Download or read book Review of counter terrorism and security powers written by Great Britain: Home Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The review considered six key counter-terrorism and security powers: (1) the detention of terrorist suspects before charge; (2) section 44 stop and search powers and the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography; (3) the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) by local authorities and access to communications data more generally; (4) measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence; (5) extending the use of 'Deportation with Assurances' in a manner that is consistent with our legal and human rights obligations; (6) control orders (including alternatives). The review concludes that some counter-terrorism and security powers are neither proportionate nor necessary. The key findings are: (i) a return to 14 days as the standard maximum pre-charge detention period; (ii) an end to the indiscriminate use of stop and search powers under section 44; (iii) the end to the use of the most intrusive RIPA powers by local authorities to investigate low level offences and applications by authorities to use RIPA techniques need a magistrate's approval; (iv) a commitment to rationalise the legal bases by which communications data can be acquired; (v) a stronger effort to deport foreign nationals involved in terrorist activities in this country fully respecting our human rights obligations; (vi) the end of control orders and their replacement with a fairer and more focused regime. Additional resources will be provided to the police and security agencies to ensure the new measures are effective not only in protecting the public but in facilitating prosecution.
Download or read book Review of counter terrorism and security powers written by Baron Macdonald of River Glaven and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Macdonald was asked by the Home Secretary to provide independent oversight of the review of security and counter-terrorism powers. The purpose of the review - carried out by the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) in the Home Office - was to determine whether it might be possible to roll some back some of the measures imposed by counter-terrorism and other legislation over the last decades whilst still providing protection for the UK's citizens. Lord Macdonald outlines the process of the review, noting that the OSCT surveyed a wide range of evidence, engaged with many interested parties and maintained a high degree of impartiality. His report then discusses the process whereby the review reached its conclusions on: pre-charge detention; terrorism stop and search section 44); photography and the use of counter-terrorism powers; the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and local authorities; access to communications data; groups that espouse or incite violence or hatred; deportations of foreign nationals engaged in terrorism; control orders. Lord Macdonald believes that the recommended reduction in pre-charge detention to 14 days, the repeal of section 44, the greater regulation of local authority surveillance and the outright removal of those aspects of control orders that most resemble house arrest, are all to be regarded as reforms of real significance. They point to an unmistakable re-balancing of public policy in favour of liberty.
Download or read book Review of counter terrorism and security powers written by Great Britain: Home Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Related publications are: Review findings and recommendations (Cm. 8004, ISBN 9780101800426), a report by Lord Macdonald of River Glaven (Cm. 8003, ISBN 9780101800327) and a summary of responses to the consultation (Cm. 8005, ISBN 9780101800525)
Download or read book Review of counter terrorism and security powers written by Great Britain: Home Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Related publications are: a report by Lord Macdonald of River Glaven on the review (Cm. 8003, ISBN 978010800327), the review findings and recommendations (Cm. 8004, ISBN 9780101800426) and an equality impact assessment (Cm. 8006, ISBN 9780101800624)
Download or read book Review of Counter terrorism and Security Powers written by Kenneth Macdonald Baron Macdonald of River Glaven and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Macdonald was asked by the Home Secretary to provide independent oversight of the review of security and counter-terrorism powers. The purpose of the review - carried out by the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) in the Home Office - was to determine whether it might be possible to roll some back some of the measures imposed by counter-terrorism and other legislation over the last decades whilst still providing protection for the UK's citizens. Lord Macdonald outlines the process of the review, noting that the OSCT surveyed a wide range of evidence, engaged with many interested parties and maintained a high degree of impartiality. His report then discusses the process whereby the review reached its conclusions on: pre-charge detention; terrorism stop and search section 44); photography and the use of counter-terrorism powers; the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and local authorities; access to communications data; groups that espouse or incite violence or hatred; deportations of foreign nationals engaged in terrorism; control orders. Lord Macdonald believes that the recommended reduction in pre-charge detention to 14 days, the repeal of section 44, the greater regulation of local authority surveillance and the outright removal of those aspects of control orders that most resemble house arrest, are all to be regarded as reforms of real significance. They point to an unmistakable re-balancing of public policy in favour of liberty.
Download or read book United Kingdom written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 13 July 2010, the Home Secretary announced a 'rapid review' by the Home Office of key counter-terrorism powers. The stated aim of the review "is to ensure that the powers and measures covered by the review are necessary, effective and proportionate and meet the UK's international and domestic human rights obligations". The review is to consider the following six powers: control orders (including alternatives); section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 regarding stop and search powers; the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and access to communications data more generally; extending the use of deportations with assurances; measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence and the detention of terrorist suspects before charge. Amnesty International has long criticized the UK government for many of the practices it has adopted in the name of countering terrorism and protecting national security. A number of these practices are inconsistent with the UK's obligations under international human rights law and standards and a review into these powers is long overdue. The purpose of this submission is to outline Amnesty International's primary concerns in relation to four of the powers under consideration; the control orders regime; the use of diplomatic assurances in the context of national security deportations; the 28 day limit for pre-charge detention of people suspected of terrorism-related activity; and the use of stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Law and Terrorism written by Genevieve Lennon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years since 9/11, counter-terrorism law and policy has proliferated across the world. This handbook comprehensively surveys how the law has been deployed in all aspects of counter-terrorism. It provides an authoritative and critical analysis of counter-terrorism laws in domestic jurisdictions, taking a comparative approach to a range of jurisdictions, especially the UK, the US, Australia, Canada, and Europe. The contributions to the book are written by experts in the field of terrorism law and policy, allowing for discussion of a wide range of regulatory responses and strategies of governance. The book is divided into four parts, reflective of established counter-terrorism strategic approaches, and covers key themes such as: Policing and special powers, including surveillance Criminal offences and court processes Prevention of radicalisation and manifestations of extremism Protective/preparative security The penology of terrorism In addressing counter-terrorism laws across a broad range of topics and jurisdictions, the handbook will be of great interest and use to researchers, students and practitioners in criminal law, counter-terrorism, and security studies.
