Outcome Report >> Jamaica, Comment, 36th Session, May 2020

Source of Reference
State under Review
Recommendation
The Commission of Churches on International Affairs of the World’s Council of Churches (video statement) indicated that ... sexual violence, ... were the themes repeatedly raised by groups of children it consulted. ... Although boys were three times more likely to be murdered than girls, Jamaica was among the ten countries with the highest mortality rates from homicide among adolescent girls. [Para 800]
Reference type
Response