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UK: Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Inquiries Bill

01 January 2005

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Report(link) "The Committee raises concerns about the capacity of the Bill to provide a framework for inquiries necessary to comply with the right to life, under Article 2 ECHR, where a death occurs in state custody or agents of the state are implicated in a death." Full-text of the Inquiries Bill (pdf) Explanatory Notes (link) and Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (link) "The Committee raises a number of concerns about the compliance with Article 8 ECHR (right to respect for private and family life) of provisions in Part 1 of the Bill concerning the powers of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in relation to the gathering, storage, use and disclosure of information." Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (full-text, pdf) Explanatory Note (link)

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