A day long conference bringing together people from a range of organisations to discuss how to hold state and corporate institutions to account. Friday 19 June 2015, 9am-5pm University of Liverpool in London campus, 33 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG Participants include: Tony Bunyan – Statewatch Suresh Grover – The Monitoring Group Deborah Hargreaves – High Pay
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Racial discrimination and criminal justice in the EU
A British Academy panel discussion exploring the issues at the nexus of race, EU law and policing. Thursday 9 July 2015, 6-7.30pm The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Speakers: Ben Bowling – Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, King’s College London Momodou Jallow – Vice-President, European Network Against Racism in Europe
One Nation: but whose?
The first of a post-election three-part series on civil liberties in the UK examines the government’s proposal to replace the Human Rights Act by a British Bill of Rights. Prime minister David Cameron was quick to don the mantle of ‘One Nation Toryism’ after his party’s election victory. But the Tories’ priorities set out in
Race and class: challenging inequalities
A panel discussion considering the significance of race and class to shaping inequalities in contemporary Britain. Tuesday 26 May 2015, 6.30-8pm New Theatre, East Building, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE Speakers include: Liz Fekete – Director, Institute of Race Relations Kiri Kankhwende – Human rights campaigner and journalist James Nazroo – Professor of Sociology and Director
From Bedford to Baltimore, families demand justice
A solidarity vigil at the US Embassy last week made links between the policing of black communities in the US and UK. Hundreds gathered outside the US embassy on Tuesday 5 May to hold a vigil for Freddie Gray, whose death has sparked the latest in a series of uprisings in the US that have
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 April – 7 May 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 27 April: A Labour government would look again at the law of Joint Enterprise, Ed Miliband writes in a letter to a constituent. (The Justice Gap, 27 April 2015) 2 May: More than 3,000 police officers are
The ongoing fiasco of privatised court interpreting services
Three years after Capita took on a Ministry of Justice contract to provide interpreting services in courts and tribunals, recent cases and an independent review have demonstrated that it is still failing, with serious consequences. Court translation On average, 700 requests are made to the courts in England and Wales every day for the use
Racism & Justice: Using research to hold the state to account
An event to bring together researchers, academics and activists to consider the role of research in exposing and addressing racism and discrimination in criminal justice policy and practice. Tuesday 12 May 2015, 2-4pm. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 2 Langley Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 1GB RELATED LINKS Centre for Crime and Justice Studies The
Why we should listen when the UN condemns the UK’s ‘extremist media’
Below we reproduce an article by author Matt Carr from his blog, Infernal Machine, on the current situation in the Mediterranean. British tabloid editors have never struck me as a particularly reflective and thoughtful breed of humanity, so I doubt they will be plunged into a mood of remorseful self-analysis by the very strongly-worded suggestion from the
Jeremiah Duggan inquest
Attend the inquest into the death of Jeremiah Duggan who was found dead on a dual carriageway in Wiesbaden, Hesse after attending an anti-war meeting. Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 May 2015 Coroners Court, 29 Wood Street, Barnet London EN5 4BE Related links Justice for Jeremiah Justice for Jeremiah on Facebook IRR News: German justice: from