Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees

This research highlights the legal guarantees offered by the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to protect the right to privacy after the enactment of the Defense Law because of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It also aims to examine the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to unders...

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Main Author: Shatha Ahmad Al-Assaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2024.2445166
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description This research highlights the legal guarantees offered by the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to protect the right to privacy after the enactment of the Defense Law because of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It also aims to examine the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to understand its extent of compliance with standards outlined in international conventions on human rights. Moreover, the research explores the Defense Orders issued in Jordan to counter the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the right to privacy. The research adopts analytic and comparative methods. The most significant results denote the challenges encountered by Jordan due to the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the failure of the legal system to protect the right to privacy and offer sufficient protection for such rights under exceptional circumstances. This drawback becomes particularly apparent when it comes to regulating restrictions that may be imposed on the rights and freedoms through the Defense Orders, according to the Defense Law, which is regulated by the Jordanian Constitution. Therefore, this research concludes that the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law should be amended to comply with the standards of international conventions.
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spelling doaj-art-e38fc1de9be141e8b602c4b736b201902025-01-08T14:05:47ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862025-12-0111110.1080/23311886.2024.2445166Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guaranteesShatha Ahmad Al-Assaf0Department of Public Law, Faculty of law, Isra University, Amman, JordanThis research highlights the legal guarantees offered by the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to protect the right to privacy after the enactment of the Defense Law because of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It also aims to examine the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law to understand its extent of compliance with standards outlined in international conventions on human rights. Moreover, the research explores the Defense Orders issued in Jordan to counter the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the right to privacy. The research adopts analytic and comparative methods. The most significant results denote the challenges encountered by Jordan due to the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the failure of the legal system to protect the right to privacy and offer sufficient protection for such rights under exceptional circumstances. This drawback becomes particularly apparent when it comes to regulating restrictions that may be imposed on the rights and freedoms through the Defense Orders, according to the Defense Law, which is regulated by the Jordanian Constitution. Therefore, this research concludes that the Jordanian Constitution and Defense Law should be amended to comply with the standards of international conventions.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2024.2445166ConstitutionCOVID-19 pandemicinternational conventionsright to privacyPublic LawConstitutional Law
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Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
Cogent Social Sciences
Constitution
COVID-19 pandemic
international conventions
right to privacy
Public Law
Constitutional Law
title Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
title_full Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
title_fullStr Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
title_full_unstemmed Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
title_short Protecting right to privacy in Jordan in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: restrictions and guarantees
title_sort protecting right to privacy in jordan in light of the covid 19 pandemic restrictions and guarantees
topic Constitution
COVID-19 pandemic
international conventions
right to privacy
Public Law
Constitutional Law
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311886.2024.2445166
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