by JFJAdmin | Mar 25, 2019 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the decision by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down on 25 March, 2019 which held that the Police Service Commission in discharging its statutory functions has a duty to conduct investigations or to instruct that...
by JFJAdmin | Sep 4, 2018 | Health & Human Rights, Issues, Redress and Legal
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) welcomes the ruling handed down by the Supreme Court on August 28, 2018 in the matter of Nadine Evans v The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) where the Court establishes that hospitals cannot refuse to issue a certificate of...
by JFJAdmin | Mar 22, 2018 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Redress and Legal
On March 16, 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled that the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) had no statutory authority to charge, arrest and prosecute members of the security forces who commit unlawful acts, such as extrajudicial killings. The court...
by JFJAdmin | Mar 9, 2018 | Highlighted Stories, Issues
Desrine Morris, a 51-year-old resident of Jones Town in Kingston, was taken from her home by police officers around 11:00 am on March 1, 2018, allegedly to be brought before a Judge that day. It is publicly reported that she died while in the custody of the police at...
by JFJAdmin | Nov 8, 2017 | General Human Rights Issues, Governance and Transparency, Issues, Policy and Advocacy
Jamaica is about to adopt a new national identification law. It will require all citizens to enrol in a national database. Persons who do not enrol could be prosecuted and will not be able to access government services. The database would capture people’s biometric,...
by JFJAdmin | Nov 8, 2017 | Issues
Jamaica is about to adopt a new national identification law. It will require all citizens to enrol in a national database. Persons who do not enrol could be prosecuted and will not be able to access government services. The database would capture people’s biometric,...
