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News in Brief; asylum bill
UK: "Clause 10 of the new asylum bill will create a judicial body which is uniquely unaccountable": Guardian (link) Read More
Belgium: Four Belgian police officers guilty over the death of Semira Adamu
On 12 December 2003 a Brussels court found four former Belgian police officers guilty of assault, battery and negligence in the case of Semira Adamu who died during a forced deportation in 1998. Five police Read More
News in Brief;Cyber crime Resource Handbook
Cyber crime Resource Handbook (link to pdf) Read More
News in Brief; International law
International: International law: justice as a commodity: International law now has some jurisdiction over dictators and war criminals, but not yet over economic crime: it reflects the balance of world power and is just as Read More
EU agrees to exchange of classified documents on “crisis operations” including justice and home affairs issues
At the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 28-29 November 2003 the Ministers adopted as an "A" Point (without debate) "Council authorisation" for the Presidency to "open negotiations" under Article 24 and 38 of the Read More
News in Brief; racial violence
UK: Rising deaths as a result of racial violence - IRR News Service Read More
News in Brief; tourist visas
France: France to fingerprint for tourist visas, Agence France Press, December 17, 2003 Read More
EU: Commission “compromises” and agrees on handing over passenger data to USA
- EU-USA collusion heralds global imposition of the surveillance of travel - "The EU cannot refuse its ally in the fight against terrorism" (EU Commissioner Bolkestein) - The EU's Data Protection Article 29 Working Party: Read More
News in Brief; new asylum measures
UK: Concern at new asylum measures - IRR News Service Read More
News in Brief; data mining
USA: Data Debase - The powerful technology known as data mining -- and how, in the government's hands, it could become a civil libertarian's nightmare. American Prospect (link): Data-mining article Read More