JUSTICE briefing on the Commission proposal for the purposes of the UK opt in decision The proposal forms Measure C of the Roadmap on procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings adopted in 2009. JUSTICE Briefing – Directive on right of access to a lawyer for UK opt in decision – July 2011  

This bill received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011 and became the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. View the progress of the bill on Parliament’s website The bill was presented to Parliament on 30 November 2010. It covers five distinct policy areas: police accountability and governance alcohol licensing the regulation of protests around Parliament […]

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