ABSURDITIES - Balancing political and economic rights
Bruce Golding says it is a constitutional absurdity that a Commonwealth citizen can vote and be elected to the Jamaican Parliament after spending only a year in Jamaica, while a Jamaican citizen who lives overseas and is a citizen of another country cannot be elected here. (Buddan)
A recipe for abuse, chaos
Robotham's latest prescription from afar to cure the ills he helped to breed has overstepped incredulity and entered the bounds of lunacy. (Robinson)
Human rights and preventive detention
Finally, a reasoned, nuanced, non-emotional and intellectually engaging response has emerged to the proposal for preventive detention being pushed by Don Robotham and me. (Boyne)
The Vale Royal talks and human rights
The leader of the Opposition has been insistent that, notwithstanding the concerted callous criminal operations in today's Jamaica, any legislative measure or other initiative that may be proposed to address the scourge must satisfy the test of strict adherence to the principles of human rights in our country. (Nicholson)
Detention without reasonable cause: Not the solution to crime (Part I)
I listened with great consternation, and no little disappointment, as the prime minister of Jamaica outlined proposed crime fighting strategies on June 17. It is apparent that the new administration is unable to look beyond the tried, tested and failed strategies of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. (Batts)
Recent court decisions require review
The matter of citizenship is an ancient and fundamental right enjoyed by peoples everywhere. Also, dual citizenship has been a fact of life from time immemorial. There are some cases of assertion of citizenship that are worthy of mention. (Casserly)
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