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Supreme Court rules on Assange extradition appeal
The Supreme Court has given its ruling in the case of Julian Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority.Mr Assange is the subject of a request for extradition by the Swedish Prosecuting Authority for the purposes of an investigation into alleged offences of sexual molestation and rape. A European Arrest Warrant (EAW… Read more ...European court clarifies grounds for deportation of EU citizens
The Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the grounds on which an EU citizen can be deported for committing a crime, even if they have lived for over ten years in the host Member State.A host Member State can take a decision to deport an EU citizen… Read more ...ECHR rules on prisoner voting
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given its judgment on the issue of prisoner voting, saying that it is up to Member States to decide how to regulate the ban on prisoners voting, but that an automatic and indiscriminate disenfranchisement of all serving prisoners, irrespective of the nature… Read more ...UK businesses must ‘stamp out slave trade’
UK businesses will be required to disclose all their efforts to end slavery, under a Bill launched in Parliament.The Transparency in Supply Chains Bill, drafted by the Centre for Social Justice and Labour MP Fiona MacTaggart, will demand that businesses investigate whether their supply chains are slave-free.As part of landmark… Read more ...New agency to fight organised crime
The Government has recently published its proposed Crime and Courts Bill, which will establish the National Crime Agency as a powerful body of operational crime fighters who will make sure serious criminals and organised gangs are tracked down and brought to justice.Organised crime costs the public between £20 billion and… Read more ...Calls for Scottish Parliamentary Human Rights Committee
A recent report has criticised the human rights record of the Scottish Parliament’s Committees, and in particular its Justice Committee.The report was produced for the Cross Party Group on Human Rights at Holyrood by the Glasgow Human Rights Network, which had been asked to establish the degree of consideration given… Read more ...Investigating crimes in Europe
The police would get better and faster support from their counterparts in other EU countries, for example when asking them to conduct house searches or interview witnesses, under a proposed European Investigation Order endorsed by the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee. “The European Investigation Order will provide us with better… Read more ...Government to legislate on criminal legal aid
The Scottish Government has introduced a new Bill to the Scottish Parliament as part of its four-year ‘Making Justice Work’ Programme. The Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Bill is the first in a series of legislative measures to be taken forward under the programme. The Bill marks… Read more ...Human Rights and Democracy Report
Foreign Secretary William Hague has launched Human Rights and Democracy: The 2011 Foreign & Commonwealth Report, which is a comprehensive look at the human rights work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office around the world in 2011. The report highlights the UK's human rights concerns in 28 key countries. The… Read more ...More From Our News Archive
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