JUSTICE has published its response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights Discussion Paper: Do we need a UK Bill of Rights? Read JUSTICE’s response.
JUSTICE responds to Application of EU Criminal Justice Legislation in the field of Detention Green Paper
December 1, 2011
The EU Commission has been consulting on length and conditions of detention in the EU and whether there is need for the EU to legislate in this area. The green paper forms Measure F on the Roadmap on procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings. JUSTICE and the ICJ have issued a joint response to the green […]
JUSTICE briefing on Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill
November 22, 2011
Carloway Review recommends enhanced safeguards in Scottish police stations
November 18, 2011
Carloway reports: Safeguards enhanced at the police station but removed at trial
November 17, 2011
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 […]
Baha Mousa’s death ‘a stain on our values’
September 8, 2011
Doubt over UK support for right of access to a lawyer EU directive
September 6, 2011
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 […]