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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Global Initiative newsletter 24
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06/11/2013 |
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
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JAMAICA: Cross-Dressing Teen ‘Chopped And Stabbed’ To Death By Mob
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02/08/2013 |
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JAMAICA: Concerns about low marriage age
With the age of sexual consent set at 16, commentators debate if the legal age for marriage should also remain at 16 or be raised to 18, as requested repeatedly by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
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06/11/2012 |
Jamaica Observer
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JAMAICA: Persistent violations of children's rights
The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues covered by NGOs in their alternative reports to the various human rights monitoring bodies. These violations are listed in no particular order.
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20/08/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Life imprisonment of children in the Commonwealth
Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.
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01/08/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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JAMAICA: Children's rights in the UN Special Procedures' reports
This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports.
Please note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.
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03/07/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Death Sentences and Executions in 2011
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31/05/2012 |
Amnesty International
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: The State of the World's Human Rights 2012
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24/05/2012 |
Amnesty International
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JAMAICA: Homophobic bullying on the agenda
Advocates say that homophobia in schools should be addressed directly, and without ambivalence, as until now some politicians have "dance[d] around the issue without taking a position".
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24/05/2012 |
Jamaica Observer
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JAMAICA: Children's Ombudsperson
Information about institutions in Jamaica that monitor children's rights.
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18/05/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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JAMAICA: National Laws
General overview of Jamaica's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.
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18/05/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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JAMAICA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are available here: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/index.asp
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24/04/2012 |
Child Rights International Network
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CRC: Optional Protocol on a complaints mechanism opening for signature at the end of February
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10/02/2012 |
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: World Report 2012
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23/01/2012 |
Human Rights Watch
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JAMAICA: New PM vows to review anti-gay law
TIME magazine had previously described Jamaica as the most homophobic country.
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11/01/2012 |
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Annual Report 2011
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13/05/2011 |
Amnesty International
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JAMAICA: CJ urges more child friendly justice system
The Chief Justice has emphasised the need for a child friendly justice system, in light of the Office of the Children’s Advocate’s findings of its study, ‘Profile of Children in Conflict with the Law’.
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15/03/2011 |
Jamaica Information Service
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JAMAICA: Government moves to abolish corporal punishment
The Ministry of Education has developed a Green Paper on Safe School Policy, which will, among other things, abolish the use of corporal punishment in all schools.
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15/02/2011 |
Jamaica Information Service
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Global Report 2011
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26/01/2011 |
Human Rights Watch
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JAMAICA: Children's rights references in the Universal Periodic Review
A compilation of extracts featuring child-rights issues from the reports submitted to the first Universal Periodic Review. There are extracts from the 'National Report', the 'Compilation of UN Information' and the 'Summary of Stakeholder's Information'. Also included is the final report and the list of accepted and rejected recommendations.
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16/11/2010 |
Child Rights International Network
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