The announcement came as part of the government's defense against a lawsuit filed by the human rights group Reprieve, which has been seeking a review of the country's torture policy. A UK High Court judge agreed that the country's policy must be reviewed, but indicated that because lawyers for the government promised new guidelines would be released shortly, the court would take no immediate action. Similar claims of complicity were made against the government by a new report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). According to HRW, intelligence services in France, Germany and the UK lack proper oversight of intelligence information that is received from countries that torture. HRW also condemned the use of information obtained via torture against suspects at trial. HRW has called on the countries to "take responsibility for their own role in third-party abuse, and to ensure that their intelligence cooperation isn't perpetuating abuse." It also urged the countries to repudiate the use of information obtained through torture, to establish new guidelines clearly excluding torture evidence in civil and criminal proceedings, and strengthen oversight of intelligence services.