ABOUT US
Posted on May 5, 2009
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The Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights is the oldest non-governmental organisation in the English speaking Caribbean. It was first incorporated under the name Jamaican Council for Human Rights on December 10, 1968, the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1998 it was re-incorporated under its present name
December 10, 2008 was the fortieth anniversary of the Council. Over the past forty years the Council has advocated for Constitutional and legislative reform in several areas that fall within its remit. The Council is well-known for its advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty and for championing the rights of persons who are abused by the state. It is less well-known that the Council has also worked to champion the rights of women, children, the disabled, worker’s, and victim’s of crime. We have produced brochures and booklets and held several public fora, workshops and training seminars in order to educate the Jamaican populace about their rights and to assist them to defend them.
These ventures include the publication of “Caribbean Rights”, a print and electronic journal aimed at stimulating discourse about human rights in the Caribbean and led by persons in the Caribbean.
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