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28 February 2017
JAMAICA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Jamaica. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaïque. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Jamaica. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Jamaica: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance Jamaica: Fear of organised criminal gangs
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender-based violence; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; witness protection
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Jamaica: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
27 February 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Jamaica: Women fearing domestic violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
27 February 2017
Title:
Jamaica. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
Accessed Date:
20 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
Title:
Jamaica. Amnesty International Annual Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Jamaica. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Country of Origin Information (COI) Report: Jamaica
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
15 January 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2013
Keywords:
children; corruption; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; legal system; military service; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Jamaica
Source:
Organization of American States. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Date of Document:
10 August 2012
Accessed Date:
16 January 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; race; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; warrants; witness protection
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Jamaica
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Annual Report. 2014. Chapter V. Follow-up of recommendations issued by the IACHR in its country or thematic reports. Report on the situation of human rights in Jamaica.
Source:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Jamaica
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 July 2015
Accessed Date:
16 February 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
National Report Submitted in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21: Jamaica
Code:
A/HRW/WG.6/22/JAM/1
Date of Document:
27 April 2015
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Keywords:
children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender equality; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
The Jamaican Nationality Act
Accessed Date:
15 January 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; nationality
Title:
Citizenship. The Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council 1962 [amended 1999].
Accessed Date:
15 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Jamaica Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining medical reports within Jamaica as well as from abroad; whether medical reports can be obtained through a proxy; if so, requirements and procedures; whether there is a national standard format for medical...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 December 2011
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
medical records
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Jamaica. Election for House of Representatives of 25 February 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Keywords:
election; political activities
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Jamaica Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
25 February 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; gender-based violence; Internet; labour; legislation; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Jamaica. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legal system; marriage; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services available (2010-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2014
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; sexual violence; social services
Title:
The Sexual Offences Act, 2009
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
legislation; sexual violence
Title:
The Domestic Violence Act
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation
Title:
Jamaica. Caribbean Gender Based Violence Laws.
Source:
United Nations. UN Women.
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
National Review Jamaica. In the context of the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Division for Gender Affairs of Economic Commission for Latin America and...
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; labour; legislation; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Statistics on the total number of reports received by the OCR by type, gender, month and year, 2007 to 2014
Source:
Jamaica. Office of the Children's Registry.
Accessed Date:
19 February 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; labour; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Child Care and Protection Act
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection and support services (2013-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 February 2016
Accessed Date:
26 February 2016
Keywords:
labour; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Jamaica. Speaking out 2015: The Rights of LGBTI citizens across the Commonwealth.
Source:
Kaleidoscope Trust
Date of Document:
20 November 2015
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
crime; legal system; legislation; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Not Safe at Home: Violence and Discrimination against LGBT People in Jamaica
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
October 2014
Accessed Date:
13 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Criminalisation of Homosexuality: Jamaica
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Constitutional challenge to Jamaica's anti-sodomy law: Questions & Answers
Source:
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; AIDS-Free World
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaica. State-Sponsored Homophobia: A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Engaging communities. Transforming lives. 2014 annual report.
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
crime; gender equality; legal system; legislation; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in Jamaica: A Shadow Report
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
“The World as it Should Be.” Advancing the Human Rights of LGBT People in Jamaica.
Source:
Human Rights First
Date of Document:
July 2015
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; gender-based violence; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; social services
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Jamaica. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaica (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Crime situation, including organized crime; police and state response, including effectiveness; state protection for witnesses and victims of crime (2009-December 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2013
Accessed Date:
31 January 2013
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police efficacy; witness protection
Title:
Jamaica. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
26 April 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Executive summary: Jamaica. Review of implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Code:
CAC/COSP/IRG/2013/CRP.20
Source:
United Nations. United Nations Convention against Corruption.
Date of Document:
26 November 2013
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; witness protection
Title:
Getting Smart and Scaling Up: The Impact of Organized Crime on Governance in Developing Countries. A Desk Study of Jamaica.
Source:
New York University. Center on International Cooperation.
