Open AccessUnited Kingdom Criminal Records Scheme: a case of discrimination without justification?
Author(s) -
Iris Rosario
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iuslabor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1699-2938
DOI - 10.31009/iuslabor.2020.i03.09
Subject(s) - charter , human rights , convention , principal (computer security) , political science , kingdom , law , criminology , sociology , computer security , computer science , paleontology , biology
This paper critically examines criminal records policies in the United Kingdom and explains how they constitute an undue burden on the convicted in their path to social reintegration. It shows the limits of the European Convention of Human Rights, the European Charter of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization legal framework to accomplish the reintegration of ex-offenders into society. Finally, it proposes the reevaluation of these types of schemes, since they do not achieves their principal objective of make our societies more secure places.