Editing Statewatch (section)

=== 2010s ===
Statewatch continued work along similar themes into the 2010s. It continued producing the quarterly editions of the Bulletin/Journal, articles published via ''Statewatch News'', and gave talks and presentations at events and conferences in countries across Europe. A conference held in 2011 for the 20th anniversary of the organisation once again brought together hundreds of people from across Europe for workshops and panel discussions on [[border control]], [[immigration]] and [[Right of asylum|asylum]]; [[Mass surveillance|state surveillance]]; the policing of [[protest]]; and [[racism]] and [[Islamophobia]], amongst other topics. <ref>{{Cite web |title=2011: 20th anniversary conference |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/events/2011-20th-anniversary-conference/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref>

Statewatch published two in-depth reports on drones during this period: [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/back-from-the-battlefield-domestic-drones-in-the-uk/ Back from the battlefield: domestic drones in the UK], and [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/eurodrones-inc/ Eurodrones, Inc].The reports, published at a time when states were seeking to find ways to make it possible to fly drones in civil airspace, argued that the technology would enhance the powers of agencies such as the [[police]], yet were being treated as a technical matter that did not merit democratic or public debate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Back from the battlefield: domestic drones in the UK |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/back-from-the-battlefield-domestic-drones-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Eurodrones, Inc. |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/eurodrones-inc/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref>

At the same time, the growing spread and use of the web to access information led to a decline in the number of subscribers to the Statewatch Bulletin/Journal. The final edition was published in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewatch {{!}} Journal |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/journal/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref> with articles intended for an edition that was never to make it to print published as an online collection.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewatch: Essay collection: The EU and Uncle Sam |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/journal/essay-collection-the-eu-and-uncle-sam/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref> ''Statewatch News'' continued publication, providing access to a wide array of articles, press releases, sources, and hundreds of leaked EU documents every year.

Prominent amongst that output were articles exposing the [[European Commission]] providing funding to set up surveillance systems prior to legislation being passed;<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU: Travel surveillance: PNR by the back door |url=https://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/october/eu-travel-surveillance-pnr-by-the-back-door/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref> joint EU police operations targeting [[Irregular migration|irregular migrants]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU: On Monday 13 October, the EU's latest migrant hunt begins |url=https://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/october/eu-on-monday-13-october-the-eu-s-latest-migrant-hunt-begins/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref> the provision of hundreds of millions of euros for the development of drone technology;<ref name=":2" /> and EU funding for remote car-stopping technology,<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU: Multi-million euro research project aims to stop "non-cooperative vehicles" with microwaves and electromagnetic pulses |url=https://www.statewatch.org/news/2013/april/eu-multi-million-euro-research-project-aims-to-stop-non-cooperative-vehicles-with-microwaves-and-electromagnetic-pulses/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |publisher=Statewatch |language=en}}</ref> amongst other things. These articles received substantial coverage in the mainstream press and were also used by a wide variety of other groups for their work: for example, activists campaigning against [[racial profiling]] by the police,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crowdsourced map helps migrants evade European crackdown |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2014/10/14/crowdsourced-map-helps-migrants-evade-european-crackdown/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> or [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]] seeking to stop EU legislation on the mandatory police [[Passenger name record|surveillance of air travel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=VELD |first=Sophia IN 'T |title=Parliamentary question {{!}} Commission funding of national Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems {{!}} E-002866/2016 {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2016-002866_EN.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>

As a partner in the project [https://www.statewatch.org/projects/secile-does-counter-terrorism-just-counter-terrorism/ Securing Europe through Counter-terrorism: Impact, Legitimacy and Effectiveness (SECILE)], Statewatch led the workstream on researching EU [[Anti-terrorism legislation|counter-terrorism legislation]] and conducted a 'stocktake' of EU counter-terrorism measures enacted since [[September 11 attacks|11 September 2001]], as well as collecting and analysing data about their implementation and assessment. This provided an empirical basis for other aspects of the project. Statewatch's research found that between legislative and non-legislative instruments, the EU had adopted at least 239 separate counter-terrorism measures since 9/11. 88 of those (36%) were legally binding, yet just three public consultations had been held, and only 22 impact assessments were conducted by the [[European Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewatch: SECILE (Securing Europe through Counter-terrorism: Impact, Legitimacy and Effectiveness) |url=https://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/september/statewatch-secile-securing-europe-through-counter-terrorism-impact-legitimacy-and-effectiveness/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, the report [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/market-forces-the-development-of-the-eu-security-industrial-complex/ Market forces: the development of the EU security-industrial complex] provided an update on the themes that were first examined in the reports [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/arming-big-brother-the-eu-s-security-research-programme/ Arming Big Brother: the EU's Security Research Programme] and [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/neoconopticon-the-eu-security-industrial-complex/ NeoConOpticon: The EU Security-Industrial Complex]. The report highlighted the ongoing provisions of millions of euros in public funding to major weapons and IT corporations, many of whom also played a role in determining the priorities of the research programme.

At the same time, Statewatch was engaged in a major effort to draw public and political attention to the EU's “[[interoperability]]” agenda, through which a number of large policing and migration databases would be interconnected, and a “Common Identity Repository” to store data on up to 300 million foreign nationals in the EU would be constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU: Interoperability of Justice and Home Affairs databases: a "point of no return" |url=https://www.statewatch.org/observatories/interoperability-eu-big-brother-database/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |language=en}}</ref>

This led to cooperation with the [[PICUM|Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)]], through the publication of [https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/data-protection-immigration-enforcement-and-fundamental-rights-what-the-eu-s-regulations-on-interoperability-mean-for-people-with-irregular-status/ Data Protection, Immigration Enforcement and Fundamental Rights: What the EU's Regulations on Interoperability Mean for People with Irregular Status]. This report analysed the potential effects of the interoperability architecture for people living in the EU without official documents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewatch {{!}} Data Protection, Immigration Enforcement and Fundamental Rights: What the EU's Regulations on Interoperability Mean for People with Irregular Status |url=https://www.statewatch.org/publications/reports-and-books/data-protection-immigration-enforcement-and-fundamental-rights-what-the-eu-s-regulations-on-interoperability-mean-for-people-with-irregular-status/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |language=en}}</ref> The following year, Statewatch published [https://www.statewatch.org/automated-suspicion-the-eu-s-new-travel-surveillance-initiatives/ Automated suspicion: The EU's new travel surveillance initiatives], a report that analysed how the EU's “interoperable” databases would introduce the algorithmic profiling of all travellers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewatch {{!}} Automated suspicion: The EU's new travel surveillance initiatives |url=https://www.statewatch.org/automated-suspicion-the-eu-s-new-travel-surveillance-initiatives/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, the organisation was awarded the [[Hostwriter]] Story Prize as part of a consortium of journalists working on the project [https://www.statewatch.org/projects/invisible-borders/ Invisible Borders], which investigated the introduction of biometric identity controls by European and African governments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Projects {{!}} Invisible Borders |url=https://www.statewatch.org/projects/invisible-borders/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.statewatch.org |language=en}}</ref>