TNAG-2156-FCO40-3076-International-Covenant-on-Civil-and-Political-Rights-(ICCPR)-1990 — Page 118

CCPR/C/58/Add.6 page 86

Part II.

REPORTS OF THE STATES OF JERSEY, GUERNSEY AND THE ISLE OF MAN GOVERNMENT

A.

STATES OF JERSEY

1.

This is the third report submitted by the States of Jersey under article 40, paragraph 1, of the Covenant. Since the second report (CCPR/C/32/Add.5, annex), submitted in 1984, the measures listed below have been taken which are relevant to the provisions of the Covenant.

Article 3

The Island authorities have completed their review of the laws of succession, and legislation is being drafted which will result in males and females being treated equally.

Article 4

3. The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 was extended to Jersey by the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 (Jersey) Order 1984.

Article 6

4.

The death penalty was abolished by the Homicide (Jersey) Law 1986.

Article 7

5. A law has been drafted which will make provision similar to section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 for the statutory offence of torture.

Article 17

6. The Data Protection (Jersey) Law 1987 establishes a system for regulating the use of automatically processed information relating to individuals and the provision of services by computer bureaux in respect of such information, and enables individuals who are the subject of such data to obtain access to them, to have them corrected or erased if they are inaccurate, and to be awarded compensation in appropriate cases, thereby enabling Jersey to comply with the 1981 Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data.