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In this study, an audit of British compliance with international
human rights standards is carried out. The book identifies 44
violations and 19 near violations. It provides an up-to-date
description of law and practice with respect of freedom of
information, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and public
protest, freedom of association and trade unionism, state
surveillance, the right to life and liberty, and the right to vote
and stand in elections. This study looks at both the political and
legal aspects of political freedom in the UK. It measures political
freedom specifically against international standards and provides
the "Human Rights Index" - a system for measuring political rights
which may be used to monitor legislation in the UK from 1997 or in
any country in the rest of the world.
In this study, an audit of British compliance with international
human rights standards is carried out. The book identifies 44
violations and 19 near violations. It provides an up-to-date
description of law and practice with respect of freedom of
information, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and public
protest, freedom of association and trade unionism, state
surveillance, the right to life and liberty, and the right to vote
and stand in elections. This study looks at both the political and
legal aspects of political freedom in the UK. It measures political
freedom specifically against international standards and provides
the "Human Rights Index" - a system for measuring political rights
which may be used to monitor legislation in the UK from 1997 or in
any country in the rest of the world.
Recent years have seen the release from prison of the Guildford
Four, the Birmingham Six and Tottenham Three. The Maguire Seven
have now been cleared of all charges, and the discredited West
Midlands Crime Squad have now been disbanded. Each of these events
has highlighted serious failures in the criminal justice system
which have contributed to miscarriages of justice. Amongst the many
disturbing features are the obtaining of confessions by
unacceptable means; the fabrication of evidence; the failure to
disclose evidence adverse to the prosecution and the inadequacy of
appeal and reference-back systems.;This book examines the various
steps within the criminal justice system which have resulted in the
conviction of the innocent, and remedies as to how miscarriages
might be avoided in the future are suggested. The contributors
comprise academics, campaigners and practitioners, some of whom
have been involved in the cases mentioned.;Clive Walker is the
author of "The Prevention of Terrorism in British Law" and of
"Political Violence and the Law in Ireland". Keir Starmer is
Secretary of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers.
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