Wednesday 24th July 2024 JUSTICE’s newly updated Law for Lawmakers guide will be delivered to all new and returning MPs starting today. MPs are tasked with solving our biggest challenges using a notoriously complex Parliamentary system. Today’s guide aims to help them navigate this to ensure democratic, evidence-based lawmaking. The guide follows recent controversies […]
Today a joint letter on reform of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences was sent to Shabana Mahmood MP, the new Secretary of State for Justice. The letter is endorsed by a broad coalition of experts, civil society and community organisations, leading activists and campaigners, including JUSTICE, who are opposed to the cruel, inhumane and […]
Welcome to the Modernising Criminal Justice Conference 2024. As part of my introductory remarks, I want to set the scene for today’s event as well as take advantage of having a wide range of sectors, interests and experience in the room to highlight the opportunities presented by being together for the best part of the […]
A landmark report out today finds that current government contracting across local and central government fails to protect the rights of individual service users. Some local authorities, are outsourcing medical assessments to determine individuals’ vulnerability in the context of homelessness applications, without even a basic written contract. One third of all public spending – around […]
Grand Chamber dismisses application, but recognises devastating impact of wrongful conviction Today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that the test for compensation introduced in 2014 (Section 133(1ZA) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988) is compatible with Article 6 (2) of the European Convention of Human Rights. The case was […]
JUSTICE has briefed Parliament on several discrete issues within the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. Firstly, JUSTICE has briefed on automated decision-making. Clause 14 of the Bill repeals the right not to be subject to solely automated decision making and profiling, replacing it with more permissive provisions. JUSTICE does not consider the new provisions […]
Ease prison crisis with Norwegian-style queueing system, finds JUSTICE report A Norwegian-style queueing system and other key reforms could ease the UK’s prison overcrowding crisis and reduce reoffending, a new report by JUSTICE finds. The report warns that such reforms are urgently needed to avoid a repeat of the widespread prison riots of the 1990s. […]
Ongoing problems with the scheme designed to secure eligible European Economic Area (‘EEA’) nationals their rights to live and work in the UK after Brexit are putting millions of people at risk of wrongly losing their jobs, homes, and access to healthcare and benefits, a new report finds. Continuing problems with the scheme’s online ‘proof […]
New JUSTICE-led project, funded by the Access to Justice Foundation, to explore options for harnessing data and evidence to improve justice policy and practice. JUSTICE have commissioned Dr Natalie Byrom to identify options for a new initiative to enable policymakers and practitioners to harness data and evidence to build a fairer justice system within everyone’s […]
In January 2023, the Ministry of Justice launched a Review of Civil Legal Aid, setting out its proposals to improve the system’s ability to deliver long-term access to justice. JUSTICE has responded to the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence. In doing so, we have drawn upon our previous work, including our reports on Solving […]