House Of Lords House Of Commons Joint Committee On Human Rights Legislative Scrutiny Anti Social Behaviour Crime And Policing Bill Hl 56 Hc 713

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 108 pages
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Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108551369

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House of Lords - House Of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill - HL 56 - HC 713 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The Joint Committee on Human Rights accepts the need for a counter-terrorism power to stop, question and search travellers at ports and airports without reasonable suspicion, but calls for a reasonable suspicion threshold to be introduced for the more intrusive powers such as detention, searching and copying the contents of personal electronic devices like mobile phones and laptops, and taking biometric samples. The Committee welcomes the improvements made to the powers in Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to stop, question, search and detain at ports, but still considers that a number of significant human rights compatibility concerns remain with those powers even after the changes have been made. The Committee recommends a number of other amendments to the Bill with regards to preventive measures against anti-social behaviour. Whilst cautiously welcoming the Bill's provision to criminalise forced marriage, the Committee believes the new law must be implemented and monitored carefully to ensure that it is not counter-productive for victims. The Committee also recommends additional measures to protect against the potential for prolonged retention of DNA and other personal samples in criminal investigations.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 48 pages
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Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0108553442

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Immigration Bill (Second Report) - HL142, HC 1120 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The Joint Committee on Human Rights accepts that the measures in the Immigration Bill serve the legitimate aim of immigration control, but is concerned that some of them may be applied in practice in a way which breaches human rights in particular cases. The Committee is particularly concerned about the risk of the new provisions relating to residential tenancies giving rise in practice to homelessness in the case of people who have no right to remain in the UK but face genuine barriers to leaving. The Committee is also concerned to ensure that these measures do not give rise to an undue risk that migrant children will be exposed to homelessness or separation from family members. The provisions in the Bill on access to residential tenancies may heighten the risk of racial discrimination against prospective tenants, notwithstanding the fact that such discrimination is unlawful under the Equality Act. The First Tier Tribunal, not the Secretary of State, should decide whether it is within

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 48 pages
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Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0108551512

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Offender Rehabilitation Bill - HL 80 - HC 829 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

This report welcomes the Bill's potentially human rights enhancing objectives of taking measures to protect the public from crime, at the same time as focusing on rehabilitation and extending positive support to those vulnerable people who receive short-term prison sentences. However, it remains concerned that insufficient information was provided by the Government (i) to demonstrate the compatibility of the provisions of the Bill with relevant international standards other than the ECHR and (ii) to support its assertion that the proposals have been considered fully in line with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. The Committee calls on the Government to publish the information which demonstrates this without delay. The Committee welcomes the Government's assurance that private providers of probation services are obliged to act compatibly with human rights law but recommends that there should be statutory provision in the Bill setting out the providers' duties. The Committee calls on the Government to develop clear guidance on the human rights obligations of private probation providers, and to set out how it will monitor the performance of the contracted providers in this regard

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 60 pages
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Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0108551385

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill - HL 61 - HC 755 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

While it accepts that there may be a pressing need to reform non-party campaigning, the report Legislative Scrutiny: Transparency Of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning And Trade Union Administration Bill (HL 61, HC 755) calls on the Government to pause the passage of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill to allow for further scrutiny and for further consultation with the Electoral Commission, the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement and relevant stakeholders. The report recommends that there be more careful consideration of the potential impact on campaigners' rights to free speech and freedom of association. The Committee welcomes the Government improvements made to Part 2 during its passage though the Commons, but suggest that concerns remain. The Joint Committee express concerns regarding: the lack of clarity about the practical effects of the provision in this Part of t

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 88 pages
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Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108551636

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: The Implications for Access to Justice of the Government's Proposals to Reform Legal Aid - HL 100 - HC 766 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The report The Implications For Access To Justice Of The Government's Proposals To Reform Legal Aid (HL100, HC 766) concludes that the government should reconsider its proposals for the reform of legal aid. The government has so far made welcome exemptions to its proposed residence test in the light of responses to its consultation, but the Committee is still not satisfied that the proposed test will not affect vulnerable groups. While accepting that it is legitimate for the government to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid and to restrict the scope of prison law funding, the Committee calls for more and broader exemptions from these proposals to avoid breaches of the fundamental right of effective access to justice in individual cases. The exceptional funding framework may not be working as intended and could therefore leave certain groups unable to access legal aid when human rights law requires it. The proposal to remove cases with

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 56 pages
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Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0108551687

