Proposed UK anti-terror law raises serious concern
The ICJ today expressed concern over new counter-terrorism legislation proposed by the UK Government.
Business & Human Rights : an event in Copenhagen
On 21 September 2005, the Danish Section of the International Commission of Jurists will host an event on Business & Human Rights.
21 September 2005
Germany: Conviction in 9/11 case
On 19 August, the Hamburg Higher Regional Court convicted Mounir El Motassadeq, member of the so-called Hamburg cell, to seven years imprisonment for membership in a terrorist organization, but acquitting him of murder charges relating to the 9/11 attacks in the USA....Germany: European Arrest Warrant and surveillance laws declared void
On 18 July, the Constitutional Court declared German legislation on the European Arrest Warrant void for not providing a judicial remedy against the execution of the warrant and for not sufficiently protecting German citizens against extradition to third countries. On...Italy: New legislation enacted for terrorism cases
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