Today, JUSTICE joins together with other leading human rights organisations, Amnesty, Liberty and Reprieve, to regret the Government’s decision to reverse cross-party changes to the Justice and Security Bill made in the House of Lords. JUSTICE considers that the expansion of closed material procedures (or CMP) remains unfair, unnecessary and unjustified. That Ministers reject the […]
Commission on a Bill of Rights for the UK
September 4, 2012
This brief document is designed to supplement our first response to the Commission’s earlier consultation. In summary, JUSTICE considers that: Fundamental rights and liberties must be protected and respected by each of the institutions of Government in the UK. Individuals should have a right to an effective remedy in our domestic courts for violation of those rights and, in practice […]
The Government is not for turning: Justice and Security Bill still unfair, unnecessary and unjustified
May 30, 2012
JUSTICE’s Human Rights Director reacts to the publication of the Justice and Security Bill in a guest piece for the UK Human Rights Blog. Despite widespread coverage of changes to the proposals since the publication of the Justice and Security Green Paper, the Bill represents a challenge to the UK’s longstanding traditions of open, adversarial […]
The right to vote is not a privilege: Time for Parliament to act says JUSTICE
May 23, 2012
Building on Brighton: JUSTICE’s Director of Human Rights Policy reflects on the Brighton Declaration
April 23, 2012
In an article published today by Public Service Europe, JUSTICE’s Director of Human Rights Policy welcomes the focus on national implementation in the Brighton Declaration. The Declaration makes a positive commitment to the right of individuals to take their case to the Strasbourg Court and makes proposals to secure that right for future generations. We […]
JUSTICE initial response to Brighton negotiations
April 19, 2012
As States prepare to finalise the Brighton Declaration, tomorrow, the UK makes an important commitment to the future of the Court and the Convention. States must improve national standards and improve the protection of rights at home. JUSTICE raises concern about agreement to amend the Convention to incorporate judicial principles designed to give States greater […]
States doing better on rights at home must be the goal at Brighton: JUSTICE Human Rights Director
April 18, 2012
JUSTICE urges states to treat UK European Court proposals with caution
April 17, 2012
Marking the publication of the latest joint NGO statement as proposals on the draft Brighton declaration on the future of the European Court of Human Rights come to a close, JUSTICE calls on States to focus on better national implementation of human rights standards over measures likely to undermine the long-term future of the European […]
JUSTICE Director of Human Rights Policy on reform of the Strasbourg Court
In advance of the Brighton Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights, JUSTICE’s Human Rights Director suggests Guardian readers not believe everything they read about the Court and human rights. Will the conference be a missed opportunity to improve States’ records on human rights standards at home? Read more here
‘No case for secret courts’: JUSTICE welcomes highly critical conclusions of parliament’s human rights committee.
April 4, 2012
Today Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights publishes a damning report critical of the Government’s Justice and Security Green Paper. Their conclusion that there is no convincing case for change echoes JUSTICE’s view that the expansion of secret evidence is unfair, unnecessary and unjustifiable. Read JUSTICE’s Press Release