Jamaica

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Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : list of issues in connection with the consideration of the combined 3rd and 4th periodic reports of Jamaica concerning articles 1 to 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/JAM/3-4) : Jamaica 8 June 2012 \| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : list of issues in connection with the consideration of the combined 3rd and 4th periodic reports of Jamaica concerning articles 1 to 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/JAM/3-4) : Jamaica 8 June 2012 \| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
Matter of X- 7 June 2012 \| Publisher: United States Board of Immigration Appeals \| Document type: Case Law
2012 Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights - Jamaica 6 June 2012 \| Publisher: International Trade Union Confederation \| Document type: Annual Reports
Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 - Jamaica 24 May 2012 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Annual Reports
2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Jamaica 24 May 2012 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Jamaica: Fifty years without the liberty to love by J-FLAG and Amnesty International 17 May 2012 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
LE (Jamaica), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 9 May 2012 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Document type: Case Law
State-sponsored Homophobia : A world survey of laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults May 2012 \| Publisher: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association \| Document type: Annual Reports
A Commentary on the February 2012 Jamaica Operational Guidance Note 19 April 2012 \| Publisher: Still Human Still Here \| Document type: Commentaries

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