Terms of Use

Joining the Jamaica Security, Justice and Peace is free, voluntary and open to all peace-building practitioners interested in contributing advice, experience and expertise for use by others, or for adapting others' advice, experience and expertise for their own use:

• ministries and state agencies implementing peace-building, security and justice projects
• Community leaders and activists
• policy makers
• business people
• national and international development organizations
• Researchers and academics

The rules governing membership are as follows:

1. Members contribute to share advice, experience and expertise relating to security and justice challenges and not for promoting or advocating particular views, opinions or political positions.
2. The Jamaica Security, Justice and Peace Community of Practice is a network of professional peers and not organizations. Therefore, messages posted to the community of practice network represent members' personal views and not positions of their agencies, unless otherwise indicated.
3. Contributions should be provided in a positive and constructive manner, and not intentionally defame or discredit the views of another individual or group.
4. Contributions to the mailgroup become "community of practice" property and are freely available for other members to cite or use as they choose, although members are encouraged to acknowledge the original contributor as a courtesy.
5. To ensure adherence to the above rules, the moderator first receives messages sent to the mailgroup, and is responsible for reviewing and approving messages for posting and thereby reserves the right to edit and/or withhold messages found inappropriate for posting. However prior to heavily editing or withholding a message, the moderator will notify and/or consult the sender.
6. In posting edited and unedited messages or incorporating the messages into consolidated responses, the UN and core group partners accept no responsibility for their truthfulness or authenticity. Members intending to use or transmit the information contained in these messages should be aware that they are relying on their own judgment.