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report · May 2026
Surveillance, privacy, and the rule of law
Omar Faraj
This Report examines how surveillance authorisations are reviewed in practice across five jurisdictions, focusing on the procedural standards that govern judicial or quasi-judicial approval. The Report finds that the formal availability of prior judicial authorisation correlates weakly with the substantive rigour of review, and identifies the institutional conditions under which procedural review functions as a meaningful constraint rather than as a rubber stamp.
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Administrative detention and the limits of executive power
Lina Karam، Tariq Saleh
Administrative detention occupies an ambiguous space between criminal procedure and pure executive action. This Report examines the procedural standards that should govern administrative-detention regimes and the operation of judicial supervision in practice across six jurisdictions, with particular attention to the gap between formal review rights and the practical accessibility of those rights for detained persons.
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