Jamaica

Access to procedures 3
Administrative courts 1
Adoption 1
Africans 1
Age discrimination 2
Aliens 1
Anglican 8
Appeal / Right to appeal 3
Arbitrary arrest and detention 23
Armed forces / Military 3
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9
Asylum policy 10
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 21
Baha'i 8
Baptist 8
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Catholic 11
Child labour 18
Child prostitution 13
Child soldiers 3
Children's rights 55
Children-at-risk 22
Christian 6
Citizenship / Nationality law 2
Civil and political rights 8
Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
Complementary forms of protection 2
Conflict situation 1
Constitutional law 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 4
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 4
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Convention refugee 1
Corruption 6
Country of origin information (COI) 6
Crime prevention 1
Criminal justice 32
Death in custody 2
Death penalty 20
Decision on admissibility 1
Democracy 2
Deportation / Forcible return 25
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 20
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 24
Domestic violence 33
Drug trafficking 18
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 24
Effective protection 4
Effective remedy 9
Elections 8
Entry / Exit 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
Expedited procedures 4
Extradition 5
Extrajudicial executions 30
False documents 2
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
Forced labour 28
Forced marriage 3
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 31
Freedom of assembly and association 25
Freedom of expression 44
Freedom of information 20
Freedom of movement 18
Freedom of religion 37
Freedom of speech 20
Fresh / New claim 4
Gang related violence 5
Gender discrimination 35
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 4
Generalized violence 1
HIV and AIDS 7
Harmful traditional practices 3
Hindu 8
Honour killings 1
Human Rights Council 8
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 50
Human rights monitors 2
Humanitarian assistance 2
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 7
Immigration control after entry 1
Immigration law 3
Impunity 12
Independence of judiciary 4
Internal armed conflict 2
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 3
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 3
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 5
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
International protection 3
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 8
Jew 8
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 63
Maternal and child health care 1
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 7
Methodist 8
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
Minorities 9
Moravian 5
Muslim 9
Non-refoulement 2
Non-state agents of persecution 7
Opposition 2
Pentecostal 8
Persecution based on political opinion 5
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 27
Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
Persons with disabilities 12
Police 39
Political groups 1
Political parties 4
Political situation 2
Pre-trial detention 2
Prevention of discrimination 2
Prison or detention conditions 24
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
Protestant 2
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
Public health 8
Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
Rastafarian 10
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugees 24
Regional instruments 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
Religious discrimination 21
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
Resettlement 1
Residence permits / Residency 1
Return conditions 3
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 4
Right to education 4
Right to employment 9
Right to family life 12
Right to health 4
Right to justice 2
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 14
SGBV 67
Safe country of origin 1
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 31
Security situation 7
Serious non-political crime 1
Seventh Day Adventist 8
Sexual and reproductive rights 3
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 14
Social group persecution 7
State of emergency 3
State protection 15
Statelessness 4
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Temporary admission 1
Terrorism 14
Trafficking in persons 53
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 9
Urban refugees 1
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 1
Well-founded fear of persecution 1
Witnesses 5
Women's rights 37
Women-at-risk 22

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Freedom of the Press 2015 - Jamaica 29 October 2015 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2014 Report on International Religious Freedom - Jamaica 14 October 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
2014 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Jamaica 30 September 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom in the World 2015 - Jamaica 10 August 2015 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Trafficking in Persons Report - Jamaica 27 July 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review : Jamaica 20 July 2015 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Information and Guidance - Jamaica: Fear of organised criminal gangs July 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Country Information and Guidance - Jamaica: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity July 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Country Information and Guidance - Jamaica: Women fearing domestic violence July 2015 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Jamaica 25 June 2015 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports

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