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Fair trial rights to become law
EU Justice Ministers have adopted a new law that the European Commission had proposed to ensure defendants' right to information during criminal proceedings. Under the 'Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings', suspects of a criminal offence will be informed of their rights in a language they understand… Read more ...UK delivers European court reform
The UK’s pledge to reform the European Court of Human Rights has been successfully fulfilled, according to Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke.Reform of the Court was one of the key priorities for the UK’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe and the foundations of the reforms were laid… Read more ...ECHR judgments relating to UK government
Research released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission at the Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.The research shows that of the nearly 12,000 applications brought against the UK… Read more ...Report published on women offenders
The Commission on Women Offenders, established to examine how female offenders are dealt with in the criminal justice system, has produced its final report. The Commission’s remit was to set out a series of measures to help reverse the continued rise in the female prison population, which has doubled in… Read more ...Filming in the High Court
The Judiciary of Scotland has announced that STV has been given permission by Lord Hamilton the Lord President and Lord Justice General to film Lord Bracadale sentencing David Gilroy at the High Court in Edinburgh on 18th April 2012. David Gilroy was found guilty of the murder of Suzanne Pilley… Read more ...Court rules on extradition of alleged terrorists
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that detention conditions and length of sentences of five alleged terrorists would not amount to ill-treatment if they were extradited to the USA.The case of Babar Ahmad and Others v. the United Kingdom concerned six alleged international terrorists – Babar Ahmad, Haroon… Read more ...Calls for Government to amend the US-UK Extradition Treaty
The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has recommended that the Government seek major amendments to the 2003 US-UK Extradition Treaty. The Committee's inquiry, which began in 2010, took evidence from those who had been involved in the extradition process as defendants, lawyers, campaigners, prosecutors and judges.The recommendations made by… Read more ...Basic rights for crime victims across the EU
All crime victims should have the same basic rights across the EU, and should have their specific needs assessed, under a draft EU directive setting minimum protection standards unanimously endorsed by the Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights committees. An estimated 75 million people are victims of crime every year in… Read more ...Amnesty International gives evidence on human trafficking
Amnesty International has recently been giving evidence on human trafficking to the Scottish Parliament's Equal Opportunities Committee, in which it raises concerns about the lack of prosecutions for human trafficking in Scotland.Shabnum Mustapha, Programme Director for Amnesty in Scotland, said:"There have been 150 convictions for trafficking offences in England and… Read more ...More From Our News Archive
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