Recommendation
(A/HRC/16/52/Add.3)
Situation during the visit
(A/HRC/16/52/Add.3)
Information received in the reporting period
Morgan43 case. The legal position established by Pratt and
Morgan prevented death row prisoners from being subjected to
inhuman and degrading treatment by reason of: (a) the
conditions under which persons sentenced to death are
detained pending execution of the sentence; and (b) the length
of time which elapses between the date on which the sentence
is imposed and the date on which the sentence is executed. It
is reported that the failure to ensure that individuals sentenced
to death in Jamaica are able to seek the review of their
sentence on the basis established by Pratt and Morgan
constitutes the entrenchment within Jamaican Law of a
provision within the Charter that is wholly inconsistent with
the fundamental rights protected under the Covenant.
78. The Special Rapporteur also
recommends that the relevant United
Nations bodies, donor Governments
and development agencies consider
the administration of
justice as the highest priority, in
particular the fight against violent
crime, policing
and the penitentiary system.
145
Earl Pratt and Ivan Morgan v. The Attorney General for Jamaica et. al. (2 Nov. 1993). Privy Council Appeal No.10 of 993.
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Further, it is reported that the de facto executions by police
remains unacceptably high, with the number of those killed
having increased to 320 in 2010 (not including the 73
confirmed killed during the State of Emergency). Reportedly,
this now results in 1 in 5 of all killings in Jamaica occurring at
the hands of the police.
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