Redress and Legal Services
We receive reports of human rights violations primarily by state agents (e.g. police abuse) and provide legal services to victims to receive justice. We operate in courts and tribunals at all levels and work on behalf of marginalized persons.
Policy and Advocacy
We study laws and policies and conduct advocacy to create an enabling environment for human rights, good governance and access to justice
Outreach and Education
We work with people and communities to provide support to people in need, build capacity to protect and promote human rights, and improve knowledge and attitudes.
Research
We conduct research on social justice and governance issues to generate evidence, shape discourse, and impact policy.
Latest News
The New NIDS: An Opportunity to Do Things Differently
OCTOBER 26, 2020 - On September 29, 2020, the Government of Jamaica indicated that fresh legislation to establish the National Identification System (NIDS) would be tabled, debated, and passed by the end of the year. We welcome the restarting of public discourse on...
read moreJFJ’s Statement on Security Force Members killed in Clarendon and St. Andrew
September 29, 2020 – Jamaicans for Justice sends our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of two members of Jamaica’s security forces shot and killed in the line of duty on Sept. 25 and Sept. 26. Private Reneil King, 21, was shot in a Jamaican Defence...
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The New NIDS: An Opportunity to Do Things Differently
OCTOBER 26, 2020 - On September 29, 2020, the Government of Jamaica indicated that fresh legislation to establish the National Identification System (NIDS) would be tabled, debated, and passed by the end of the year. We welcome the restarting of public discourse on...
Supreme Court Rules Detentions Under States of Emergency (SOE) Unconstitutional
Jamaicans for Justice welcomes the Sept. 18th decision, Everton Douglas et al vs The Minister of National Security et al, delivered by Supreme Court judge, Mr. Justice Bertram J. Morrison, as a historic victory for Jamaican human rights. On July 9, 2020,...
Mercia Frazer: “I’ll see to it that you get justice.”
By datejie green Mercia Frazer’s son, Mario Deane, was fatally beaten in Montego Bay police custody on August 3, 2014. She has been waging a fight for justice through Jamaica’s courts and bureaucracy for more than six years. This summer she saw the first...
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