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Peacerights submission to the Ministry of Justice Consultation on War Powers and Treaties: Limiting Executive Powers.

This study aims to provide an overview of the nature and the current condition of the ‘right to protest’ as it might be said to exist under UK law as well as consider possible strategies for developing this right. Two key enquiries provide the focus for the Study. First, to what degree can an individual be said under UK law to have a human ‘right’ on a normative level to protest on an issue? Second, where, how and why are practices adopted by Police forces in the UK affecting the rights of individuals to protest?

NIS is bringing a legal challenge against the government's plan to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system. Grounds for the claim are that the government failed to carry out a promised Consultation and that building a new nuclear system is contrary to international law and the Non- Proliferation Treaty. An Application for Judical Review with the High Court was lodged on Friday 30th March 2006. The application may be granted on the submitted papers or an Application Hearing may be called.

Peacerights and the Nuclear Information Service are calling for governmental accountability on questions of illegality and due process regarding the replacement of Trident proposed in the Government’s White Paper, ‘The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent’, published on 4 December 2006.

Peacerights Legal Opinion on the Proposed Replacement of the Trident Nuclear Weapons System finds that the government has failed to carry out a promised consultation and is wrong in law in relation to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.