| 1958
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JUSTICE
became the British section of the International
Commission of Jurists. We continue to assist in the ICJ's
work to ensure the rule of law in many countries.
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| 1964 |
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board was set up. We called for
the establishment of criminal injuries compensation in our 1962 report,
Compensation for Victims of Crimes of Violence.
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| 1967 |
The first Ombudsman
was appointed. In the early 1960s JUSTICE was amongst the first to
call for the establishment of Ombudsmen in central and local government.
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| 1975 |
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act came into effect. The Act was
based upon the recommendations of JUSTICE's report Living it Down
(1972).
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| 1984 |
The first Data Protection Act became law. JUSTICE first pressed for
data protection controls in its 1970 report, Privacy and the Law.
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| 1992 |
We called for an independent judicial appointments commission in our
report The
Judiciary in England and Wales. Our demands came to
fruition in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
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| 1997 |
The Criminal Cases Review Commission was set up, over thirty years
after JUSTICE first called for an independent body to review alleged
miscarriage
of justice cases.
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| 2000 |
The Human Rights Act 1998
came into full force. JUSTICE's then Director, Anne Owers, was a member
of the Government's Task Force, and we were at the forefront of training
for practitioners and public bodies. We continue to monitor the implications
of the Act.
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| 2005 |
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force. For more than
25 years, JUSTICE had been urging greater rights to access to information
held by public bodies, publishing a report, Freedom of Information,
in 1978.
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| 2006 |
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 came into force, and with it three
reforms long advocated by JUSTICE: the creation of a Supreme Court;
a more transparent process for appointing judges; and the overhaul
of the traditional role of the Lord Chancellor.
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| 2007 |
We celebrated our 50th anniversary. Click here
for further information. |