This document makes recommendations to 10 of the states to be reviewed during the 36th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, 2-13 November 2020: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Honduras, Jamaica, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Mongolia and the United States of America.

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Jamaica in November 2020. Originally published in October 2019, it was updated in August 2020 due to the delay in the review caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Amnesty International raises concerns about unlawful killings...

Amnesty International calls upon the Jamaican government to amend the INDECOM Act in line with the recommendations made by the Joint Select Committee in 2015 and explicitly give INDECOM the same powers to arrest, charge and initiate prosecutions as law enforcement officers.

Ten years ago, on 19 December 2008, the authorities of Saint Kitts and Nevis carried out what was to become the last execution in the Americas, outside the USA. This anniversary, which follows on from the observance on 2 November of 25 years since a key judicial decision that put a brake on the...

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Amnesty International’s annual letter-writing marathon is part of our global Write for Rights campaign. It’s in its 15th year this December when millions of Amnesty supporters will use the power of their words to defend human rights. We’ll be sending our personal messages to support the work of...

Open Letter to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on the 1st anniversary of his government from Amnesty International and Jamaicans for Justice. In this document the organizations address the Jamaican Prime Minister to encourage his government to move forwards with police and justice reforms....

For decades, Jamaican communities, especially those in disenfranchised inner city neighbourhoods, have been scarred by an epidemic of unlawful killings by police. This report finds that, although the number of killings by police has fallen in the past two years, the way the police operate and...

On 15 June 2016 a Commission of Inquiry published its much anticipated report into the events that took place in Western Kingston, Jamaica, during the state of emergency declared on 23 May 2010 which left almost 70 civilians dead. Here are 10 things that Amnesty International and Jamaicans for...

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Jamaica.