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EU: Secret justice inside the EU courts: Proposed changes will allow EU judges to use secret intelligence as evidence and protect sanctions from legal challenge

28 April 2014

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"In March it was revealed that the European General Court (EGC) is seeking to rewrite its own rules to allow the use of intelligence as evidence in legal proceedings. While the executive and judiciary will be able to see secret material, people targeted by intelligence who bring legal challenges will not... If approved by EU Member States, they will weaken due process rights, strengthen executive power and radically transform the way justice is done in Europe."

See the article: Secret justice inside the EU courts: Proposed changes will allow EU judges to use secret intelligence as evidence and protect sanctions from legal challenge (Al Jazeera, link)

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