by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues
In a jam-packed ceremony on Thursday, July 18, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), launched our “Child Protection Laws” Pocketguide for Educators and Childcare Professionals”. The guide was developed over the past year by JFJ in partnership with the Ministry of Education,...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 17, 2019 | Anti-Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups, Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security
JFJ rolls out Human Rights training for the next generation of Jamaican Police Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been engaged for over a decade in the training of law enforcement officers at all levels. We do this to broaden their understanding of human...
by JFJAdmin | Aug 24, 2019 | Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy
Since 2000, over 3,300 Jamaicans have been killed by state security forces. Jamaica faces a crisis on two fronts: a crisis of high crime, and crisis of violence and abuse by security forces (disproportionately impacting poor Jamaicans). We can no longer be quiet about...
by Lloyd Grant | May 16, 2019 | General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives
Over 120 JCF recruits received human rights training from Jamaicans for Justice Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been engaged for over a decade in the training of law enforcement officers at all levels. We do this to broaden their understanding of human rights,...
by Lloyd Grant | Apr 26, 2019 | Education and Outreach, General Human Rights Issues, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives
Jamaicans for Justice, one of the leading human rights organisations in Jamaica, is pleased to announce that we are launching a project called “Mainstreaming Justice: Redress for Marginalized Groups and Establishing National Human Rights Indicators in...
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,...
