The Ministry of Justice will be hosting a series of activities to commemorate Trafficking in Persons Week from July 23 to 30, aimed at raising awareness of the offence and having the public recognize it as a national issue. Manager of the Trafficking in Persons Secretariat at the Ministry, Keshia West, said the Week will be highlighted by country tours...

There were hugs and tears as parents and children came together in an emotional relationship-building exercise at the Dispute Resolution Foundation’s (DRF) Kingston summer camp. The parent-child rap session, held on Thursday (July 20), was the highlight of the fourth day of the camp, which is being staged at the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions on Hope Boulevard. The session...

About 90 per cent of files destroyed in a 2015 fire that engulfed the Coroner’s and Special Coroner’s Courts have been reconstructed. Chief Justice, Hon. Zaila McCalla, said 67 of the 77 active files, which were destroyed, have been replaced. She informed that six of the remaining 10 files are in the process of being reconstructed. Mrs. McCalla was speaking...

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says custodes and Justices of the Peace (JPs) have a critical role to play in ensuring the protection of citizens’ rights, once an area has been designated a special crime zone. Addressing the opening ceremony for the first Justice Centre in the island, in the parish of St. Ann, on July 6, Mr. Chuck said...

More courts across the island are to receive video-link and digital evidence recoding equipment to enable vulnerable witnesses to give evidence remotely. Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Carol Palmer, said the second part of a shipment valued at approximately $226 million is expected to arrive in the island by the end of July. “We got the first part of...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, is calling for strengthening of Jamaica’s commitment to the United Nations (UN) Palermo Protocol, which urges signatories to prevent and suppress the incidence of human trafficking. She said Government agencies must avoid complacency and redouble their efforts, in keeping with the Protocol’s requirements, to ensure Jamaica achieves Tier 1 classification in...

Jamaica’s maintenance of its Tier 2 ranking in the 2017 Trafficking in Persons report is a testament to the country’s notable progress towards curbing the crime. This is according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Carol Palmer, who said Jamaica has been making significant strides to meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of the...