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 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 | 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 | Aug 21, 2020 | Education and Outreach, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), with support from the European Union (EU), host a virtual sensitization session entitled “Workplace Discrimination: The Laws, Gaps and What’s To...
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,...
