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JUSTICE is one of the main UK organisations scrutinising the legal and human rights implications of EU justice and home affairs proposals.
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JUSTICE written evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee inquiry into current issues of EU Justice & Home Affairs Click here to read the briefing (October 2006) JUSTICE calls for a rebalancing of EU justice and home affairs policies. Click here for the press release. Click here for the open letter to JHA ministers (September 2006) JUSTICE
and the Amnesty EU office have written a joint letter to the EU JHA on
the proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain Procedural Rights
in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on conflicts of jurisdiction and the principle of ne bis in idem in criminal proceedings Click here to read the briefing A joint letter to EU Council experts on minimum safeguards for criminal proceedings throughout the EU Click here to read the letter (March 2006) UK
Presidency of the European Union JUSTICE response to the Home Office consultation on the European Commission proposal on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (May 2005) JUSTICE letter to Lord Bassam of Brighton regarding the Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment of Designations) Order 2005 (7 February 2005) JUSTICE response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, Sub-Committee E, Inquiry into the proposed Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (October 2004) JUSTICE note on the draft framework decision on ne bis in idem (November 2003) JUSTICE briefing to MEP's on the Greek Proposals for a Council Framework Decision on ne bis in idem. (May 2003) JUSTICE response to the Commission Green Paper on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union (May 2003) EU judicial co-operation in criminal matters JUSTICE written evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee inquiry into current issues of EU Justice & Home Affairs Click here to read the briefing (October 2006) JUSTICE calls for a rebalancing of EU justice and home affairs policies. Click here for the press release. Click here for the open letter to JHA ministers (September 2006) JUSTICE
submission on the proposed use of Article 42 on the Treaty of the European
Union to the House of Lords EU Select-Committee E Click here
to view (June 06) JUSTICE
and the Amnesty EU office have written a joint letter to the EU JHA on
the proposal for a Council Framework Decision on certain Procedural Rights
in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on conflicts of jurisdiction and the principle of ne bis in idem in criminal proceedings Click here to read the briefing UK
Presidency of the European Union Report
and Annex to the Report
from the European Commission on the European Arrest
Warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (February
2005) JUSTICE
response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union
Inquiry into the Hague Programme
(Sub-Committees E and F) (January 2005) JUSTICE
response to the European
Commission green paper on mutual recognition of non-custodial pre-trial
supervision measures COM (2004) 562 final (December 2004) JUSTICE
response to the European Commission Consultation on the Future
of Justice and Home Affairs (August 2004) JUSTICE response to
the Home Office Consultation on the European
Evidence Warrant (July 2004) JUSTICE written evidence
on OLAF prepared for the House
of Lords Select Committee on the European Union (Sub-Committee E) (May
2004) JUSTICE written evidence
on EUROJUST prepared for
the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union (Sub-Committee
F) (April 2004) JUSTICE briefing on
the draft framework decision on the application of the principle of mutual
recognition to confiscation
orders (November 2003) JUSTICE response for
the Home Office to the Commission Green Paper on procedural
safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout
the European Union (April 2003) JUSTICE briefing on
the Extradition Bill
2002 for the second reading in the House of Lords (April 2003) JUSTICE briefing on
the Crime (International
Co-operation) Bill to the House of Commons (March 2003) JUSTICE briefing on
the Extradition Bill
2002 for the second reading in the House of Commons (December 2002) JUSTICE response to
the Draft Extradition
Bill 2002 (September 2002) JUSTICE welcomes the
introduction of simplified extradition procedures and increased judicial
and police co-operation to tackle the problems of international crime
on an EU level. We are, however, concerned that the implementation of
these measures on a national level should be scrupulous in providing adequate
procedural safeguards and human rights guanantees for the individual facing
international criminal justice. The EU, in the field
of Judicial Co-operation in criminal matters, is working towards greater
co-operation among member states to combat serious cross-border crime.
