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 […]
Landmark human rights rulings extend scope of the Human Rights Act outside the UK
July 7, 2011
In two groundbreaking rulings, the European Court of Human Rights today confirmed that the UK government’s human rights obligations are not limited to the territorial UK but can exceptionally extend overseas to situations in which British officials exercise ‘control and authority’ over foreign nationals. JUSTICE has published a press release in response to the judgment. […]
Government rules muzzle Torture Inquiry
July 6, 2011
UK Supreme Court rebuffs government over restrictions to judicial review
June 22, 2011
Press release relating to JUSTICE’s intervention in Cart v Upper Tribunal and Eba v Advocate General. On 22 June the UK Supreme Court ruled that decisions of the Upper Tribunal are not immune from judicial review by the High Court in England or the Court of Session in Scotland. It also unanimously rejected the government’s argument that judicial review should only […]