Jamaica

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Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
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Deportation / Forcible return 1
Domestic violence 13
Drug trafficking 4
Effective remedy 1
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HIV and AIDS 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 3
Impunity 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 11
Persecution based on political opinion 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
Police 7
Political groups 1
Political parties 2
Public health 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
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Right to employment 1
Right to health 1
SGBV 20
Security forces 5
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Women's rights 2
Women-at-risk 3

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Jamaica: Whether a Cuban woman who resided and worked in Jamaica in the 1990s on a work permit and who married a naturalized Jamaican in early 1999 has a right to Jamaican citizenship 8 August 2000 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Resources/support services available to Jamaicans with HIV 10 July 2000 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaïque : admissibilité à la citoyenneté jamaïcaine dans le cas d'un enfant majeur de mère jamaïcaine et de père étranger et, le cas échéant, la procédure, les documents requis, les possibilités de rejet de la demande de citoyenneté et les raisons qui peuvent motiver les autorités jamaïcaines à rejeter la demande 10 December 1999 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Jamaican Posses 22 September 1999 \| Publisher: United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Update to JAM22562.E of 3 January 1996 and JAM22563.E of 4 January 1996 on connections between gangs (posses), police and politicians and on protection from gangs (1996-1999) 1 June 1999 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Canada/Jamaica: Whether Canada has an extradition treaty with Jamaica and, if not, whether there is any other treaty or legislation that authorizes the sending to Canada of Jamaicans wanted by the Canadian authorities; the response of the Jamaican authorities to extradition requests by Canada; statistics on the number of Jamaicans whom Canada has attempted to have extradited from Jamaica: the number of successful cases and length of time involved in the extradition processes for various categories of serious crimes (rape, drug trafficking, murder, etc.) (January 1994 - January 1999) 1 January 1999 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Update to Response to Information Request JAM26718.E of 9 May 1997 on the Domestic Violence Act; the number of people charged, convicted or sentenced under its provisions, commentary on the Act, and a copy of the Act (May 1997 - November 1998) 1 November 1998 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Treatment of lesbians and whether there is any lesbian organization in Jamaica (1998) 1 June 1998 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Copy of the Child Welfare Act 1 February 1998 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses
Jamaica: Information on sickle cell anemia, including the number of those afflicted, the attitude towards them and the availability of competent medical treatment 1 February 1998 \| Publisher: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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