JUSTICE monitors and comments on proposals in terms of their human rights
implications. New measures that
will change the face of criminal justice in the EU have been agreed at
speed in the wake of 11 September. These include: JUSTICE has responded with briefings on the Eurowarrant, proposed harmonisation of racism & xenophobia, Eurojust, and a briefing on Individual Rights and minimum standards. JUSTICE has also produced a proposal on the rights of the individual in criminal proceedings. Related
legislation: EU police co-operation in criminal maters and information exchange JUSTICE submission to the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee F on the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) Click here to read the submission (September 2006) JUSTICE evidence on the G6 Home Affairs Ministers meeting in Heiligendamm to the House of Lords EU Sub-Committee F Click here to view the evidence (May 06) JUSTICE submission to the Department for Constitutional Affairs on a proposal for an EU Third Pillar Data Protection instrument. Click here to read the briefing (February 2006) UK
Presidency of the European Union JUSTICE has commented on the human rights implications of policing proposals, an area of rapid change at EU level, most recently proposed amendments to Europol and EU-US co-operation. JUSTICE is concerned by proposals to expand the remit of Europol without proper channels of accountability being in place to monitor Europol's activities. We are particularly concerned by the broad nature of proposals for exchange of data with the USA contained in the draft agreement between Europol and the US which are being considered in the absence of any information on or guarantees as to how such data will be used and monitored in the US. We have submitted a number of responses on policing to the House of Lords European Union Committee, the Home Office, European Commission and the Convention on the Future of Europe. Schengen
Information System European
Arrest Warrant to replace extradition (Florence Schmidt-Pariset, DG
JHA, European Commission) Taking the politics out of extradition (Judge Baltasar Garzon, Magistrate, Spain) Proposal for a Framework Decision on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (Caroline Morgan, Expert, DG JHA, European Commission) European Arrest Warrant: revolution in extradition?(Prof Michael Plachta, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Gdansk, Poland) Protecting individual rights in the Netherlands (Paper by Alette Smeulers, Department of criminal law and criminology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands) Protecting Individual rights in different member states (Angelo Mambriani, Judge in the Court of Milan, Member Jura Hominis' Board) top
JUSTICE
Press Release 9 May 2006 JUSTICE
calls for review of UK-US extradition arrangements JUSTICE wrote to members
of the House of Lords asking them to amend the Extradition
Act 2003, so that people
in the UK are better protected from wrongful extradition. Press release 30 November
2004 JUSTICE Briefing on
Extradition to the USA:
The UK-US Treaty of March 2003 and the EU-US Agreement of June 2003 (July
2003) JUSTICE submission on the proposed use of Article 42 on the Treaty of the European Union to the House of Lords EU Select-Committee E Click here to view (June 06) JUSTICE
launches a new website providing information about the EU Charter of Fundamental
Rights and Freedoms JUSTICE response to the European Scrutiny Committee's Inquiry into the EU's Constitutional Treaty (August 2004) JUSTICE Response to
the Goverment's White Paper on
the Draft EU Constitution (October 2003). JUSTICE has considered the adequacy of human rights protection and standards at EU level over a number of years. We are now members of the forum of the Convention on the Future of Europe, have submitted a contribution on the EU Charter and a submission to the Working Party on Justice and Home Affairs of the Convention on the Future of Europe. JUSTICE would like to see co-operation on justice and home affairs at EU level develop in a co-ordinated way which ensures protection of the rights of the individual, transparency and judicial and political accountability. European
Court of Justice EU
ratification of the ECHR EU
Charter of Fundamental Rights ASYLUM
SUPPORT "This is a very
helpful and practical guide to the important and potentially difficult
issues which will arise in the years to come." Practitioners advising asylum seekers can no longer afford to be unaware of European Community law. The EU Reception Directive - which imposes minimum standards of support on all member states - is now part of UK law. Asylum Support: a practitioners' guide to the EU Reception Directive is a clear and concise examination of the directive, its transposition into UK law and its implications for those advising asylum seekers. Part I gives a basic grounding in European Community law. Part II deals with the directive itself, and the steps which the UK has taken to implement its requirements. This guide will: Published 3 November
2005 We have provided written and oral evidence to the House of Lords European Union Committee, most recently on temporary protection and on common minimum standards for asylum procedures. Please click here for more information.
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The proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) is an important initiative relating to the Community harmonisation of private international law in civil and commercial matters. JUSTICE nonetheless has serious concerns in relation to the effect that the proposed regulation will have upon civil actions for reparation brought by victims of violations of human rights, including torture. A joint response to the consultation on Rome II by the House of Lords European Union Sub-committee E (Law and Institutions) was submitted by JUSTICE, the AIRE Centre and REDRESS this January, outlining their concerns. Click here for a pdf version of the response. |
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