Abstract
Recent UK counterterrorism legislation has been wide ranging. Counterterrorism remains high on the political agenda, presenting significant challenges for the privacy and liberty of citizens. The laws have cast a wide net to intrude upon the privacy of individuals who have not committed any offences. Indeed, the Human Rights Act 1998, which provides this legal protection, divides opinion over its power to protect the privacy rights and civil liberties of individuals, often used as justification to attack civil liberties. That there is a real threat to be countered remains unarguable; the methods adopted by the government to achieve this remain contentious.
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Commonly referred to as ‘Independent Reviewer’; this role is appointed and renewed by the Home Secretary and funded by government (see Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, sections 14(2) and 14(7) and https://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/about-me/)
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Marshall, D., Thomas, T. (2017). Counterterrorism. In: Privacy and Criminal Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64912-2_9
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