Counter Terrorism Policy And Human Rights Thirteenth Report
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Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights (thirteenth Report) by House of Lords,House of Commons Joint Co. Pdf
Presents a report on aspects of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy since the 2005 election. This book draws attention to criticisms of the UK's counter-terrorism law and policy in various reports by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the UN Human Rights Committee. HC 1077.
Counter-terrorism Policy and Human Rights (fourteenth Report) by Stationery Office (Great Britain) Pdf
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (fourteenth Report) : Annual renewal of control orders legislation 2009, fifth report of session 2008-09, report, together with formal minutes and written Evidence
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 72 pages File Size : 47,7 Mb Release : 2008-02-07 Category : Law ISBN : 0104012269
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (eighth report) by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
Examines the Counter-Terrorism Bill before its second reading in the House of Commons. This title concentrates on five significant human rights issues needing thorough parliamentary scrutiny: pre-charge detention; post-charge questioning; control orders and special advocates; the threshold test for charging; and the admissibility of intercept.
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 78 pages File Size : 52,8 Mb Release : 2010-03-25 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459705
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (seventeenth report) by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for a fundamental, independent review of the necessity for and proportionality of all counter-terrorism measures adopted since September 11 2001. It questions the way that the policy imperatives of national security and public safety have been used to justify squeezing out human rights considerations. Since September 11 2001, the Government has continuously claimed that there is a "public emergency threatening the life of the nation". The Committee questions whether the country has really been in this state for over eight years. A permanent state of emergency skews public debate about the justification for rights-limiting counter-terrorism measures. It is unacceptable that the Director General of the Security Service refuses to appear before it to give public evidence - despite giving public lectures and media interviews. The Committee finds the Government's narrow definition of complicity in torture significant and worrying and calls for an urgent independent inquiry into the allegations of complicity in torture. The Government should drop the draft bill still being held in reserve to allow pre-charge detention to be extended to 42 days. And more work should be done on measures - such as bail and the use of intercept evidence - that could reduce the use of pre-charge detention. The Intelligence and Security Committee should become a proper Parliamentary committee with an independent secretariat and legal advice and appointing an independent reviewer of counter-terror legislation who reports directly to Parliament not the Government.
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 94 pages File Size : 54,7 Mb Release : 2010-03-04 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459489
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (sixteenth report) by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (sixteenth Report) : Annual renewal of control orders legislation 2010, ninth report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes and written Evidence
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 52 pages File Size : 50,6 Mb Release : 2008-02-25 Category : Law ISBN : 0104012307
Counter-terrorism policy and human rights (ninth report) by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
On 30th January 2008 the Home Secretary laid before both Houses of Parliament a draft Order to renew the control order legislation, the third annual extension of the control order regime. The Government takes the view that no amendments to the legal framework are necessary. The Committee disagrees and considers it imperative for the Government to amend counter-terrorism laws where experience has shown them to lead to breaches of human rights. Amongst their recommendations are: ensurance of timely availability of Lord Carlile's annual report on the control orders; the need to strengthen the intrusive powers contained in the control orders; modification of the Prevention of Terrorism Act to impose a maximum daily limit 12 hours on the curfew which can be imposed; review of the fairness of the special advocate procedure and a need to take into account the Committee's own earlier recommendations concerning this; maintaining the preferred policy of priority of prosecution; and greater transparency of decisions that prosecution is not possible.
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 164 pages File Size : 53,9 Mb Release : 2007-07-30 Category : Political Science ISBN : 0104011319
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 82 pages File Size : 45,6 Mb Release : 2010-01-18 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459268
Legislative scrutiny by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill was re-introduced in the House of Commons on 19 November 2009 and the Committee welcomes a number of aspects of the Bill which is implementing some of the commitments made by the Prime Minister in his Governance of Britain statement in July 2007. But the Committee considers there are a number of significant omissions from the Bill including in relation to judicial appointments, parliamentary scrutiny of security and intelligence matters, and the restrictive judicial interpretation of the meaning of public function in the Human Rights Act. They recommend amendments relating to the latter two points. They also look at Protest around Parliament, Ratification of Treaties and Right to a fair hearing and access to a court in the determination of civil rights.The Video Recordings Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 15 December 2009 and is a fast track piece of legislation which repeals and revives the provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984 in order to enable them to be notified to the European Commission under the Technical Standards Directive and so secure its enforceability. The Committee considers the human rights issues raised by this Bill should be subjected to parliamentary scrutiny. However as the 1984 Act, serves as an important child protection purpose, that are currently unenforceable, the Committee accepts the need for fast tracking this legislation and does not propose to further scrutinise this Bill.
Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 80 pages File Size : 53,5 Mb Release : 2009 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0104014539
Demonstrating Respect for Rights? by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
The report opens with an affirmation that the British Government should protect the right to protest peacefully. It then discusses some concerns about policing of protest which could be addressed by legal and operational changes : -- 1. Reference to insulting words or behaviour should be removed from section 5 of the Public Order Act. This change would allow the police to arrest people for using threatening or abusive language or behaviour but not for using insulting language or behaviour; -- 2. Counter-terrorism powers should never be used against peaceful protestors : the Government's guidance on stop and search powers in Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 should make this clear' - 3. The Government should protect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly around Parliament by repealing the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Protest around Parliament should be governed by the Public Order Act 1986, which should be amended to deal with the specific circumstances of Parliament; -- 4. police and protestors need to focus on improving dialogue. The police should aim for 'no surprises' policing : no surprises for the police; no surprises for protestors; and no surprises for protest targets. Protestors should also, where possible, engage with the police at an early stage in their planning, in order to facilitate peaceful protest; Tasers should never be used against peaceful protestors.
Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 222 pages File Size : 49,7 Mb Release : 2010 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459241
Work of the Committee in 2008-09: Second Report of Session 2009-10 Report, Together with Formal Minutes and Written Evidence by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
A report that provides an overview of the Committee's work during the 2008-09 parliamentary session and draws attention to improvements to the human rights landscape in the UK which it has commended in reports during the year. It also mentions a number of continuing areas for concern.
Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 116 pages File Size : 48,9 Mb Release : 2008 Category : Law ISBN : 0104013680
Monitoring the Government's Response to Human Rights Judgments by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
This is the Committee's second annual report monitoring the Government's response to human rights judgments in the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee criticises the Government for its failure to respond to many of its recommendations in its previous report (17th report session 2006-07, HL 128/HC 728, ISBN 9780104011065). The Committee believes the Government should take a consistent and transparent approach across departments to the way in which it responds to declarations of incompatibility and judgments fro the European Court, with the Ministry of Justice co-ordinating the response to adverse judgments. This report also examines a number of issues arising from outstanding judgments: access to artificial insemination for prisoners and their partners; controlling membership of trade union; prisoners' voting rights; investigations into cases involving the use of lethal force; security of tenure for gypsies and travellers, and the corporal punishment of children.
Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 136 pages File Size : 44,9 Mb Release : 2009 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459136
Any of Our Business? by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
Businesses must have regard to human rights in several different contexts. Difficulties may arise if there are weaker governance mechanisms for protecting human rights overseas, or if firms take different approaches to the protection of certain human rights in the UK and elsewhere. This report considers a complex range of issues, starting from the position that the UK should play a leadership role to ensure that all firms respect human rights wherever they operate. The work of the UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations is welcome but the Committee would support clearer guidance for meeting obligations. The OECD also has guidelines on multinational enterprises as monitored by National Contact Points. The UK National Contact Point, though much improved, still falls short of the necessary criteria and powers needed by an effective remedial body. The Committee argues that an international agreement on business and human rights should be the ultimate objective, although they accept that no such agreement is likely in the near future. There is considerable scope for joint working on a regional level and globally to agree a consistent approach to business and human rights and the Committee believes that the UK Government could do more to explain the responsibility on businesses to respect human rights and the standard of due diligence this entails
Un Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf
This report follows the Committee's first report of session 2008-09 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HL paper 9/HC 93, ISBN 9780104014165) in which the Committee welcomed the Government's intention to ratify the Convention but drew attention to proposals for reservations and interpretative declarations. The Committee was concerned that there had been insufficient scrutiny of these proposals, not least because draft texts had not been published, and that the Office for Disability Issues had not robustly challenged Government departments about their proposals. The Government laid the Convention before Parliament on 3 March, heralding the beginning of the ratification process. Four reservations and one interpretative declaration were proposed. The Committee has criticised the Government for ruling out formal consultation on these proposals and also drawn attention to the limited opportunities for parliamentary scrutiny and control of the ratification of treaties. Ratification should take priority over potentially lengthy and futile discussions about whether or not to enter reservations but the Government's approach to some of the reservations has been unduly cautious and may detract from the position role the UK has played in relation to the Convention. The Committee considers that the reservation relating to service in the armed forces is open to challenge as incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. The reservation relating to immigration control is felt to be too broad, its purpose has not been adequately explained and so it should be dropped. The Government should clarify matters in relation to the reservation and declaration on education and should consult on how to deal with the treatment of benefits appointees.
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Publisher : The Stationery Office Page : 142 pages File Size : 54,5 Mb Release : 2010-03-15 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0108459608
The Un Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Anonim Pdf
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities builds on existing human rights treaties including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights. The UN Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention stresses that it is not intended to create new rights, but "clarifies the obligations and legal duties of States to respect and ensure the equal enjoyment of all human rights by all persons with disabilities". Its purpose is to: "Promote, protect and ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity." The UK was among the first countries to sign the Convention on 30 March 2007. The findings of our recent inquiry on the rights of adults with learning disabilities showed that although UK law and policy on the treatment of adults with learning disabilities takes a human rights based approach, the day to day experiences of people with learning disabilities are not so positive. Ratification will send a strong signal to all people with disabilities in the UK, and abroad, that the Government takes equality and the protection of their human rights seriously. The Government first publicly stated that reservations to the Convention were being considered in its response to our Report on the treatment of adults with learning disabilities, in May 2008, more than a year after it signed the Convention. Despite the Committee's call for a full explanation of the government's views on the compatibility of domestic law with the Convention, the were then provided with little detail on the reservations being considered or the Government's approach to the process. The Committee considers that progress towards ratification of the Convention by the UK has so far lacked transparency and has unfortunately alienated disabled people and their organisations. This is unacceptable in the light of the clear Convention commitment which the Government intends to make to the involvement of disabled people in the development of policies and laws which affect them. This approach undermines the previous role that the UK Government has played in championing equality for disabled people and their leading role in negotiating the terms of the UNCRPD.
