David Erdos (Oxford, CSLS): The Convention on Modern Liberty scheduled for next February 28 has the potential to be a defining moment for the UK. The ad hoc team putting it together have assembled an exciting array of prominent figures allied to all the main political parties and to none. More important, the Convention will examine many pressing issues facing us in the area of human rights and executive power. Nevertheless, I am troubled. Those creating the Convention seem to have conceptualized the issue of privacy/data protection so that only one aspect of it is given any emphasis.
