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UK: "Do not blame the Council of Europe for the criminal records backlog"

01 January 2007

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Statement by Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (press release, link)

"I am surprised by John Reid’s attempt to blame the 1959 Council of Europe Convention for the backlog of unrecorded crimes committed by British citizens abroad. It is clear that the origins of the problem are in London, not Strasbourg", he said.

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