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House of Lords - House Of Commonos - Joint Commmittee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Immigration Bill - HL 102 - HC 935 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The Joint Committee on Human Rights accepts that the measures in the Immigration Bill serve the legitimate aim of immigration control, but is concerned that some of them may be applied in practice in a way which breaches human rights in particular cases. The Committee is particularly concerned about the risk of the new provisions relating to residential tenancies giving rise in practice to homelessness in the case of people who have no right to remain in the UK but face genuine barriers to leaving. The Committee is also concerned to ensure that these measures do not give rise to an undue risk that migrant children will be exposed to homelessness or separation from family members. The provisions in the Bill on access to residential tenancies may heighten the risk of racial discrimination against prospective tenants, notwithstanding the fact that such discrimination is unlawful under the Equality Act. The First Tier Tribunal, not the Secretary of State, should decide whether it is within its jurisdiction to consider a new matter raised on an appeal. In the report, the Committee concludes that the restriction on appeal rights might constitute a serious threat to the practical ability to access the legal system to challenge unlawful immigration and asylum decisions, and to enforce the statutory duty to have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children when exercising immigration and asylum functions. The Committee also comments on other aspects of the Bill.

Author : Terry Thomas,Daniel J. Marshall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
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Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000374940

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The Sex Offender Register by Terry Thomas,Daniel J. Marshall Pdf

The Sex Offender Register examines the origins, history, structure and legalities of the UK sex offender register, and explores how political and public opinion has influenced the direction the policy of registration has taken. Delving into the origins of the UK sex offender register and how the registration policy has evolved, this book provides an understanding of the register and its contribution to public protection while attempting to see the register as a policy that has grown and developed and as having an organic life of its own. The sex offender register is designed as a form of public protection rather than a punishment, requiring offenders to notify the police of their circumstances and to accept a degree of offender management from the police. The book: • puts the development of the register in its political, social and ethical context • considers the position of children and young people as offenders • outlines the movement of registered offenders across international borders • analyses how offenders can be removed from the register • explores how other countries in the UK manage sex offenders through registers • asks questions about the efficacy of the register and what contribution it makes to public protection • looks at specific aspects of registration including the management of information • delves into the experience of life on the register • examines the influence of public opinion • discusses the role of the police as custodians of the register and as offender managers. Exploring the different pressures brought to bear on the register, this book provides an authoritative starting point for police officers, social workers, probation officers, magistrates, students of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Policing, and the general reader wanting to understand where the UK sex offender register originated from and how it operates today.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108473007

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Legislative scrutiny by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The Public Bodies Bill (HL Bill 25, ISBN 9780108478765) proposes to create a number of delegated powers by which the Government can abolish, merge, modify the constitution, functions or budgetary arrangements or a body or authorise delegation of a body's functions to a third person or body. Several other committees have expressed concern about the extreme breadth of the delegated powers proposed, and this report outline's three significant human rights issues arising from the Bill. First is the independence and impartiality of bodies protecting and promoting human rights. The inclusion of bodies such as the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Children's Commissioner, the Inspectorate of Prisons and the Legal Services Commission in the schedules to the Bill may undermine their functional or perceived independence. Secondly, the Committee is concerned that the abolition or reform of other bodies which serve a particular decision making function may undermine the right to procedural fairness. Thirdly, the breadth of delegation proposed in the Bill appears wholly inappropriate, and the excessive use of delegated powers may reduce the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny for human rights compatibility of proposed legislation.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights,Great Britain. Ministry of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 31 pages
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Release : 2009-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0101762828

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Legislative Scrutiny by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights,Great Britain. Ministry of Justice Pdf

Responses to HLP 68/HCP 395, session 2008-09 (ISBN 9780104425046) and HLP 81/HCP 441, session 2008-09 (ISBN 9780104425138)

Author : Stationery Office (Great Britain)
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
Page : 34 pages
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Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108551695

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Legislative Scrutiny: Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill (Second Report) Ninth Report of Sesson 2013-14 Report, Together with Formal Minut by Stationery Office (Great Britain) Pdf

This Report follows up some of the recommendations made in the Committee's first Report on the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill. It consolidates and expends recommendations relating to legal certainty; risk of conflict with religious beliefs; eviction for riot-related anti-social behaviour, powers to stop, question, search and detain in ports; and compensation for miscarriages of justice

Author : Great Britain: Law Commission
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 68 pages
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Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780117302631

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Post-legislative Scrutiny by Great Britain: Law Commission Pdf

The Commission's report examines the options for ensuring adequate post-legislative scrutiny of Acts of Parliament, in the light of the recommendation of the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution (in their 14th report, HCP 173-I, session 2003-04; ISBN 0104005416). The main focus of the report is on primary legislation, but it also considers delegated legislation and European legislation. Issues discussed include: existing forms and benefits of post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament and in other jurisdictions (including Canada, Australia, Germany, France and the EU); the experience of pre-legislative scrutiny; and options for post-legislative scrutiny mechanisms. A number of consultation questions are given, and responses should be received by 28th April 2006.

