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Observatory in defence of freedom and democracy - new laws and practices affecting civil liberties
and rights in the EU, UK and US after 11 September Statewatch
Observatory on EU asylum and immigration: the EU summit
(European Council) in Seville adopted far-reaching EU policies
regarding illegal immigration, with potential huge impact on
human rights, asylum-seekers and developing countries The
"Stockholm programme" - "The Shape of Things to
Come"
EU-FBI: Telecommunications surveillance plan
S.O.S.Europe: Statewatch Observatory
on Surveillance in Europe
Observatory
on EU plans to counter protests
Observatory
on the exchange of data on passengers (PNR) with USA
Statewatch Observatory:
EU
surveillance of passengers (PNR)
Statewatch
launches: ASBOwatch
monitoring the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders throughout
the UK
Analysis, background documents and sections on: children, protectors,
"CRASBO's", general public order and extreme cases
(12.10.04)
"Terrorist"
lists: monitoring proscription, designation and asset-freezing
"Observatory" on CIA "rendition"
UK:
Telephone tapping figures, 1937 onwards
UK
legislation on civil liberties issues (from 1988 - ongoing)
"Observatory"
on reactions to protests in the EU
The
surveillance of telecommunications in the EU
EU:
Data protection in police and judicial matters
Observatories
on openness and secrecy in the EU
Regulation
on access to EU documents: 2008-2009: Updated: Following the Commissions's proposals
to amend Regulation 1049/2001 with full documentation.
Freedom
of Information in the EU:
Statewatch site with all the background news and documents on
access to documents plus a new Observatory on case law
Statewatch
Observatory on EU Freedom of Information - Case Law: Observatory contains
summaries and links to the full-text of court decisions on access
to EU documents
Secret Europe: Full background documentation and analysis
on access to EU documents, openness & secrecy in the EU.
Including "Essays
for an Open Europe" and the ongoing "Call
for an Open Europe"
Observatory
on adoption of the new Regulation on access to EU documents: Statewatch Observatory
on the adoption of the new Regulation on access to EU documents:
all the documentation from the Council of the European Union,
the European Parliament and the European Commission leading to
the new Regulation on citizens' access to EU documents.
Observatory
on the EU Constitution/Lisbon Treaty
The EU Constitution - all the drafts,
commentaries and latest documents: EU
Constitution
Observatories on justice and home affairs (SEMDOC)
SEMDOC (Statewatch European Monitoring and Documentation Centre,
launched in 1997). This is a website devoted to justice and home
affairs and civil liberties in the European Union and carries
comprehensive full-text documentation and analyses. It is a subscriber
site with a small annual charge. It also includes the monthly
Statewatch European Monitor, a dedicated publication covering
all developments in the subject area.
For more details and subscription information see: SEMDOC - how to get access. It contains:
Legislative Observatory containing text, background and status
of every measures adopted, proposed or forthcoming under the
justice and home affairs. It also covers international JHA treaties,
case law and other relevant proposals from the 'mainstream' EC
treaty. There is also an archive containing the text and status
of all binding JHA measures adopted during the Maastricht period
(Nov 1993-April 1999).
Register of "partially accessible"
Council documents.
Searchable bibliographic database of
hard-copy documents held by SEMDOC for the period 1976-2000.
Now over 6,000 documents recorded and indexed.
The full justice and home affairs acquis,
which covers every JHA text adopted under the Amsterdam Treaty
(1999-ongoing) and Maastricht Treaty (1993-1999, amended by Amsterdam)
and the TREVI framework (intergovernmental cooperation from 1976-1993)
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