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The Caribbean must prioritise transparent accountability in policing
*Image credit: SoundThinking. On September 29, 2025, a Guyanese newspaper reported that “starting today, all law enforcement officers...
Amanda Quest
Oct 62 min read


Spotlighting Female Genital Mutilation: An Insidious International Human Rights Crisis
*Image credit: The Desert Flower Foundation The practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is one of the most egregious manifestations...
Amanda Quest
Aug 266 min read
Laws criminalizing abortion undermine women’s right to a dignified life
In many Commonwealth Caribbean countries, the state dictates when and in what circumstances a woman can have an abortion, if at all. To...
Amanda Quest
Apr 153 min read


The Rule of Law and AI Ethics: A dynamic, rights-based framework for regulating Facial Recognition Technologies
*Image credit: The National Judicial College While AI systems have proven beneficial to humankind in several ways, their deployment has...
Amanda Quest
Mar 304 min read
Much to do about Consumer Rights Protection in Jamaica: An open letter to the Consumer Affairs Commission of Jamaica
Dear Consumer Affairs Commission of Jamaica, I write as a deeply concerned Jamaican consumer to express my sheer dissatisfaction with...
Amanda Quest
Feb 54 min read
Much to do about Consumer (Rights) Protection in Jamaica: An open letter to Adam Stewart
Mr. Stewart, I am writing to express my sheer disgust with the handling of an ongoing issue by ATL Automotive/Autobahn Limited (“ATL”)....
Amanda Quest
Dec 30, 20245 min read


Tackling the misuse of Deepfakes in Jamaica
*Image Credit: WIRED. With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have increased in...
Amanda Quest
Aug 19, 20245 min read
The Controversy of Abortion in Jamaica- Policing Wombs To Death
In Jamaica, the subject matter of abortion is as controversial, divisive and “touchy” as it is enigmatic. It is all of the above and more...
Amanda Quest
Jun 19, 20246 min read


On black hair, grooming policies and “respectability politics” in post-colonial Jamaica
*Image Credit- Comrade Sister: Women in the Black Panther Party (ACC Art Books, 2022). It has been over three years since the outcome of...
Amanda Quest
Jun 11, 20247 min read


Capital Punishment and its Refusal to Die: Views from Jamaica
*The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Image credit: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (www.jcpc.uk). Copyright © 2022...
Amanda Quest
Sep 21, 20225 min read


Watching spaces, surveilling faces…in Jamaica? (Part 2)
*Image credit: The Verge. Copyright © 2022 The Verge. Over time, calls for the regulation of FRTs have intensified due to growing...
Amanda Quest
Aug 8, 20226 min read
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