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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18 May 2016
In conjunction with the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University the Human Rights Consortium will be hosting a seminar entitled, ‘The Place of Northern Ireland within UK Human Rights Reform’ from 10:30am – 12 noon at the Belfast campus, Ulster University, Boardroom, BA-03-019 3. Speakers include: Dr Aoife O’Donoghue, Durham Law School; Colin Murray, Newcastle […]
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18 May 2016
The Human Rights Consortium, in partnership with NICVA, is hosting an event to examine the missing human rights context in the EU referendum debate. Human rights have been largely ignored in the referendum debate and where rights have been mentioned, the discussion has been confused. […]
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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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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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03 May 2016
Members of the Human Rights Consortium are invited to attend the 2016 Annual General meeting on 18 May at 12 noon in the Human Rights Consortium Office. A timetable, Board nomination forms, information on resolutions and other guidance on the AGM will be sent to members by the end of March. The AGM is only […]
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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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24 February 2016
Information Session 12:00-1:30pm The United Kingdom is due to be examined for its compliance with human rights law in January 2017 under the UN mechanism known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Organisations who wish to submit information in advance of this review are asked to do so during June 2016. We’d like to invite […]
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24 February 2016
The next meeting of the membership of the Human Rights consortium will be on Wednesday 16 March 2016 from 12pm to 2pm. The membership meeting will take place at the Consortium Office: Community House, 6A Albert Street, Belfast, BT12 4HQ This meeting is only open to existing HRC members. As lunch will be provided please […]
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24 February 2016
Developing Human Rights Action Plans – Local and International Perspectives 21 April 2016, 10am – 4pm The MAC, Belfast Human Rights Action Plans (HRAPs) are an internationally recognised mechanism for developing and implementing comprehensive blueprints for practical action to promote and protect human rights. Nearly 20 European countries have embraced this model, but to date, […]
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