It was in memory of Zachary Turner that I introduced this private member's bill, to try to change our bail laws, to toughen them up a little, so that we could deny bail to protect minor children in the custody of the accused.

To be in a position to assess the offender’s criminal past is essential for the effective conduct of new criminal proceedings, in particular to ensure informed decisions on pre-trial detention or bail, and to have full information available at sentencing stage.

The work on the right to bail (which also covers detention conditions), which is an important and substantial are in its own right, was separated from the work on other safeguards at an early stage.

These were the right to bail (provisional release pending trial) and the right to have evidence handled fairly.

These can include questions of democratic participation (including universal suffrage, free elections, multiparty structure, equality of access to political activity, participatory decision making); human rights (including adherence to, and implementation of, commitments under international human rights Treaties and Conventions, protection of civil liberties including freedom of speech and of assembly, effective operation of human rights monitoring); and the rule of law (including an independent and effective judiciary, transparent legal framework, equality of all citizens before the law, police and public administration subject to the ...[+++] law, enforcement of contractual obligations).

Release by the court is commonly referred to as “bail,”(15) while release by the police has been referred to as “police bail” (16) In order to be released, an individual may be required to agree to certain conditions, such as remaining within a specified territorial jurisdiction(17) and relinquishing his or her passport (18)