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UN SPOTLIGHT ON NORTHERN IRELAND AT UK HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW

08 June 2016

The Human Rights Consortium, an alliance of 160 civil society organisations from across Northern Ireland, has criticised the UK and Northern Ireland governments’ failure to accurately reflect the status of human rights protection in Northern Ireland to a UN Committee in advance of an important international review next week. The UK government is due to […]

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Manifesto Watch – NI Assembly Elections 2016

03 May 2016

With the 2016 Assembly Elections almost upon us, the Human Rights Consortium takes a look at the manifestos of the various political parties who have put themselves forward for election. Check out our run down on what the political parties in Northern Ireland are saying about a whole range of human rights issues. Our Manifesto […]

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Manifesto Watch – Republic of Ireland General Election 2016

24 February 2016

With the Dáil election in the Republic of Ireland taking place this Friday, we thought it might be interesting to do a quick round up of what the various party manifestos have to say about Northern Ireland and human rights both here and in the Republic. Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is not raised at all […]

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