Date of Document:
June 2013
Page Numbers:
216-218; 225-237
Author:
Enrique Desmond Arias
Accessed Date:
16 January 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; labour; organized crime; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Geospatial Technologies and Crime: The Jamaican Experience
Volume:
Issue Brief Number 3
Source:
Small Arms Survey
Date of Document:
October 2013
Author:
Parris Lyew-Ayee; Lisa-Gaye Greene
Accessed Date:
16 January 2014
Keywords:
crime; gangs; map; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
A New Approach: National Security Policy for Jamaica
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; document fraud; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; warrants; witness protection
Title:
Crime and Violence in Jamaica: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Anthony D. Harriott; Marlyn Jones
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaica – Gun Facts, Figures and the Law
Source:
Sydney School of Public Health
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Making Strides Towards a Safe and Secure Jamaica
Date of Document:
19 June 2013
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Jamaica Country Profile
Source:
International Security Sector Advisory Team
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Black, Green, Gold and Too Much Red: Jamaica's Struggle with Gang Violence
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
5 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The One Order gang, including activities and state response (2013 - May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 April 2016
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
Title:
Deciphering the Lottery Scam Rings Fueling Violence in Jamaica
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Jamaica Extended Profile. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
27 February 2017
Title:
Update: The Jamaican Legal System and Guide to Legal Research
Source:
New York University School of Law. Hauser Global Law School Program.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Author:
Jeanne Slowe; Claudette Solomon
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), including effectiveness and government efforts to strengthen the force (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; judicial efficacy; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Requirements and procedures to lodge a complaint against a police officer; requirements and procedures to obtain a police report; alternative mechanisms available for lodging a complaint against a police officer; effectiveness of complaint...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 February 2015
Accessed Date:
26 February 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; conflict; corruption; government corruption; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Waiting In Vain - Jamaica: Unlawful Police Killings and Relatives' Long Struggle for Justice
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaica. Freedom of the Press 2015.
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legislation; police/security forces; political activities
Title:
Jamaica. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixteenth to twentieth periodic reports of Jamaica, adopted by the Committee at its eighty-third session (12-30 August 2013)
Code:
CERD/C/JAM/CO/16-20
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
23 September 2013
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; identity documents; judicial efficacy; labour; organized crime; police efficacy; race; trafficking in persons
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 13 May 2016:
Title:
Jamaica. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 February 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html
Accessed Date:
16 February 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Country Information and Guidance Jamaica: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565869/CIG-Jamaica-SOGI-v1-July-2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; gender-based violence; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Country Information and Guidance Jamaica: Women fearing domestic violence
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587350/Jamaica_-_Women_fearing_DV.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services; statistics
Title:
Jamaica. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/americas/jamaica/report-jamaica/
Accessed Date:
25 February 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; domestic violence; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence
Title:
Jamaica. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/jamaica
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; Internet; labour; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Jamaica Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/JM.html
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Jamaica. State-Sponsored Homophobia: A World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2015
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Paoli Itaborahy
URL:
http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Jamaica. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2015, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2015/vol1/238984.htm
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Jamaica (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243462.htm
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
Title:
Jamaica. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2015
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17248
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; sexual violence; transport infrastructure; witness protection
Title:
Jamaica – Gun Facts, Figures and the Law
Source:
Sydney School of Public Health
URL:
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/jamaica
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; legislation; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Jamaica Extended Profile. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
URL:
http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#/index/JAM
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; police corruption; religion
Title:
Jamaica. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238556
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
freedom of expression; legislation; police/security forces; religion; statistics
Title:
Jamaica. Central Intelligence Agency.
URL:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/jamaica_pol_2002.jpg
Accessed Date:
7 November 2012
Title:
Operational Guidance Note: Jamaica
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2013
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/52a6f6cc4.html
Accessed Date:
16 January 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of movement; gangs; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; rejected asylum seekers; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; witness protection
Title:
Jamaica. Mid-term Implementation Assessment.
Source:
Universal Periodic Review Info
Date of Document:
30 May 2013
URL:
http://www.upr-info.org/followup/assessments/session22/jamaica/MIA-Jamaica.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; political activities; political organizations; rejected asylum seekers; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Summary prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21: Jamaica
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/22/JAM/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 February 2015
URL:
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/alldocs.aspx?doc_id=24680
Accessed Date:
16 February 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
UNICEF Annual Report 2014 – Jamaica
Source:
United Nations. International Children's Emergency Fund.
