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01 January 2006

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The dishonour of torture evidence, Eric Metcalfe. Legal Action February 2006, p6. This piece considers the Lords' ruling in A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 71, which prohibits the UK government from relying on evidence obtained by torture.

Suspect Communities: the real "war on terror" in Europe: proceedings of the conference. The Human Rights and Social Studies Research Institute, The Institute for the Study of European Transformation, The Muslim Parliament, The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights and The Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, 2005, pp74. This publication contains the keynote speeches and background papers from the conference last May.

Special Advocates - a change in the rules of the game? Kay Everett. Legal Action February 2006, pp.7-8. The government's attempt to hold suspect individuals for up to 90 days following the London bomb attacks on 7 July was defeated in the House of Commons in November 2005. This article considers suspects' legal representation - or lack of it - and the "shortcomings" of proposed Special Advocates.

Recent developments in European Convention law, Philip Leach. Legal Action February 2006, pp32-38. Review of cases at the European Court of Human Rights that have relevance to the UK.

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