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The Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished control orders [2] and provides new powers to allow the Home Secretary to impose restrictions on the behaviour of a specified individual via means of a "TPIM" notice.
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade. [1] [2] [3] It was part of a wider abolitionism movement in Western Europe and the Americas.
The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 (c. 53) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which abolished the death penalty for murder in Northern Ireland, and established the Diplock courts in which terrorist offences were tried by a judge without a jury. [1]
In July 2023, Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary of the United Kingdom, reiterated that Islamic terrorism was the primary domestic threat facing the UK. [38] Islamic terrorism represented 67% of attacks since 2018, 75% of MI5's caseload, and 64% of those in custody for terrorism-connected offences according to the 2023 CONTEST report. [ 6 ]
Just like abolitionism more generally, abolitionist constitutionalism seeks to provide a vision which will lead to the abolition of many different neoliberal state institutions, such as the prison industrial complex, the wage system, and policing. This is tied to a belief that white supremacy is woven into the fabric of legal state institutions.
The United Kingdom, through Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, led the drafting of the Convention, which expresses a traditional civil libertarian theory. [3] It became directly applicable in UK law with the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998. Civil liberties have been gradually declining in the United Kingdom since the late 20th century.
The Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) is the first of a number of general Terrorism Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It superseded and repealed the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996.
The Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 . gives effect to Resolution 1373 of the United Nations Security Council (2001) allows the Treasury to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists; replaces the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001; was ruled ultra vires and void by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2010