Recommendation (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3) (c) Re-accede to the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, providing for the right to lodge individual complaints to the Human Rights Committee; 33 34 Information received in the reporting period It is reported that there are on-going difficulties for undertaking preventative visits to places of detention. When in September 2010, the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) attempted to visit the Hunts Bay Police Station in Kingston, OPD personnel were barred from accessing the cells. Initial calls to the Commissioner of Police resulted in the granting of access on the condition that the OPD give 48 hours notice to the station.32 However, the stipulation was later withdrawn due to public outcry and OPD objections.33 It is alleged that within a week of the incident at Hunts Bay, another member of the OPD received a death threat that stipulated the inspector would be killed if they came to inspect the Spanish Town police lock-up.34 Government: While Jamaica is not party to the First Optional Protocol, individuals still retain the right to petition an international human rights body through the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The rights considered in a petition to the IACHR under the American Convention on Human Rights are analogous to the rights considered by the Human Rights Committee under the ICCPR. The rights listed in the ICCPR are also assured under the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. Violations of those rights can be upheld in Jamaican courts by way of Constitutional redress. 129 Public Defender jail probe being met with resistance. (01 Sept 2010). RJR News. Available via http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/local/publicdefender-jailprobe-being-met-resistance Ellington backtracks. (08 Sept. 2010). RJR News. Available via http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/local/ellington-backtracks Public Defender's representative threatened. (09 Sept. 2010). RJR News. Available via http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/local/public-defendersrepresentative threatened. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 32 Situation during the visit (A/HRC/16/52/Add.3)