Archive
EU: Visas, trafficking and policing football matches documentation (update)
- Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (as at 20 December 2006, pdf) - Read More
EU: Commission Communication on: Reinforcing the management of the European Union’s Southern Maritime Borders
Communication (COM (2006) 733 final, pdf) Read More
UK: The police National DNA Database – Now is the time to have your say
from Genewatch (pdf) Read More
UK: Two Phil Scraton articles
Two articles by Phil Scraton, Professor of Criminology in the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast: Children, Violence and Transition (pdf) and The Allen Response is to a strategy Read More
EU: Commission Green Paper on: Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries
Green Paper (COM (2006) 712, pdf) Read More
EU: “Handbook for Border Guards” to be used by Member States
Commission Recommendation establishing a common "Practical Handbook for Border Guards (Schengen Handbook)" to be used by Member States' competent authorities when carrying out the border control of persons (COM 5186/2006, 81 pages, pdf) Read More
Statewatch: Friends of Statewatch launched – support our work
Friends of Statewatch (link) A message from our chair, Gareth Peirce: "In routinely placing complex policies and increased state powers in the public domain, Statewatch performs a function that no other organisation fulfils. One is Read More
EU: “Muslims in the EU: Discrimination and Islamophobia”
Report by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (pdf) Read More
EU-US: Rendition: European Parliament Inquiry draft report
Draft report of the year-long inquiry (pdf) This is backed by two substantive working documents from the European Parliament committee of inquiry: On extraordinary rendition (Working documents no 7, including details of cases considered) and Read More
Statewatch publication: “The War on Freedom and Democracy”
Edited by Tony Bunyan. Published in 2006 by Spokesman books. Order publication (Paperback, £10.99). These essays were prepared for the launch of the European Civil Liberties Network in October 2005. The passage of time since Read More