Archive
European Parliament takes Council to court for failure to consult over new (NATO) classification code – the “Solana Two Decision”
The European Parliament is taking the Council of the European Union to the Court of Justice over its failure to consult the parliament over the adoption of a new classification code for access to documents Read More
UK Terrorism Act: 21 new proscribed organisations (1)
The EU's new counter-terrorism plans include drawing up a list of people and groups considered to be terrorist organisations or people supporting them. The list is to be drawn up by the group comprised of Read More
Statewatch analyses of post-11 September EU measures affecting civil liberties and accountability
Statewatch has completed two analyses of the new measures being proposed in the EU following 11 September. One covers the new legislature measures, the other new "operational" measures. Analysis of legislative measures Of the eleven Read More
RACE THINK-TANK PUBLISHES DAMNING INDICTMENT OF GOVERNMENT’S RECORD (1)
The Institute of Race Relations has published a wide-ranging report exposing racism in government policy, institutions and popular culture. The report, entitled 'The three faces of British racism', shows how racism has worsened under a Read More
News in Brief Archive September-October 2001
October 2001 New laws & practices affecting civil liberties and rights after 11 September - reactions at national level: Belgium:Ligue des droits de l'Homme (The Belgian League of Human Rights):"Deny terrorism a second victory" France: Read More
Proposal to create EU para-military police units to counter protests
The German government has sent a proposal for the creation of "Special Units" to the EU "Heads of central bodies for public order and security" to counter protests at EU Council meetings and other international Read More
News in Brief Archive; November- Decmber 2001
December 2001 Conference: "The Anti-terrorism package: New legislation in the EU", Academy of European Law, Trier: 25 - 26 January 2002: Details List of new EU institutions: List Laeken Declaration, 15 December 2001: Text Full Read More
Echelon and Genoa (1)
The plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 5 September adopted the report on the Echelon spying system and has a discussion on events in Genoa. The central issue of the UK's involvement Read More
International meetings cancelled
Following the attacks in the USA on 11 September the planned joint annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank planned for 29-30 September in Washington is being cancelled: US report Read More
Data surveillance introduced in UK and USA
On Thursday 13 September, in the wake of the attacks in the USA, the UK government asked all communications service providers to retain details of: i) all logs of emails sent and received (not the Read More