by JFJAdmin | Oct 26, 2020 | General Human Rights Issues, Governance and Transparency, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, NIDS
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...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 29, 2020 | General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security
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...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 25, 2020 | General Human Rights Issues, Governance and Transparency, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Programme Areas
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,...
by JFJAdmin | Jul 7, 2020 | General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Women's Rights
At the sitting of the Joint Select Committee for the Sexual Harassment Bill, Jamaicans for Justice delivered copies of the open letter, which had amassed 2738 signatures from individuals and organisations as at 1pm on July 2,...
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 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...
