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Custos of St. James, Clarence Nelson has lauded the contribution of Lay Magistrates to the country's justice system. Custos Nelson, who was speaking at the St. James Lay Magistrates Association's annual general meeting held on July 28 at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay, pointed to the importance of training to the work of the Justices of the...

The Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child (JCRC) will be launching two books, which seek to promote the protection of the rights of children. The launch will take place at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville this Friday, June 3, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Executive Director of JCRC, Carol Samuels told JIS News that the activity formed part...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer has said that Jamaica had a good record in terms of steps that have been taken to safeguard the basic human rights of all its citizens. Speaking on behalf of Minister of Justice, Senator A.J. Nicholson at the Northern Caribbean University recently, Mrs. Palmer noted that no government could afford to...

Former Attorney General, David Coore has said that the pending establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), would mark an end to Jamaica's institutional linkage to its colonial past, and signalled the beginning of a new phase in the regional integration process. This new phase, Mr. Coore remarked, "is connected with the CCJ, in that the establishment of the...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 26) passed amendments to the Offences Against the Person Act, removing the mandatory sentence of death for murder and giving the court the discretion to impose a death sentence or imprisonment for life in cases that formerly attracted the mandatory sentence. Minister of National Security, Dr. Peter Phillips who piloted the Bill, explained...

Thirty of the island's court reporters are taking part in a two-year training course designed to improve their skills in recording court proceedings. The full time diploma programme is being funded by the Ministry of Justice at a cost of $15 million and will be conducted at the Justice Training Institute (JTI), located on Camp Road in Kingston. The National...

Chairman of the Health Committee for the Cultural, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, Dr. Aggrey Irons says Jamaica needs to seek out research based intervention methods to both prevent and curtail the high level of violence plaguing the country. Addressing the weekly JIS Think Tank, the Chairman said that violence impacted on health, development, investment, and educational standards....

The concept of an Ombudsman has taken root as governments across the Caribbean seek to deal with the challenges inherent in the protection of the rights of their citizens. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator A. J. Nicholson, made this observation while addressing the Third Regional General Conference of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA), being held at Breezes Hotel,...

The Ministry of Justice is taking steps to deepen the confidence of Jamaicans in the justice system. Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator A.J. Nicholson who made the announcement said that this move was pivotal at this time as the issue of trust was a serious challenge. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of 14 investigators for the Police...