7 Conclusion
88. We
express in this Report our major concerns about the adequacy of
parliamentary scrutiny of the control order regime that was both
promised by the Government at the outset and that is necessary.
For the reasons we have explained in this and previous Reports,
we continue to have very serious concerns about the human rights
compatibility of both the control orders regime itself and its
operation in practice. In particular we remain concerned that
the regime as it currently stands and as it is currently operated
is very likely to result in breaches of both the right to liberty
and the right to a fair hearing.
89. We therefore
have very serious reservations about the renewal of the control
order regime unless the Government is prepared to make the amendments
we identify in this Report which are intended to render it human
rights compatible. Unless those modifications of the control order
regime are made, in our view it is inevitable that the use of
control orders will continue to give rise to breaches of individuals'
rights both to liberty and due process.
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