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 | Jun 22, 2020 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy
On May 27, 2020, Minister of Justice the Honourable Delroy Chuck tabled a motion in Parliament regarding amendments to the INDECOM Act, 2010. This action follows a recent ruling of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council – Jamaica’s highest court of appeal – on...
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policy and Advocacy
Open Government Partnership Earlier this year, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) joined forces with a group of concerned civil society actors to call on the Jamaican Government to prioritise the fulfilment of its commitments under the Open Government Partnership (OGP)...
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | General Human Rights Issues, Health & Human Rights, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policy and Advocacy, Redress and Legal
Since 2018, Jamaicans for Justice has noted a marked increase in the number of complaints received involving violations of the rights of patients as they engage with the public health sector. This has prompted us to take a closer look into the area of patients’...
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | Child Rights, Safety and Justice, Highlighted Stories, Issues, Policy and Advocacy
In the late hours of Friday, May 22, 2009, a fire broke out in a makeshift dormitory at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Facility in St Ann. As the fire spread, the wards in the grilled room remained trapped as the key to the room could not be found in the chaos....
by Lloyd Grant | Sep 17, 2019 | General Human Rights Issues, Governance and Transparency, Highlighted Stories, Impact & Initiatives, Issues, Policing and Public Security, Policy and Advocacy, Redress and Legal
Court Rules That Full Investigations Into Police Misconduct Necessary Prior to Promotions On March 25, 2019, Jamaica’s highest Court of Appeal, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council delivered a landmark judgement in a case filed by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ)...
