Jamaica

Access to procedures 4
Administrative courts 1
Adoption 1
Age discrimination 2
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Anglican 10
Appeal / Right to appeal 3
Arbitrary arrest and detention 24
Armed forces / Military 4
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Baha'i 10
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Child prostitution 14
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Children's rights 62
Children-at-risk 24
Christian 8
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Complementary forms of protection 2
Conflict situation 1
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Convention against Torture (CAT) 4
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Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
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Crime prevention 1
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Democracy 3
Deportation / Forcible return 27
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 21
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Domestic violence 36
Drug trafficking 19
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 26
Effective protection 4
Effective remedy 10
Elections 10
Entry / Exit 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 6
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Expedited procedures 4
Extradition 5
Extrajudicial executions 37
False documents 2
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
Forced labour 29
Forced marriage 3
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 32
Freedom of assembly and association 28
Freedom of expression 46
Freedom of information 22
Freedom of movement 19
Freedom of religion 40
Freedom of speech 20
Fresh / New claim 4
Gang related violence 10
Gender discrimination 37
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 4
Generalized violence 1
HIV and AIDS 8
Harmful traditional practices 3
Hindu 10
Honour killings 1
Human Rights Council 10
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 55
Human rights monitors 3
Humanitarian assistance 2
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 7
Immigration control after entry 1
Immigration law 3
Impunity 14
Independence of judiciary 4
Internal armed conflict 2
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 5
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 courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
International protection 4
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 10
Jew 10
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 71
Maternal and child health care 1
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 7
Methodist 10
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
Minorities 9
Moravian 7
Mormon 1
Muslim 11
Non-refoulement 2
Non-state agents of persecution 10
Opposition 2
Pentecostal 10
Persecution based on political opinion 5
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 33
Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
Persons with disabilities 13
Police 52
Political groups 1
Political parties 4
Political situation 2
Pre-trial detention 3
Prevention of discrimination 2
Prison or detention conditions 26
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 10
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
Protestant 3
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
Public health 8
Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
Rastafarian 12
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
Refugees 25
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 6
Right to employment 9
Right to family life 12
Right to health 4
Right to justice 5
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 17
SGBV 71
Safe country of origin 1
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 35
Security situation 7
Serious non-political crime 1
Seventh Day Adventist 10
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 14
Social group persecution 7
State of emergency 4
State protection 20
Statelessness 4
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Temporary admission 1
Terrorism 14
Torture 1
Trafficking in persons 54
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
Urban refugees 1
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 1
Well-founded fear of persecution 1
Witnesses 6
Women's rights 40
Women-at-risk 23

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Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Jamaica 10 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Document type: Concluding Observations
Brown (Jamaica), R (on the applications of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 4 March 2015 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity \| Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 : Jamaica 2 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Compilations
Compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21 : Jamaica 2 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Compilations
Amnesty International Report 2014/15 - Jamaica 25 February 2015 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Annual Reports
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 12 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
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 12 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Jamaica: 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 mechanisms (2013-January 2015) 11 February 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaïque : information sur les exigences et la marche à suivre pour déposer une plainte contre un agent de police; les exigences et la marche à suivre pour obtenir un rapport de police; les autres voies pour déposer une plainte contre un agent de police; l'efficacité des mécanismes de plainte (2013-janvier 2015) 11 February 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), including effectiveness and government efforts to strengthen the force (2011-2015) 9 February 2015 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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