Standard Article

UN Calls for Bill of Rights to Address Human Rights Deficit in Northern Ireland

05 March 2025

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has issued a stark warning to the UK Government, urging the adoption of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. In its concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social […]

Read More

NI Civil Society Joint shadow report to UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee

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 […]

Read More

#MakeOurFutureFair Human Rights Manifesto

02 July 2024

The Human Rights Consortium has launched our #MakeOurFutureFair Human Rights Manifesto social media campaign, calling on the next UK Government to prioritise, defend & extend human rights in Northern Ireland and across the UK. We are calling on the next UK Government to: Deliver a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland We call on the […]

Read More

Human Rights Consortium Addresses Expert Audience on Article 2

02 July 2024

The Human Rights Consortium was invited to address the Equality Coalition event “Article 2 of the Windsor Framework – Where Are We Now?” in May to provide a civil society perspective on Article 2 stemming from our Beyond Brexit project. Presenting on behalf of the Consortium, Niall Robb, our Research Officer, provided an overview of […]

Read More

Rights For Everyone: Positive Obligations and the Protection of Human Rights

02 July 2024

On Tuesday, 18 June 2024, Ulster University’s Belfast Campus hosted a one-day workshop, bringing together civil society, policymakers, and academics to reflect on the current state of human rights protection, with a particular focus on the role of positive obligations in the protection of human rights. The event, organised by the Transitional Justice Institute and […]

Read More

LGBTQIA+ Rights and International Human Rights Standards

07 June 2024

Do you know how international human rights treaties could help deliver progress for LGBTQIA+ rights? Do you know your CEDAW from your UNCRPD? If not, watch this webinar and discover how you can use them to bring about change! This event was hosted by the Consortium as part of the LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week programme and […]

Read More

Human Rights Consortium publishes view on Safeguarding the Union

05 June 2024

We have today launched a briefing on the Safeguarding the Union package. This provides a civil society perspective on its contents and its implications for human rights and equality protections under the Windsor Framework. The Safeguarding the Union package consists of a Command Paper and three Statutory Instruments and is the product of negotiations between […]

Read More

Resisting the Rwanda Act Strategies and Implications for Northern Ireland

04 June 2024

Watch the recording of a critical discussion of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act to explore its consequences for human rights protections in Northern Ireland and the opportunities for challenging it. This recorded event provides the opportunity to explore the legal, political, and lived experience impacts of the legislation in the wider context […]

Read More

Civil society call on Prime Minister to abandon Rwanda Bill

21 March 2024

Fifteen civil society organisations from Northern Ireland, coordinated by the Human Rights Consortium and The PILS Project, wrote to the Prime Minister on 20th March calling on him to withdraw the potentially unlawful Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The letter highlighted our concerns that the bill violates the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the […]

Read More

A Celebration of Maggie McBride – NIHRF 2023

06 December 2023

We at the Consortium formally dedicate the 2023 Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival in memory of our good friend and colleague Maggie McBride and send our best wishes and love to all her friends and family. Maggie McBride was the Administrator at the Human Rights Consortium for over 16 years, from 2006 until her sudden […]

Read More