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Observatory on public access to EU documents
This "Observatory" tracks the progress of the new measure to put into effect Article 255 of the Amsterdam Treaty to "enshrine" the citizens' right of access to documents from the Council of the European Union, Read More
The amendment to the Decision of the Council on 19 December 1999
The Decision, agreed by "written procedure" on 14 August 2000 by the EU governments (doc ref: 10702/00) also amends the provisions of "Council Decision on the improvement of information on the Council's legislative activities and Read More
Policing reform in Northern Ireland: Control or Consent?
A number of changes have been made to the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill following widespread criticism of the original version. The amended version, which goes before the Lords this week, however, still fails to implement Read More
EU: An Area of Expulsion, Carrier Sanctions and Criminalisation
Taken together, the four French Presidency proposals would prevent asylum seekers from gaining either access to the Union by legitimate means or by any other method, and criminalise all organisations and nonrelatives who assist them, Read More
Fair Trials Abroad criticises increasing imbalance between EU security agenda and the protection of civil liberties
"The Post Tampere process is currently perpetuating and increasing the imbalance between "Security" matters of prosecution and crime prevention on the one hand, and "Freedom" matters of defence and the protection of civil liberties on Read More
Arbitrary stop and search operations: Migrants caught up in dragnet controls
The relationship between migrants and the German police is not only under strain because of racist abuse in the form of bodily harm and harassment. With the legalisation of stop and search operations, independent of Read More
EU states “expel” 170,000 by air in 1999
According to a report by the Council of the European Union's Migration and Expulsion Working Party (MEX WP), 166,909 people were deported by plane from the member states and Norway during 1999. The UK, with Read More
French Presidency’s attack on “illegal” entry and residence, carriers sanctions and expulsion
The French Presidency's programme includes the following: 1. Directive introducing sanctions for carriers conveying, within the territory of the Member States of the Community, foreign nationals without the documents required for admission to the territory Read More
Report on the Convention on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters
The House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities has published a very useful report updating its commentary and observations on the Convention on Mutual Assistance in criminal matters - the Convention was agreed Read More
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill [R.I.P. Bill]
In June 1999 the Home Secretary put out a consultation paper on the interception of telecommunications prior to publishing a Bill to replace the 1985 Interception of Communications Act (IOCA) (see Statewatch, vol 9 no Read More