Author : Eric Metcalfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2011
Category : Data protection
ISBN : 0907247539

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Freedom from Suspicion by Eric Metcalfe Pdf

Author : National Defense University Press
Publisher : NDU Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781907521652

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The 71F Advantage by National Defense University Press Pdf

Includes a foreword by Major General David A. Rubenstein. From the editor: "71F, or "71 Foxtrot," is the AOC (area of concentration) code assigned by the U.S. Army to the specialty of Research Psychology. Qualifying as an Army research psychologist requires, first of all, a Ph.D. from a research (not clinical) intensive graduate psychology program. Due to their advanced education, research psychologists receive a direct commission as Army officers in the Medical Service Corps at the rank of captain. In terms of numbers, the 71F AOC is a small one, with only 25 to 30 officers serving in any given year. However, the 71F impact is much bigger than this small cadre suggests. Army research psychologists apply their extensive training and expertise in the science of psychology and social behavior toward understanding, preserving, and enhancing the health, well being, morale, and performance of Soldiers and military families. As is clear throughout the pages of this book, they do this in many ways and in many areas, but always with a scientific approach. This is the 71F advantage: applying the science of psychology to understand the human dimension, and developing programs, policies, and products to benefit the person in military operations. This book grew out of the April 2008 biennial conference of U.S. Army Research Psychologists, held in Bethesda, Maryland. This meeting was to be my last as Consultant to the Surgeon General for Research Psychology, and I thought it would be a good idea to publish proceedings, which had not been done before. As Consultant, I'd often wished for such a document to help explain to people what it is that Army Research Psychologists "do for a living." In addition to our core group of 71Fs, at the Bethesda 2008 meeting we had several brand-new members, and a number of distinguished retirees, the "grey-beards" of the 71F clan. Together with longtime 71F colleagues Ross Pastel and Mark Vaitkus, I also saw an unusual opportunity to capture some of the history of the Army Research Psychology specialty while providing a representative sample of current 71F research and activities. It seemed to us especially important to do this at a time when the operational demands on the Army and the total force were reaching unprecedented levels, with no sign of easing, and with the Army in turn relying more heavily on research psychology to inform its programs for protecting the health, well being, and performance of Soldiers and their families."

Author : Robin M. Murray,Kenneth S. Kendler,Peter McGuffin,Simon Wessely,David J. Castle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1385 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781139473651

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Essential Psychiatry by Robin M. Murray,Kenneth S. Kendler,Peter McGuffin,Simon Wessely,David J. Castle Pdf

This is a major international textbook for psychiatrists and other professionals working in the field of mental healthcare. With contributions from opinion-leaders from around the globe, this book will appeal to those in training as well as to those further along the career path seeking a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of effective clinical practice backed by research evidence. The book is divided into cohesive sections moving from coverage of the tools and skills of the trade, through descriptions of the major psychiatric disorders and on to consider special topics and issues surrounding service organization. The final important section provides a comprehensive review of treatments covering all of the major modalities. Previously established as the Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, this new and completely revised edition is the only book to provide this depth and breadth of coverage in an accessible, yet authoritative manner.

Author : Great Britain: Ministry of Justice
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 0101819420

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Justice and security green paper by Great Britain: Ministry of Justice Pdf

In safeguarding national security the Government produces and receives sensitive information. This information must be protected appropriately, as failure to do so may compromise investigations, endanger lives and ultimately lessen its ability to keep the country safe. The increased security and intelligence activity of recent years has led to greater scrutiny including in the civil courts, which have heard a growing numbers of cases challenging Government decisions and actions in the national security sphere. Such cases involve information that under current rules cannot be disclosed in a courtroom. The UK justice system is then either unable to pass judgment and cases collapse or are settled without a judge reaching any conclusions. This green paper aims to respond to the challenges of how sensitive information is treated in the full range of civil proceedings. It looks for solutions that improve the current arrangements while upholding the Government's commitment to the rule of law. It also addresses the need for public reassurance that the national security work is robustly scrutinised, and that the scrutinising bodies are credible and effective. The proposals in this consultation are in three broad areas: enhancing procedural fairness, safeguarding material and reform of intelligence oversight.