Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert A six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time ended in one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests. More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders. Continue reading...

By Martin Scheinin and Sophie Duroy The latest judgment on surveillance powers in Bulgaria, identified by the Court as a Key Case, is a puzzling read. The Court is undoubtedly right to find that Bulga...

By Martin Scheinin and Sophie Duroy The latest judgment on surveillance powers in Bulgaria, identified by the Court as a Key Case, is a puzzling read. The Court is undoubtedly right to find that Bulga...

By Martin Scheinin and Sophie Duroy The latest judgment on surveillance powers in Bulgaria, identified by the Court as a Key Case, is a puzzling read. The Court is undoubtedly right to find that Bulga...

L’examen de la loi intégrale contre les violences sexistes et sexuelles a commencé à l’Assemblée nationale. Que prévoit ce texte ? Quels débats fait-il naître ? Les 3 milliards d’euros nécessaires à son application seront-ils débloqués ? On en débat avec nos invitées.

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A funny and unpretentious guide by the illustrious novelist Umberto Eco, for his favorite audience: teachers and their students.

This paper critically analyses European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence on bulk data collection, situating it within the Court’s broader turn to proceduralism. We argue that, in cases concerning m...

This paper critically analyses European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence on bulk data collection, situating it within the Court’s broader turn to proceduralism. We argue that, in cases concerning m...

This paper critically analyses European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence on bulk data collection, situating it within the Court’s broader turn to proceduralism. We argue that, in cases concerning m...

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

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There are times when government lawyers (including military legal advisors) are faced with a stark choice. Their political masters (or their superiors in the military) are clearly set on pursing a cer...

Khamenei’s killing ends U.S. ban on assassination, deepens U.S.-Israeli lethal ties, and invites States to abandon diplomacy for violence.

The law of armed conflict demands that we take the Minab school strike seriously to learn, to reform, and to prevent the next failure.

Less than 48 hours before the strike on Iran, Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Trump.

It’s no surprise that Operation Roaring Lion (Israel’s name for its campaign) and Operation Epic Fury (as the US...

A stiff drink is recommended

The relationship between regime change and IHL is one of inherent tension, casting IHL as an obstacle rather than an essential constraint.

Former State Department attorney writes that the U.S. letter to the UN Security Council fails to identify legal basis for Iran attack.