Jamaica

Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Regional Court
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Regional Organisations
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Commonwealth
Caribbean Community
Organisation of American States
Legal System
Common
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
30 July 1964
1966 ICCPR
03 October 1975
1930 Forced Labour Convention
26 December 1962
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
13 June 2017
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
26 December 1962
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
13 October 2003
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
29 September 2003
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
Not Party

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
There appears to be no legislation in place in Jamaica which prohibits slavery, although articles 13 and 14 of the Constitution protect the individual right to liberty.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Jamaica which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Jamaica which prohibits servitude.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Jamaica which prohibits forced labour.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act which criminalises trafficking at article 4.

Legislative Provisions

CONSTITUTION OF JAMAICA 1962 (REV. 2011)

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT (AS AMENDED TO 2010)

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION AND PUNISHMENT) ACT (AS AMENDED 2013)

THE CHILD CARE AND PROTECTION, ACT 2004

MARRIAGE ACT

AWAD REPORT

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