UK appeals court rules criminal records disclosure law violates human rights

[JURIST] The UK Court of Appeals [official website] ruled [judgment, PDF] Tuesday that a Criminal Records Bureau [official website] law requiring individuals to divulge all previous convictions to certain groups of employers is a breach of human rights. The court held that the disclosure provisions of three legislative acts that required certain job applicants to disclose all minor crimes, including those committed as a juvenile, were incompatible with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights [text]. The case...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/01/uk-appeals-court-rules-disclosure-law-violates-human-rights.php

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