Administration of Justice

Jamaican Justice System Reform Task Force: Final Report
        www.cabinet.gov.jm/files/docs/jjsrtf_report_0.pdf?phpMyAdmin=36964530831c7b5cd24342ae2600c405

This report on and reform recommendation of the Jamaican Justice System is organized into nine parts: the justice system today; the justice system of tomorrow; the framework of change; the foundations of the justice system; structure, jurisdiction, and accountability; the public and the justice system; criminal justice reform: transforming practices and legal culture; civil justice reform: transforming practices and legal culture; and institutionalizing justice system reform.

Overview of Jamaican Justice System Reform: Issues and Initiatives
       www.cba.org/jamaicanjustice/pdf/research_overview.pdf

This document provides an overview of Jamaican justice reform issues and initiatives.


Corrections

Department of Correctional Services: Statistics

These documents display statistical information collected by the Jamaican Department fo Correctional Services. These are spreadsheet files that open with Excel.


Human Rights

Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom - Jamaica

These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, describe the status of religious freedom in Jamaica, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These reports are submitted to the United States as per compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). The law provides "a full and complete report regarding the status of internationally recognized human rights, within the meaning of subsection (A) in countries that receive assistance under this part, and (B) in all other foreign countries which are members of the United Nations and which are not otherwise the subject of a human rights report under this Act." 


Research & Statistics

The World Fact Book (CIA)
       www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html

This site provides information regarding the population, government, and transnational issues concerning Jamaica.


 

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