Download or read book Counter Terrorism Human Rights and the Rule of Law written by Aniceto Masferrer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ŠA deep and thoughtful exploration of counter-terrorism written by leading commentators from around the globe. This book poses critical questions about the definition of terrorism, the role of human rights and the push by many governments for more secu
Download or read book Accountability and Review in the Counter Terrorist State written by Blackbourn, Jessie and published by Bristol University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counter-terrorism is now a permanent and sprawling part of the legislative and operational apparatus of the state, yet little is known about the law and practice of how it is reviewed, how effective the review mechanisms are, what impact they have or how they interact with one another. This book addresses that gap in knowledge by presenting the first comprehensive, critical analysis of counter-terrorism review in the United Kingdom, informed by exclusive interviews with policy makers, politicians, practitioners and civil society.
Download or read book Post 9 11 and the State of Permanent Legal Emergency written by Aniceto Masferrer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist attacks occurred in the United States on 11 September 2001 have profoundly altered and reshaped the priorities of criminal justice systems around the world. Atrocities like the 9/11 attacks, the Madrid train bombings of March 2003, and the terrorist act to the United Kingdom of July 2005 threatened the life of democratic nations. The volume explores the response of democratic nation-states to the problems of terrorism and counter-terrorism within the framework of the Rule of Law. One of the primary subjects of study is the ways in which the interests of the state (security from external threats, the maintenance of civil peace, and the promotion of the commonwealth) are balanced or not with the liberty and freedom of the citizens of the state. The distinctive aspect of this focus is that it brings a historical, political, philosophical and comparative approach to the contemporary shape and purposes of the criminal justice systems around the world.
Download or read book A Review of Counter terrorism Legislation and Proposals Including the USA PATRIOT Act and the SAFE Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accountability and Review in the Counter Terrorist State written by Jessie Blackbourn and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counter-terrorism is now a permanent and sprawling part of the legislative and operational apparatus of the state, yet little is known about the law and practice of how it is reviewed, how effective the review mechanisms are, what impact they have or how they interact with one another. This book addresses that gap in knowledge by presenting the first comprehensive, critical analysis of counter-terrorism review in the United Kingdom, informed by exclusive interviews with policy makers, politicians, practitioners and civil society.
Download or read book A Question Of Trust written by David Anderson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [This convenience copy of the official report by the UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, made available under OGLv3 on a cost-only basis] Modern communications networks can be used by the unscrupulous for purposes ranging from cyber-attack, terrorism and espionage to fraud, kidnap and child sexual exploitation. A successful response to these threats depends on entrusting public bodies with the powers they need to identify and follow suspects in a borderless online world. But trust requires verification. Each intrusive power must be shown to be necessary, clearly spelled out in law, limited in accordance with international human rights standards and subject to demanding and visible safeguards. The current law is fragmented, obscure, under constant challenge and variable in the protections that it affords the innocent. It is time for a clean slate. This Report aims to help Parliament achieve a world-class framework for the regulation of these strong and vital powers.
Download or read book Comparative Counter Terrorism Law written by Kent Roach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic overview of counter-terrorism laws in twenty-two jurisdictions representing the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia.
Download or read book Illusions of Terrorism and Counter terrorism written by Richard English and published by Proceedings of the British Aca. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Some of the arguments published in this volume were first adumbrated at a joint British Academy/University of St Andrews Symposium ('9/11: Ten Years On') held in London on 2 September 2011."--Page ix.
Download or read book The 9 11 Effect written by Kent Roach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically and comparatively examines the responses of the United Nations and a range of countries to the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. It assesses the convergence between the responses of Western democracies including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with countries with more experience with terrorism including Egypt, Syria, Israel, Singapore and Indonesia. A number of common themes - the use of criminal law and immigration law, the regulation of speech associated with terrorism, the review of the state's whole of government counter-terrorism activities, and the development of national security policies - are discussed. The book provides a critical take on how the United Nations promoted terrorism financing laws and listing processes and the regulation of speech associated with terrorism but failed to agree on a definition of terrorism or the importance of respecting human rights while combating terrorism.
Download or read book Anti terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 Review written by Great Britain. Privy Counsellor Review Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This independent report by the Privy Counsellor Review Committee reviews the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (December 2001, c. 24; ISBN 0105424013), emergency legislation passed in response to the international terrorist threat highlighted by the events of 11 September 2001. The Committee's conclusions are based on two key principles of an individual's right to liberty and privacy; and the need for public protection from terrorism. Conclusions drawn include that special counter-terrorism legislation should be kept distinct from general crime and security laws, and the provisions of the Act which are not specifically targeted at terrorism should be reconsidered. In particular, the powers allowing foreign nationals to be detained potentially indefinitely should be replaced as a matter of urgency. Measures related to tackling the financing of terrorism and targeting those who withhold information about terrorist offences are welcomed, but there is a need for better safeguards in some cases. Security arrangements regarding weapons of mass destruction need to be enhanced. The provisions relating to identify theft are inadequate, and powers to amend any provision without primary legislation should be repealed.
