“The Commission today publishes a landmark review of how well public authorities deliver human rights protection and promotion in England and Wales. It is the second report in the ‘How Fair is Britain?’ series.”
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 5th March 2012
Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com
Related link: Human Rights Review 2012
“A serious case review into the murder of a Polish teenager in Leeds by a violent sex offender says police and public protection agencies failed to act effectively.”
BBC News, 6th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A new thematic report from the European Network of Legal Experts in the non-discrimination field, titled ‘Age and Employment’ is now available.”
Cloisters, 22nd February 2012
Source: www.cloisters.com
“The treatment of elderly people in care is now so bad that it meets the legal definition of torture, the Government’s human rights watchdog said on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police have been criticised by watchdogs for failing to spot links between sex attacks and for not identifying rapists early enough. The Inspectorate of Constabularies and the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate said that intelligence had to be used in a more systematic way.”
BBC News, 28th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Proposed changes to companies’ annual reporting requirements intended to provide greater clarity on how businesses are run and increase transparency with regards to executive pay will not take effect until April 2013, the Government has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“With permission Mr Speaker I would like to make a statement on border security. In November last year, it became apparent that certain border security checks had been suspended without ministerial approval. As a result, the Head of the UK Border Force was suspended with immediate effect, full controls were reinstated, and I commissioned John Vine, the independent Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency, to report on what had happened. Today, I have laid the report before the House and copies will be available from the Vote Office.”
Home Office, 20th February 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“More than 500,000 people were allowed into Britain unchecked due to the repeated suspension of vital checks, opening up an ‘unacceptable’ breach in the country’s defences against terrorists and criminals, an official investigation has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Freedom of Information Act has failed to increase understanding of government, may have reduced trust and has done little to improve decision-making in Westminster, according to the Ministry of Justice, presaging a parliamentary debate on whether to consider reforms to the seven-year-old legislation.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Fathers and mothers should be entitled to a legally binding ‘presumption of shared parenting’ after separation, the government has announced, rejecting advice by an independent review on family justice.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A clandestine operation that secretly deployed police spies in political groups for 40 years is severely criticised today by the official policing inspectorate, which concludes that the “intrusive” tactic should in future be used only after independent authorisation.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘strong consensus’ and a ‘commitment to a change in culture’ is needed to improve the efficiency of the family justice system, according to the senior judge charged with reform. In his first published update since being appointed to lead the modernisation of family justice, Mr Justice Ryder sets out a ‘challenging timetable’ to agree proposals on a programme to put in place the recommendations of the Norgrove review by the time his appointment ends at the end of July.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Britain has lost three out of four cases taken to the European Court of Human Rights, new figures have shown.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two rows of individual ‘bleak cages’ are being used as a grim exercise yard for segregated inmates at one of the UK’s top security jails, the chief inspector of prisons has disclosed.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Unintended consequences: the cost of the government’s legal reforms: a report for the Law Society of England & Wales.”
King’s College London, 8th January 2012
Source: http://www.kcl.ac.uk
“The Rt Rev James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, said the best safeguard for vulnerable people would be to keep the existing law in place. He also claimed the Commission on Assisted Dying, a group of peers and academics chaired by the former Labour minister Lord Falconer, was a ‘self-appointed’ group that excluded anyone who objected to legalising assisted suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“While some of Dame Elizabeth’s recommendations about links between police and media are welcome, others spell danger.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The independent Commission on Assisted Dying, whose members include several prominent peers and medics, wants GPs to be able to prescribe lethal doses of medication for dying people to take themselves. The report, published today, calls for the ‘inadequate and incoherent’ law against assisted suicide to be scrapped following a series of high profile cases where patients have used the Dignitas suicide clinic to take their own lives.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The ethical issues arising from the relationship between police and media: advice to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and his Management Board.”
Metropolitan Police, 4th January 2012
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