Human Rights in Criminal Law

Ben Douglas-Jones KC is a barrister at 5 Paper Buildings, London. He is a Deputy High Court Judge (King’s Bench Division), Recorder (Crown Court), Master of the Bench (Gray’s Inn) and attorney-at-law in Grenada. Daniel Bunting is a barrister at 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings. He is a member of the Parole Board and sits as a Fee-Paid Judge in the Immigration Tribunal and Employment Tribunal. Dr Paul Mason is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. He sits as a Fee-Paid Judge in the Employment Tribunal, Mental Health Tribunal and the Court of Protection. Benjamin Newton is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, and also sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court and a Tribunal Judge in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.

Part 1 – ECHR and HRA
1. The European Convention on Human Rights
2. ECHR Procedure
3. Reservations and Derogations
4. Interpretation of Convention Rights
5. Human Rights Act 1988-Substance
6. Human Rights Act 1988–Application
7. Human Rights Act 1988–Remedies
8. Appeals in Criminal Cases

Part 2 – Criminal Investigation
9. Covert Policing
10. Surveillance, Covert Human Intelligence Sources, and Entrapment
11. Interception of Communications
12. Interference with Property
13. Powers of Search and Seizure
14. Arrest and Detention
15. Collection and Retention of Personal Data
16. Victims of Crime
17. Human Trafficking

Part 3 – Pre-Trial Issues
18. Extradition
19. Bail
20. Right to Representation
21. Delay
22. The Media
23. Disclosure
24. Issues of Criminal Responsibility
25. Mental Health and Capacity

Part 4 –Trial and Sentence
26. Participation and a Fair and Impartial Tribunal
27. Burden and Standard of Proof
28. Self-Incrimination and the Right to Silence
29. Admissibility of Evidence
30. Vulnerable Witnesses
31. Article 7
32. Article 8
33. Article 9
34. Article 10
35. Article 11
36. Sentence

Appendices