Jamaica
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 6, 1962
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister; Court of Appeal
RELIGIONS
majority Protestant
From the country
- OCTOBER 5, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
With 726 violent deaths since January in a country of 2
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Caribbean Justice, a group working towards the abolition...
Caribbean Justice, a group working towards the abolition of the death penalty, said plans by the government to amend the Constitution, in order to circumvent hangings, would be "a serious breach of the rule of law"
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister P
Prime Minister P
- JUNE 18, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called...
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called for a resumption of hanging in the face of increased criminal activity
- MAY 28, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest...
Eleven Caribbean countries were cited in the latest Amnesty International report on international human rights violations
- MARCH 15, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to...
Several governments in the Caribbean are expected to speed up plans to establish a regional court after a ruling by Britain's Privy Council that the mandatory death penalty is in violation of the constitutions of several countries
- MARCH 15, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that the circumstances surrounding...
Amnesty International said that the circumstances surrounding the shootings in Jamaica of Jevan Campbell, Douglas Rhoden, Gregory Sharp and Glenroy Stewart by police on March 6, 2002 amounted to extrajudicial executions
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister P
Jamaican Prime Minister P
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 13, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the...
Human rights lawyers in the Carribean applauded the ruling by Britain's Privy Council judges that the mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional in seven Caribbean countries
- MARCH 11, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC)...
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) delivered judgments in the appeals of Peter Hughes (St Lucia), Berthill Fox (St Kitts and Nevis) and Patrick Reyes (Belize)
- JANUARY 30, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica, plagued by violence and struggling to control...
Jamaica, plagued by violence and struggling to control rising gun crime, should execute convicted arms smugglers, the nation's new minister of national security said