Programmes
Legal
Reform and Advocacy
J-FLAG is
actively lobbying for legal reform. Our Parliamentary Submission
[make this a link to text below] to amend the non-discrimination
clause within the Constitution to include sexual orientation was
reviewed by the Joint Select Committee on the Charter of Rights
Bill. In December, 2001, the Committee made its recommendations
to Parliament. It declined to support our proposed amendment but
did recommend that the House consider repealing the Buggery
Law. We are now strengthening our efforts to ensure the successful
passage of this bill through parliament, and will continue to
push for the amendment to the constitution.
We continue
to challenge all forms of discrimination and censorship by releasing
regular press statements on current issues affecting the gay,
lesbian and all-sexual community, and by publishing position papers
on topics related to human rights, and by engaging entities such
as the Jamaica Broadcast Commission, the Ministry of National
Security and Justice, Jamaicans for Justice, Amnesty International,
etc.
