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Sent: 30 March 2006 12:39
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Subject: Statewatch News Online, 30 March 2006 (07/06)
Statewatch News Online, 30 March 2006 (07/06)
Full contents see: http://www.statewatch.org
1. EU: Legislative update - latest Council texts
2. UK: Statistics on race and criminal justice system
3. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission concerned about TASERS
4. Fabricating terrorism report: British complicity in renditions and
torture
5. EU: G5 Group on Interior Ministers becomes G6
6. MI5 tip-off to CIA led to men's rendition
7. Greece: Immigration news digest (3 March - 23 March 2006)
8. UK: Inquest press release: Daming report on the death of Christopher
Alder
9. EU: Agreement in the Council of Ministers on 10 year driving licences
10. EU: Study of the Laws of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings in the EU
11. Italy: Appeal by journalists: CPT- refused access to detention centres
12. EU: Belgium government loses free movement court case
13. Spain/Euskadi: ETA issues ceasefire statement
14. EU: Venice Commission Opinion on secret detention facilities and
transport of prisoners
1. EU: Legislative update - latest Council texts:
- Schengen Information System II, EU doc no 5709/1/06 REV 1, 24 March 2006
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-coun-draft-SIS-II.pdf
- Refugee Fund and management of migration flows, EU doc no 7723/06,
dated 28 March 2006
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-counc-refugee-fund-7723-06.pdf
- Framework Decision on procedural rights in criminal proceedings in
the EU, EU doc no 7527/06, dated 27 March 2006
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-counc-procedural-rights-7527-06.p
df
- Data Protection, EU doc no 6450/1/06, REV 1, dated 23 March 2006
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-dp-coun-draft-pos-6450-rev1-06.pd
f
- High Level Conference on the future of Europol, EU doc no 7868/06,
dated 29 March 2006
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/europol-07868-06.pdf
2. UK: Statistics on race and criminal justice system (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/s95race05.pdf
and Overview (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/s95race05overview.pdf
"Black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched
under these powers than White people, a similar rate to 2003/4. Asian
people were twice as more likely to be stopped and searched than were
White people; again a similar rate to the previous year" - in other
words nothing has changed.
3. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Commission concerned
about introduction of the TASER (pdf)
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/nihrc-tasers.pdf
4. Fabricating terrorism report: British complicity in renditions and
torture- (caged-prisoners, link):
http://www.cageprisoners.com/downloads/FabricatingTerrorism_Report.pdf
5. EU: G5 Group on Interior Ministers becomes G6: Meeting of the
Interior Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the
United Kingdom, Heiligendamm, 22 and 23 March 2006 - Full-text of
Conclusions:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/06eu-interior-minister-conclusions.h
tm
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, comments:
"This self-appointed governmental pressure group sees itself as
leading the way on justice and home affairs - but have they consulted
their people or parliaments on the measures they are putting forward?
A classic instance is their position on the so-called "principle of
availability" whereby all information and intelligence (often
guesswork or supposition) on individuals held by a national law
enforcement agency (police, immigration, customs) can be accessed by
any of the hundreds of agencies across the EU (where it can added to
with more information and "intelligence" and passed on again, inside
or outside the EU).
Their conclusion is that the "rapid implementation of the
availability principle must not depend on the adoption of a framework
decision on data protection" - in other words state agencies should
be allowed to exchange information and "intelligence" without any
data protection rights for the individual being in place."
6. MI5 tip-off to CIA led to men's rendition (Guardian, link):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0%2C%2C329444428-103690%2C00.html
7. Greece: Immigration news digest (3 March - 23 March 2006):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/08greece-imm-news-3.htm
8. UK: Inquest press release: Daming report on the death of
Christopher Alder falls short of family's demand for public inquiry (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/alder-ipcc-report-response.pdf
Report from the Indpendent Police Complaints Commission (link):
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/hc0506/hc09/0971/0971_i.pdf
Press release from IPCC (link):
http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/christopher_alder_review
9. EU: Agreement in the Council of Ministers on 10 year driving
licences: Press release (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-10-year-driving-licences.pdf
Compromise report, Proposal (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-driving-licences-compromise.pdf
Background document (pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-driving-licences-2005-A.pdf
Statewatch coverage and UK demand for fingerprints to be included:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/feb/31uk-eudrivinglicence.htm
A plastic card with "optional use of a microchip" provided that this
does not interfere with commonly accessible data will be obligatory
as from 2012. At the latest 20 years after the date of application
(i.e. in 2032), all driving licences issued or in circulation must
fulfil all its requirements. The new licences for automobiles and
motorcycles will be limited to 10 years, although Member States may
extend the period to 15 years. For the UK lifetime licences (from
17-70 years old) will have to be replaced five times up to 70 years
old, no doubt each with a new level of technology and legal
requirements. See the Register coverage (link):
10. EU: Study of the Laws of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
throughout the EU (as this 399 page report is a very large 9MB pdf it
is here as a 3.24MB zip file):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/eu-evidence-study.zip
This report was written by Roger Ede and compiled by Charlotte Ford.
The study was conducted by the International Department of the Law
Society of England and Wales and was funded by the European Commission.
11. Italy: Appeal by journalists: CPT, the denial of information -
refused access to detention centres:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/06italy-journalists-appeal.htm
12. EU: Belgium government loses free movement court case: Judgment
European Court of Justice (link):
http://curia.eu.int/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=EN&Submit=Rechercher$docrequ
ire=alldocs&numaff=C-408/03&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=
100
13. Spain/Euskadi: ETA issues second ceasefire statement:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/05spain-euskadi-eta-ceasefire2.htm
Spain / Euskadi: ETA declares "permanent ceasefire": Message from
Euskadita Ta Askatasuna to the Basque people:
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/05spain-euskadi-eta-ceasefire.htm
14. EU: Report from European Commission for Democracy through Law
(Venice Commission) Opinion on the International legal obligations of
Council of Europe Member States in respect of secret detention
facilities and inter-state transport of prisoners (adopted at the
Plenary session on 17-18 March 2006, pdf):
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2006/mar/ep-cia-inquiry/documents/opinion-Ven
ice-Commission.pdf
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