This article examines the recent amendments made to the Jordanian Execution Law in respect of imprisonment for failure to pay debts of civil and commercial nature. While the amendments made on the Law are long-awaited and are an improvement to the administration of justice in the Country; it remains that these amendments came below expectations. First, the recent amendments to the Law are short from the international obligations of the Country under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which Jordan is a signatory of. Second, the recent amendments still use the “one size fits all” approach whereby it does not provide a distinction between a procrastinating debtor and a debtor that is indeed not able to pay; to determine imprisonment in civil and commercial debts. Hence, while the recent amendments had made some positive changes to the imprisonment for debtors in civil and commercial debts; this article finds that Jordan must adhere to its international obligations by providing alternatives to imprisonment for civil and commercial debts; or at least provide a distinction between a procrastinating debtor and a not able to pay debtor to determine whether imprisonment of the debtor is due.

本文探讨了约旦《执行法》最近对因未能偿还民事和商业性质债务而被监禁的修正案。虽然该法的修正案是人们期待已久的，并且是对该国司法行政的改进；这些修正案仍然低于预期。首先，最近对该法的修正案缺乏约旦作为签署国的《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》所规定的国家义务。其次，最近的修正案仍然采用“一刀切”的做法，没有区分拖延债务人和确实无力偿还的债务人；确定民事和商业债务的监禁。因此，虽然最近的修正案对民事和商业债务债务人的监禁作出了一些积极的改变；本文认为，约旦必须遵守其国际义务，为民事和商业债务提供监禁替代方案；或至少区分拖延债务人和无力付款债务人，以确定债务人是否应被监禁。