News in Brief; April 2002
01 April 2002
April 2002
EU: Text agreed by the Council of the European Union on the Directive laying down minimum standards for the reception of applicants for asylum in Member States:
Full-text
EU: Green Paper from the European Commission on "alternative dispute resolution in civil and commercial matters":
Full-text
UK: Summary of Home Office "consultation" in the autumn of 2000 on the draft code of practice on the interception of communications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA):
Link
European Commission proposal for a Framework Decision on cybercrime, including cyber-terrorism:
Full-text
EU General Affairs Council, 15 April 2002 (Luxembourg): Illegal immigration:Council conclusions:
Report
Amnesty International report on people held in US custody in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay:
AI report (pdf)
UK: Police Reform Bill, full-text and Explanatory Notes:
Link
UK: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: full-text (pdf) Explanatory Notes:
Link
UK government report on "Privacy and data sharing" (11.4.02):
Report (link)
Annexes (link)
Latest issue of Bürgerrechte & Polizei/CILIP 70 (3/2001):
Summary of articles in English
Report from the Chinese Republic on "Human rights record of the United States 2001:
Link
US - CIA World Fact Book for 2001, criticised this year for being more partial than usual:
Link
UK Home Office Circular (no 13 /2002, date of Issue: 26 March 2002, implementation 1.4.02) on deaths in police custody or following police contact:
Circular (pdf)