by JFJAdmin | Sep 26, 2017 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Impact & Initiatives
In Jamaica, secondary school students have the legal right to elect representatives to school boards and vote in decisions. New research by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) reveals that many school boards comply with the law. 71% of student representatives voted freely in...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 12, 2017 | Impact & Initiatives
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been educating police about human rights for almost a decade. We fundamentally believe that combatting human rights violations requires increasing officers’ knowledgeabout people’s rights and changing their attitudes towards their...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 15, 2017 | Impact & Initiatives
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 8, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Stella Maris Hall, 26 Shortwood Road, Kingston. Light lunch will be served. For further information, contact us at...
by JFJAdmin | Nov 21, 2014 | Governance and Transparency, Impact & Initiatives
Thursday, November 20, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and ROOTS 96.1FM have joined forces to roll out a multi-community human rights awareness campaign aimed at improving community awareness of civic and human rights. JFJ’s ‘Know Your Rights’...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 12, 2014 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Education and Outreach, Impact & Initiatives
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has been advocating for improvements in the situation of children in state care for over a decade. The focus has primarily been on lobbying both locally and internationally for changes in policy, legislation and implementation. The...
by JFJAdmin | Jun 9, 2014 | Governance and Transparency, Impact & Initiatives, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) and partner, Lawyers without Boarders Canada (LWBC), hosted the workshop at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica on June 26 and 27 with funding support from the European Union. Both government and non-government agencies attended...
