Reforming Benefits Decision-Making
August 11, 2021
JUSTICE writes to Prime Minister on establishing a COVID-19 inquiry fit for bereaved people and survivors
July 15, 2021
JUSTICE Working Party Chair Sir Robert Owen has today written to the Prime Minister to draw his attention to the JUSTICE report When Things Go Wrong: The response of the justice system and its recommendations. This follows the Prime Minister’s pledge to establish a statutory public inquiry into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
JUSTICE and the Administrative Justice Council launch report on reforming the benefits system
July 6, 2021
The joint Administrative Justice Council and JUSTICE Working Party publishes its report Reforming Benefits Decision-Making, on 8 July 2021. It makes recommendations aimed at creating a benefits system that prioritises dignity and respect and places the user at its heart. The benefits decision-making system forms a huge part of the administrative justice landscape in the […]
London Citizens and JUSTICE secure election promise on stop and search
April 29, 2021
London Citizens, a branch of community organising charity Citizens UK, have secured pledges from London Mayoral candidates to commission a £200,000 research project looking at the impact of stop and search Section 60 orders on Black communities and young Londonders. On Wednesday 28 April, Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey pledged at an online assembly to look […]
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021
March 23, 2021
Last year, the Ministry of Justice announced its ‘Smarter Approach to Sentencing’ White Paper, to which JUSTICE responded with recommendations relating to remand and bail in the Youth Justice System, based on the findings of its recently launched Working Party report, ‘Tackling Racial Injustice: Children and the Youth Justice System’. This month, the Government brought […]
JUSTICE launches timely report on racial disparities of children in the youth justice system
February 24, 2021
This Working Party of JUSTICE, which publishes its report Tackling Racial Injustice: Children and the Youth Justice System on 25 February 2021, seeks to examine the causes of BAME disproportionality in the Youth Justice System (YJS) of England and Wales. At most stages– from arrest to custody – the proportion of Black, Asian and Minority […]
JUSTICE submits response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities – Call for Evidence
November 30, 2020
On 16 July 2020, amid the #BlackLivesMatter protests across the world, the Government launched the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities to explore the issues of racial and ethnic disparities in the UK, with particular reference to the areas of health, education, criminal justice and employment. It intends to report by the end of 2020. […]
Hearing update from R (Begum) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
November 25, 2020
The UK Supreme Court heard this week (23 and 24 November) the cross appeals in the case of Begum, a case in which JUSTICE intervened by written submission. The case concerns Shamima Begum who, at the age of 15, left the UK for Syria. Ms Begum married an ISIL fighter and aligned herself with the terrorist […]
JUSTICE submits a briefing and suggested amendments to the Lords on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill for Committee Stage
November 20, 2020
This briefing addresses JUSTICE’s concerns; namely, that the Bill would allow public bodies to authorise undercover operatives (“CHIS”) to engage in criminal activities – including rape, murder and torture – with impunity. JUSTICE would welcome placing existing Security Services’ Guidelines on a statutory footing. We believe that it is important that such measures are transparent, […]
JUSTICE submits response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
November 18, 2020
JUSTICE has submitted a response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s call for evidence in relation to their inquiry into the Government’s Constitution, Rights and Democracy Commission. We have stressed that if a Commission is going to be set up, it should examine ways in which the rule of law and fundamental rights […]