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LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY: JUSTICE AND SECURITY BILL
HOUSE OF LORDS PAPER 59 SESSION 2012-13 |
| By: |
Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights, The Stationery Office (Editor), Hywel Francis |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0108476243 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780108476242 |
| Publisher: |
TSO |
| Pub. date: |
13 November, 2012 |
| Series: |
House of Lords Papers |
| Pages: |
63 |
| Synopsis: |
The purpose of this report is to focus specifically on practical ways in which the Bill could be improved by amending it to accommodate the many human rights concerns it raises. The Committee welcomes some of the significant changes which have been made to the proposals in the Green Paper (Cm. 8194, 2011, ISBN 9780101819428), but considers that the proposals in the Bill extending closed material procedures into civil proceedings still constitute a radical departure from the UK's constitutional tradition of open justice and fairness; and concludes that the Government has not yet supplied evidence justifying the need for such a serious departure from the fundamental principles of open justice and fairness. The report recommends that the Bill's scope should be limited to the two narrow categories of material suggested by the Intelligence and Security Committee - namely, UK intelligence material which would reveal the identity of UK intelligence officers or their sources and their capability, and foreign intelligence material provided by another country on a promise of confidentiality.The Bill should also be amended to replace the current absolute exemption for certain types of intelligence information with a system of certification based on the contents of the information and subject to judicial control. Other recommendations cover closed material procedures and amendments to the Bill to address serious concerns about its impact on the freedom of the media and on public confidence in the administration of justice. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
TSO |
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