Jamaica

Access to procedures 5
Administrative courts 1
Adoption 1
Age discrimination 2
Aliens 1
Anglican 10
Appeal / Right to appeal 3
Arbitrary arrest and detention 25
Armed forces / Military 5
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 9
Asylum policy 12
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 21
Baha'i 10
Baptist 10
Border conflict 2
Catholic 13
Child labour 25
Child prostitution 16
Child soldiers 3
Children's rights 66
Children-at-risk 25
Christian 8
Citizenship / Nationality law 3
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 12
Country of origin information (COI) 6
Crime prevention 1
Criminal justice 37
Death in custody 2
Death penalty 20
Decision on admissibility 1
Democracy 3
Deportation / Forcible return 27
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 21
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 26
Domestic violence 38
Drug trafficking 19
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 26
Effective protection 5
Effective remedy 10
Elections 11
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 38
False documents 2
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
Forced labour 31
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 32
Freedom of assembly and association 29
Freedom of expression 46
Freedom of information 23
Freedom of movement 20
Freedom of religion 42
Freedom of speech 20
Fresh / New claim 4
Gang related violence 11
Gender discrimination 39
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 4
Generalized violence 2
HIV and AIDS 9
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 4
Humanitarian assistance 2
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 8
Immigration control after entry 1
Immigration law 3
Impunity 16
Independence of judiciary 5
Internal armed conflict 2
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 6
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) 4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 5
International courts and tribunals 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
International protection 5
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 10
Jew 11
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 75
Maternal and child health care 1
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 7
Methodist 10
Migrants 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
Minorities 10
Moravian 7
Mormon 1
Muslim 11
Non-refoulement 2
Non-state agents of persecution 10
Opposition 2
Pentecostal 10
Persecution based on political opinion 6
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 35
Persons of concern to UNHCR 4
Persons with disabilities 14
Police 57
Political groups 1
Political parties 4
Political situation 3
Pre-trial detention 4
Prevention of discrimination 2
Prison or detention conditions 28
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 26
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 7
Right to employment 9
Right to family life 12
Right to health 5
Right to justice 6
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to registration at birth 2
Right to seek asylum 1
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 19
Safe country of origin 1
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 38
Security situation 7
Serious non-political crime 2
Seventh Day Adventist 10
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 74
Sexual and reproductive rights 5
Small arms 1
Smuggling of persons 2
Social group discrimination 14
Social group persecution 7
State of emergency 4
State protection 21
Statelessness 4
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Temporary admission 1
Terrorism 14
Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 57
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
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 42
Women-at-risk 23

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Jamaica's deadly police: 'We live in constant fear' 19 January 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
¿Qué esperamos del futuro?: Detención migratoria y alternativas a la detención en las Américas 2017 \| Publisher: International Detention Coalition \| Document type: Regional Reports
Jamaica: Illegal police tactics fuel scores of murders and sow culture of fear 23 November 2016 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Jamaica 22 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Concluding Observations
2015 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Jamaica 30 September 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom in the World 2016 - Jamaica 29 August 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Report on International Religious Freedom - Jamaica 10 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Country programme document : Jamaica 5 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) \| Document type: Country Reports
A Commentary on the May 2016 Country Information and Guidance report issued on Jamaica 11 July 2016 \| Publisher: Still Human Still Here \| Document type: Commentaries
2016 Trafficking in Persons Report - Jamaica 30 June 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports

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