A commentary on the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted of the murder of 270 people in the Pan Am 103 disaster.
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Data protection and SCCRC disclosure
At the Scottish
Parliament Justice Committee’s 7 February hearing on Part 2 of the Criminal Cases(Punishment and Review)(Scotland) Bill, concerns were expressed
by some committee members and a number of witnesses regarding data protection
issues that might be involved in releasing the Scottish Criminal Cases Review
Commission’s Statement of Reasons in the Megrahi case. The stance of the Justice for Megrahi
campaign group was that a Statutory Instrument made under section 194K(4) of
the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as amended (rather than primary
legislation) would override common law and statutory obligations of secrecy,
including data protection concerns.
Justice for Megrahi has now submitted to the Justice Committee a short
written submission outlining its reasoning.
It can be read here.
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