This is a draft legislation from the Home Office On 29 March 2011, JUSTICE gave oral evidence to the Joint Committee on the bills. And on 20 April 2011, we made written submissions and wrote to the committee regarding section 78 of PACE. JUSTICE written evidence to Joint Committee – April 2011 JUSTICE letter to Joint […]

On 2 March the House of Commons debated a draft order extending the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 until the end of 2011. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Commons Debate – March 2011  

On Thursday 10 February 2011  the House of Commons debated a backbench motion seeking to maintain the blanket ban on prisoners voting. JUSTICE is one of a group of NGOs that issued a joint briefing on the issue ahead of the debate. NGO Joint Briefing – House of Commons debate of backbench motion – February […]

This bill received Royal Assent on 16 December 2010 and is now the Terrorism Asset-Freezing Act 2010 The UK is required by the UN to freeze the assets of people who commit terrorist acts. The UK legislation that allowed the Treasury to freeze the assets of those suspected of involvement in terrorism was quashed by […]

This bill was presented as emergency legislation in response to the Cadder judgement handed down on 26 October 2010 by the UK Supreme Court. The legislation came into force as the Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Act 2010 on 29 October 2010. The Act made significant amendments to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. […]

Engaging with the coalition Civil Liberties, the Constitution and Cuts: Engaging with the coalition is a JUSTICE briefing paper in three parts: First, it lists and responds to the commitments relevant to civil liberties made by the coalition in its Programme for Government. The intention is to provide an overview of what is undoubtedly an impressive […]

This proposal forms Measure B in the Roadmap on procedural safeguards. JUSTICE Briefing for EU Commission – October 2010  

JUSTICE produced a briefing for the 28 day pre-charge detention renewal debate. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Debate – July 2010  

View the latest information on this bill at Parliament’s website The Defamation Bill is a Private Members’ Bill, introduced by Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, with the aim of wide-ranging reform of the law of defamation. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Second Reading – July 2010  

This bill contained a range of policing, crime and security measures. It received Royal Assent of 8 April 2010 and became the Crime and Security Act 2010. See the bill’s passage through Parliament. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Second Reading – March 2010 JUSTICE Briefing – House of Commons Report Stage (suggested amendments) – March […]