Jamaica

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Minorities 9
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Police 24
Political groups 1
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Prison or detention conditions 17
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Right to a nationality 4
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Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 7
SGBV 60
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Women's rights 36
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Operational Guidance Note: Jamaica February 2012 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Age, Gender and Diversity: Best Practice Compilation (Bureau for the Americas) 2012 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Compilations
Compilación de Buenas Prácticas en Materia de Edad, Género y Diversidad (Oficina para las Américas) 2012 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Compilations
Annual Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression 2011 30 December 2011 \| Publisher: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) \| Document type: Annual Reports
Jamaica: Requirements and procedures for obtaining medical reports within Jamaica as well as from abroad; whether medical reports can be obtained through a proxy; if so, requirements and procedures; whether there is a national standard format for medical reports issued by all hospitals in the country; if so, the information contained therein; whether doctors have an obligation to report serious or crime-related injuries 20 December 2011 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaïque : information sur les exigences et la marche à suivre pour obtenir un rapport médical en Jamaïque et depuis l'étranger; information indiquant si le rapport médical peut être obtenu par procuration; le cas échéant, information sur les exigences et la marche à suivre; information indiquant s'il existe un format type de rapport médical pour tous les hôpitaux au pays; le cas échéant, information sur les renseignements qu'il contient; information indiquant si les médecins sont tenus de signaler les blessures graves ou liées à un crime 20 December 2011 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Women's Asylum News: Issue No. 107, December 2011 - January 2012 December 2011 \| Publisher: Asylum Aid \| Document type: Country Reports
List of issues and questions with regard to the consideration of periodic reports : Jamaica 1 November 2011 \| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) \| Document type: Country Reports
2010 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Jamaica 3 October 2011 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom of the Press 2011 - Jamaica 23 September 2011 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports

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