JUSTICE responds to the Lord Advocate’s ‘Guidelines on Access to a Solicitor by Suspects: Interim guidance’. Downloads JUSTICE response
Defamation Bill
July 2, 2010
Open letter to European Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding
June 29, 2010
Relying on the Effective Criminal Defence in Europe publication, JUSTICE, together with AI EU Office, ECBA, ICCL, OSI and OSJI, has sent an open letter to European Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, urging the Commission to present Measure B on Information on Rights and Information about the Charges as soon as possible in order for […]
Effective Criminal Defence in Europe
June 24, 2010
Effective Criminal Defence in Europe is a 657 page publication that is the culmination of a three year research project funded by the European Commission and OSI. The project reviewed how criminal defence is conducted in eight member states and one accession state in comparison with the standards of the ECHR and concluded that many […]
HM Treasury consultation on draft Terrorist Asset-Freezing Bill
June 17, 2010
The draft Bill raises a number of issues with which JUSTICE has long been concerned: human rights and counter-terrorism; the use of secret evidence and the fair administration of justice; the importance of parliamentary oversight of executive measures; and the importance of the UK’s obligations under international law. Downloads JUSTICE response to draft Terrorist Asset-Freezing […]
JUSTICE Journal – Volume 7, Number 1
June 1, 2010
Contents of Volume 7 Number 1 Editorial Justice and the election Articles Devolution and human rights Qudsi Rasheed ‘Free to lead as well as to be led’: section 2 of the Human Rights Act and the relationship between the UK courts and Strasbourg Eric Metcalfe Towards a codified constitution Stephen Hockman QC, Professor Vernon Bogdanor […]