by JFJAdmin | Mar 25, 2019 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the decision by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down on 25 March, 2019 which held that the Police Service Commission in discharging its statutory functions has a duty to conduct investigations or to instruct that...
by JFJAdmin | Nov 28, 2018 | Highlighted Stories
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) seeks to address its handling of reports received by Andre Smith who made complaints to JFJ of human rights violations by the police in August 2018. This statement provides an account of the relevant complaints and how JFJ responded. JFJ...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 4, 2018 | Health & Human Rights, Issues, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the ruling handed down by the Supreme Court on August 28, 2018 in the matter of Nadine Evans v The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) where the Court establishes that hospitals cannot refuse to issue a certificate of...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 28, 2018 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Impact & Initiatives
UNICEF and Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) have forged a new partnership to address improvements needed for children in state care. As part of the initiative, JFJ is undertaking the most comprehensive study of its kind to examine the state care landscape in Jamaica,...
by JFJAdmin | Mar 22, 2018 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Redress and Legal
On March 16, 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) had no statutory authority to charge, arrest and prosecute members of the security forces who commit unlawful acts, such as extrajudicial killings. The court...
