Saturday, September 27, 2014 | 4:26 PM
WASHINGTON DC, United States (JIS) – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vasciannie, has reiterated that the Government of Jamaica is committed to the rule of law in its relations with the international community.
Vasciannie emphasised that Jamaica’s treatment of refugee issues exemplifies the country’s good-faith efforts to meet its international treaty commitments, and to satisfy generally accepted norms and standards of international human rights.
He was speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the United States Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th annual legislative conference under the theme ‘Protection from Persecution: The Flow of Asylum Seekers of African Descent’, at the Walter E Washington convention center on Friday, September 26.
“Jamaica, as a small, developing country which seeks to promote human rights and the rule of law in practice, has sought to safeguard all the rights specified in the Refugees Convention for persons who come to our shores…for us, this is work in progress, but we must remain committed to protecting persons facing persecution,” Vasciannie said.
In a wide-ranging review of refugee issues in Jamaica, Vasciannie identified a range of factors to be considered in the treatment of asylum-seekers, and pointed out that Jamaica’s formal refugee policy document, implemented in 2009, seeks to address these factors in keeping with the United Nations Refugees Convention and Protocol.?
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Ambassador reiterates Jamaica’s commitment to rule of law
