Independent Commission on UK Counter Terrorism law, Policy and Practice
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is pleased to announce the publication of the final report of the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice, chaired by the Rt Hon Sir Declan Morgan KC PC, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
After three years of research and consultation with over 200 experts, practitioners, policymakers, academics, and community representatives, the Commission presents 113 recommendations to ensure the UK's counter-terrorism framework remains effective, proportionate, and firmly rooted in the Rule of Law.
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Media Coverage
12/03/26
UK government's new counter-extremism measures called 'Prevent on steroids' Middle East Eye
12/01/26
02/01/26
Ministers cannot go on Ignoring the Shamima Begun Case for Two Important Reasons , The Guardian
11/12/25
UK faces mounting pressure to Repatriate British Nationals from Syrian Camps and Prisons, Middle East Eye
28/11/25
The Future of UK Counterterrorism: A Case For Integrated Violence Prevention, RUSI
20/11/25
Oxford experts play key role in independent review of UK counter-terrorism, University of Oxford
19/11/25
Interview with Commissioner Katherine Brown, Womans Hour, BBC Radio 4
18/11/25
Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law reports, Professional security Magazine
14/11/25
Statutory Prevent duty led to 'over-reporting' of referrals in colleges, review finds, FE Week
13/11/25
- UK review urges return of Shamima, others from Syria, Bangla News
- Interview with Baroness Warsi, Good Morning Britain, ITV
- Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul, University of Liverpool & Mirage News
12/11/25
- Bingham Report Highlights Some Progress but Leaves Key Issues Unaddressed, CAGE international
- Is Prevent no longer fit for purpose?, The Week
- Statutory Prevent duty led to 'over-reporting' of referrals in colleges, review finds, FE Week
- Prevent Watch responds to the Bingham Centre's Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice, Prevent Watch
11/11/25
- Prevent 'no longer keeping country safe', The Telegraph, Rozina Sabur
- Legal experts and politicians criticise process used to ban Palestine Action, The Guardian, Haroon Siddique
- Terror law used to ban Palestine Action being used too widely, report warns, The Independent, Amy-Clare Martin
- Major report urges overhaul of Prevent and narrower terror definition, Middle East Eye, Imran Mulla
- Prevent 'very ineffective' in dealing with political extremism - Dominic Grieve, The Standard, Sam Hall
- UK counterterror laws applied 'too broadly,' risk 'overreach': Report, Arab News
- Prevent counter-terrorism programme 'failing to keep Britain safe', damning reports says, GB News, George Bunn
- Terror definition too broad, Starmer to be told, The New Statesman, Ethan Croft
- Former Northern Ireland lord chief justice says UK wrong to strip Shamima Begum of citizenship, Middle East Eye, Imran Mulla
- Counterterrorism review calls for Shamima Begum and other British-linked people in Syria to be repatriated, Sky News, Deborah Haynes
- ISIS bride Shamima Begum 'should be allowed back into Britain', counter-terrorism review finds, LBC News, Shelagh Fogarty
- Interview with Dominic Grieve, Sky News
- Interview with Dominic Grieve, Andrew Marr show, LBC Radio
- Durham law academic leads national review of UK Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy, University of Durham News
- New report calls for comprehensive overhaul of UK counter-terrorism policies, University of Manchester
- University of Birmingham research contributes to major national review of UK counter-terrorism law, University of Birmingham News
