Freedom from Suspicion

November 4, 2011

Surveillance Reform for a Digital Age In this new major report, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, JUSTICE calls for a fundamental overhaul of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in order to protect the right of individual privacy from unnecessary, unwarranted and unchecked state intrusion. Press Release, Suveillance Reform for a Digital Age […]

European Directive on Access to a Lawyer

September 30, 2011

JUSTICE, along with Amnesty International, ECBA, OSJI, Irish Council for Civil Liberties and FTI, has written an open letter to Justice Ministers across Europe emphasising the importance of enacting the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the rights of access to a lawyer and of notification of custody to a third person […]

Doubt over UK support for right of access to a lawyer EU directive

September 6, 2011

Only days after the UK announced that it would opt in to a proposed EU law on the rights of victims of crime to ensure that Britons in another EU country will get a guaranteed level of support, the Justice Secretary has tabled a motion for debate in Parliament on 7 September on the Government’s […]

UK Supreme Court rules against secret evidence in civil claims

July 13, 2011

The UK Supreme Court today ruled decisively against the use of secret evidence in civil trials without parliamentary authorisation. JUSTICE was granted leave to intervene before the UK Supreme Court in both Deghayes and Tariq in a joint intervention with Liberty. JUSTICE has published a press release in response to the judgment. Press Release, Secret […]