04 April 2017
A report capturing the contributions at our one day conference ‘The Impact of the Human Rights Act in Northern Ireland’ is now available to download. (Bottom of this post.) The Conference which was hosted by the Consortium and UNISON aimed to try and capture a range of civil society, academic and public authority perspectives on […]
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11 June 2016
In a response to todays Queen’s Speech the Human Rights Consortium has said that it is extremely concerned that proposals for a British Bill of Rights are still a serious consideration for the UK Government despite the clear indications that such a proposal would mean removing existing protections in the Human Rights Act (HRA) from […]
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03 May 2016
RightClub is the new Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival Spinoff that wants to keep that festival vibe going right throughout the year. It’s first offering is a Eurovision Song contest themed event that looks at the rights issues at stake in the EU Referendum. There will be music, dancing, glamour, sparkle, some serious rights stuff […]
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27 January 2016
The Role of the Human Rights Act in policing in Northern Ireland Chief Constable George Hamilton 26 January 2016 Human Rights and Policing Good morning and thank you for having me here today to talk on the immensely important issue of Human Rights. I am no academic; nor am I a legal expert; but I […]
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