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Title Jamaica: Information on the protection and redress available to victims of domestic violence and on the attitudes of the police and of the judiciary toward women who report such cases
Publisher Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country Jamaica
Publication Date 1 October 1993
Citation / Document Symbol JAM15541.E
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Jamaica: Information on the protection and redress available to victims of domestic violence and on the attitudes of the police and of the judiciary toward women who report such cases

 

Information on this subject is contained in the Response to Information Request JAM13905 of 19 April 1993, which is available in the REFINFO database. The US Department of State's Country Reports for 1992 states that the number of reports of violence against women increased in 1992. In 1991, there were 1,191 reports, up from 1,006 the previous year (1993, 439). Sources in Jamaica have been contacted, and information on the above subject is expected to arrive by 15 November 1993.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

References

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992. US Department of State. 1993. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office.

Topics: Violence against women, Domestic Violence, Violence against women, SGBV,

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