This study attempts to identify the legislative and procedural obstacles that limit the exercise of migrants and refugees’ civic freedoms in Jordan, particularly the obstacles that prevent them from exercising their freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, public participation, and access to information. This study examines such obstacles in migrant communities, both inside and outside refugee camps.

This study sets forth international law standards for safeguarding the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, the rights to public participation and access to information for migrants and refugees.  It also identifies and analyzes local legislation regulating these civic freedoms of refugees and migrants, highlighting legal gaps, and providing legislative and procedural recommendations to promote the civic freedoms of refugees and migrants.

This study can help migrants and refugees to learn about the rights guaranteed to them under international law and under Jordanian legislation. By outlining the contours of their civic freedoms as guaranteed by international law — and where such rights might be improperly restricted under Jordanian law — this study will assist migrants and refugees to safely exercise such rights. This study will serve as a guide for international and local organizations wishing to strengthen the civic freedoms of refugees and migrants in Jordan. The study may also aid official institutions within Jordan to identify legislative and procedural shortcomings with respect to the civic freedoms of refugees and migrants.

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