URL:
http://www.unicef.org/about/annualreport/files/Jamaica_Annual_Report_2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; penal system; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Child Care and Protection Act
URL:
http://moj.gov.jm/sites/default/files/laws/Child%20Care%20and%20Protection%20Act.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
children; legislation
Title:
LGBT Rights under Review in Jamaica
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
9 July 2014
URL:
http://www.coha.org/lgbt-rights-under-review-in-jamaica/
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Jamaica: Evicted, Gay Man Aims to Overturn Buggery Law
Date of Document:
14 June 2013
Author:
Maurice Tomlinson
URL:
http://76crimes.com/2013/06/14/jamaica-evicted-gay-man-aims-to-overturn-sodomy-law/
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Fears for family's safety force claimant to close lawsuit against anti-gay laws
Date of Document:
29 August 2014
URL:
http://jflag.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Javed-Jaghai-withdraws-from-Constitutional-Challenge.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 February 2016
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Jamaican organized crime after the fall of Dudus Coke
Source:
United States Military Academy West Point. Combating Terrorism Center.
Date of Document:
15 January 2014
URL:
https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/jamaican-organized-crime-after-the-fall-of-dudus-coke
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
conflict; country overview; crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; organized crime; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Jamaica: Crime and Violence Country Profile. Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source:
Action on Armed Violence; Asociación para Politicas Públicas
Author:
Diego M. Fleitas Ortiz de Rozas; German Lodola; Hernan Flom
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Crime-and-Violence-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; judicial efficacy; police corruption; police efficacy; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Rising Murders in Jamaica's Capital: Criminal Power Vacuum?
Date of Document:
9 June 2014
Author:
Marguerite Cawley
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/rising-murders-in-jamaicas-capital-criminal-power-vacuum
Accessed Date:
20 February 2015
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; institutional efficacy; organized crime
Title:
Jamaica Sees 20% Spike in Murders
Date of Document:
28 August 2015
Author:
Michael Lohmuller
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/jamaica-sees-20-spike-in-murders-in-2015
Accessed Date:
4 February 2016
Keywords:
crime; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; statistics
Title:
Jamaica. General Logistics Planning Map.
Source:
World Food Programme. Logistics Cluster.
Date of Document:
4 October 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/jam_glpm_a2l_20161004.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Jamaica: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565865/CIG-Jamaica-Background-v-1-May-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Jamaica
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
22 November 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR/C/JAM/CO/4&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Child Care and Protection Act
URL:
http://moj.gov.jm/sites/default/files/laws/Child%20Care%20and%20Protection%20Act_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Criminalisation of Homosexuality: Jamaica
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
URL:
http://www.humandignitytrust.org/uploaded/Map/Country_Reports/Jamaica.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Constitutional challenge to Jamaica's anti-sodomy law: Questions & Answers
Source:
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network; AIDS-Free World
Date of Document:
December 2015
URL:
http://www.aidslaw.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Jamaica-constitutional-challenge_QA_Dec2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in Jamaica: A Shadow Report
Date of Document:
September 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/JAM/INT_CCPR_CSS_JAM_25269_E.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 February 2017
Title:
Crime and Violence in Jamaica: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean.
Source:
Inter-American Development Bank
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
Anthony D. Harriott; Marlyn Jones
URL:
https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7773
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Jamaica Country Profile
Source:
International Security Sector Advisory Team
Date of Document:
2 February 2015
URL:
http://issat.dcaf.ch/Learn/Resource-Library/Country-Profiles/Jamaica-Country-Profile
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Black, Green, Gold and Too Much Red: Jamaica's Struggle with Gang Violence
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
5 October 2016
URL:
http://www.coha.org/black-green-gold-and-too-much-red-jamaicas-struggle-with-gang-violence/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The One Order gang, including activities and state response (2013 - May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 April 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456496
Accessed Date:
14 February 2017
Title:
Deciphering the Lottery Scam Rings Fueling Violence in Jamaica
Date of Document:
22 January 2016
URL:
http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/deciphering-jamaican-lottery-scams-fuelling-gang-violence
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Waiting In Vain - Jamaica: Unlawful Police Killings and Relatives' Long Struggle for Justice
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 November 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr38/5092/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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