by JFJAdmin | Sep 9, 2020 | Access to Justice, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues
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...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 8, 2020 | Access to Justice, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy
A studio portrait of Mario Deane in his twenties. Photo courtesy of Mercia Frazer. By Tori Tulloch Since the police-involved death of thirty-one-year-old Mario Deane in 2014, the journey of his case through the criminal...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 30, 2020 | Access to Justice, General Human Rights Issues, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Women's Rights
Under the proposed Sexual Harassment Bill, if you have experienced sexual harassment and want something done about it legally, you have a 12-month limit to report it. The Sexual Harassment Bill seeks to outline the types of conduct that constitute sexual harassment,...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 19, 2020 | Access to Justice, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Redress and Legal, Women's Rights
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has now established services directed to victims of gender-based violence. The Justice Services for Victims of Gender-Based Violence framework provides affected persons with key redress and legal services free of cost to help them navigate...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 18, 2020 | Access to Justice, General Human Rights Issues, Health & Human Rights, Highlighted Stories, Issues
Noel Chambers died after spending 40 years in prison without ever standing trial. He was deemed “unfit to plead” – meaning the Court found that he was not mentally fit to stand trial. He was detained “at the Governor General’s...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Access to Justice, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Issues
June 4, 2020 – Noel Chambers died after spending 40 years in prison without ever standing trial. He was “unfit to plead” – meaning the Court labelled him not mentally fit to say if he was guilty or not guilty of a crime of which he...
