Statewatch and SEMDOC
By Lesley A Rogers, on 31 August 2010
UCL now has access to Statewatch online (the bulletin and searchable database) and SEMDOC; these can both be accessed via the databases list.
Statewatch
Bulletin, news and analysis on the activities of European states in the area of civil liberties. The Statewatch Database is a fully searchable database of all the material from the Statewatch bulletin and Statewatch news online since 1991.
SEMDOC
Information and documentation from Statewatch on EU Justice and Home Affairs policy, decision-making and legislation.
Statewatch is a non-profit-making voluntary group founded in 1991. Comprising lawyers, academics, journalists, researchers and community activists, its European network of contributors is drawn from 18 countries. Statewatch encourages the publication of investigative journalism and critical research in Europe the fields of the state, justice and home affairs, civil liberties, accountability and openness.