Jamaica

Human Rights in JAMAICA

Jamaica: Public Security in inner cities - Facts and Figures ...
25 March 2008

Facts and figures and case studies related to the human rights and public security crisis affe.

Press Release      

The Death Penalty Worldwide - Developments in 2006 (With ...
1 May 2007

The world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of capital punishment during 2006. By the end of the year 88 countries had abolished the death penalty ...

Report       ACT 50/005/2007

Jamaica: Amnesty International condemns homophobic violence
16 April 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: AMR 38/004/2007 (Public). News Service No: 073. 16 April 2007. Jamaica: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       AMR 38/004/2007

Jamaica: Open letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mrs Portia ...
8 March 2007

In this letter, Amnesty International welcomes the commitment of the Prime Minister of Jamaica to ending violence against women and girls. The letter refers to ...

Report       AMR 38/002/2007

Jamaica: Opportunity to include the highest standards of ...
1 March 2007

A Joint Select Committee (JSC) of the Jamaican Parliament is discussing reforms to the Offences Against the Person Act and the Incest (Punishment) Act. This document ...

Report       AMR 38/001/2007

The Wire, July 2006. Vol. 36, No.6.
30 June 2006

1) Sudan's Janjawid militia attack Chadian civilians 2) New allegations of torture in Jordan 3) Living with HIV and AIDS in Swaziland 4) Sexual violence against ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/006/2006

Jamaica: Political will needed to end violence against women and ...
21 June 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AMR 38/006/2006 (Public). News Service No: 156. 22 June 2006. Embargo Date: 22 June 2006 05:00GMT. ...

Press Release       AMR 38/006/2006

Jamaica: Sexual violence against women and girls in Jamaica: "just ...
21 June 2006

This report uses cases to illustrate the sexual violence, discrimination and severe health risks facing women and girls in Jamaica. Through testimony and empirical ...

Report       AMR 38/002/2006

Jamaica: Impunity for sexual violence in Jamaica
11 June 2006

Each year thousands of women and girls in Jamaica are sexually assaulted in their communities, their schools, their workplaces, their homes and in the street. The ...

ActionDocument       AMR 38/004/2006