging globally. As for the basic rights axis, Jordan ranked relatively well, the second out of 7 Arab countries, with an average score globally. With regard to the axis of order and security, Jordan ranked relatively well, and it is the second out of 7 Arab countries, with a good score globally. In the field of regulatory enforcement, Jordan ranked second in the Arab world, and received an average score globally.
As for the axes of civil justice and criminal justice, Jordan ranked second in the Arab world.
In this context, the forum indicated that Jordan performed well in a number of axes, namely the absence of corruption, basic rights, order and security, enforcement of regulations, civil justice, and criminal justice. As for the axes in which the forum recommended improving Jordan's performance, they were represented in the two axes of government authorities exceeding the powers entrusted to them, and government transparency.
According to the forum; The axis of "government authorities exceeding the powers entrusted to them" included the extent to which government officials adhere to the constitution, the law, and institutional policies alike; Through these standards, the authorities of government officials are defined and held accountable by the authorities authorized to audit, monitor and hold accountable.
These bodies may be independent, governmental, or non-governmental, such as the press and others. As for the definition of the "government transparency" axis, it refers to the extent to which the government shares information with individuals, and includes empowering them with the tools necessary for accountability in order to enhance citizen participation in public policy deliberations. This axis also measures the extent and quality of the government's dissemination of basic laws and information related to legal rights.
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