“Placing rapists and paedophiles on the sex offenders register for life with no chance of review breaches their human rights, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Queen’s Bench
“In the absence of any mechanism for review, placing an offender on the sex offenders register indefinitely was a disproportionate interference with the right to respect for private and family life.”
The Times, 23rd January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“This report examines how courts in the UK and Europe respond when human rights and security appear to conflict. It compares cases from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and the European Court of Human Rights, and examines how human rights are applied and how courts use the concept of proportionality to mediate conflicts between rights and security.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th September 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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