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07 September 2025
The Human Rights Consortium and its member organisations have firmly and unequivocally opposed recent proposals by Policy Exchange and Reform UK to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). These proposals are not just legally reckless, they are politically incendiary. They represent a direct assault on the foundations of the Belfast/Good […]
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21 July 2025
The Human Rights Consortium has denounced proposals by Suella Braverman MP and Baroness Arlene Foster which call for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and repeal the Human Rights Act (HRA). The Consortium has labelled the proposals “legally and morally flawed, politically reckless and constitutionally dangerous.” A Direct Threat […]
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04 February 2025
The Human Rights Consortium has submitted an updated shadow report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in advance of the upcoming review of the United Kingdom’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). This report was developed in collaboration with a range of Consortium […]
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18 September 2024
The Human Rights Consortium has submitted its response to the Committee for the Executive Office Inquiry on Gaps in Equality Legislation. The Committee for the Executive Office is a statutory Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Committee is conducting an inquiry on differences in equality legislation between the regions of the UK and the […]
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13 May 2024
The Human Rights Consortium welcomes today’s judgement from the High Court disapplying multiple provisions of the Illegal Migration Act in Northern Ireland due to their incompatibility with the Windsor Framework and declaring provisions incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The challenge was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) alongside an […]
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19 April 2024
In March, over 90 civil society leaders from across the United Kingdom convened in Cardiff for the third 4 Nations Civil Society Conference. Organised by the Welsh Consortium for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and Wales Governance Centre in partnership with the Civil Society Alliance (CSA) and the Human Rights Consortiums in Northern Ireland and Scotland, the conference […]
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08 December 2023
The UK government this week introduced the ‘Safety of Rwanda Bill’ to limit the use of human rights laws to challenge their attempts to automatically remove asylum seekers to Rwanda. The Human Rights Consortium has criticized the introduction of the Bill as a violation of basic human rights guarantees of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the […]
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19 September 2023
The Human Rights Consortium has welcomed the publication of the report by the Independent Review of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission which has highlighted the serious underfunding of the Commission and highlighted the need to provide a sufficient base line budget for its work. Kevin Hanratty, Director of the Human Rights Consortium a civil […]
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12 June 2023
The Human Rights Consortium wishes to recruit for the following position: Administration and Finance Officer (F/T 35 HRS per week) £25,874 to £27,852 per annum pensionable. Contracted to 31st Dec 2024 with possibility of extension. The Job Description, Person Specification, Application form and Monitoring Form for this post are available to download below. Closing date […]
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06 April 2023
The failure of the UK Government to implement a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland is a betrayal of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, according to civil society organisations in Northern Ireland. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Agreement, the Human Rights Consortium and 61 other civil society organisations from across Northern Ireland […]
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