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Katina Michael Delivers Seminar on Prüm Treaty and its Human Rights Implications

25 August, 2009

Dr. Katina Michael delivered a seminar to an enthusiastic CTCP audience on the Prüm Treaty and its implications for the European Court of Human Rights. Katina is a senior lecturer in the School of Information Systems and Technology where she specializes in the social impact of emerging technologies. She is currently doing a Masters of Transnational Crime Prevention through the CTCP. 

The seminar covered the legal implications of the S. and Marper v United Kingdom ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which found that the UK Government’s current deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) retention policy breached Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).  Of significance here was the outcomes of the Prüm Treaty of 2005 which initially saw seven countries, not including the UK, agree to share DNA data, fingerprint and vehicle registration data for the purpose of countering acts of terror and bringing criminals to prosecution.