Resetting the Relationship? – Launch of the Partnership Agreement

09 September 2025

The launch of the new Partnership Agreement between government and the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland offers a timely and much-needed opportunity to reset how these two groups work together. The Agreement sets out the shared values that are supposed to shape that relationship moving forward. Accountability Active Participation Social Justice Independence Collaboration Sustainability […]

ICESCR – Civil Society Shadow report

25 October 2022

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) commits signatory states to uphold a range of rights within their jurisdiction, including the right to an adequate standard of living, the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, work, social security, education and cultural life. As a signatory of ICESCR the United Kingdom is reviewed by […]

FIFTY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGS CHALLENGE RIGHTS FAILURE

10 December 2021

Over 50 civil society organisations from across Northern Ireland have written to the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland to challenge the circumstances which led to the recent suspension of the Ad-Hoc committee on a Bill of Rights at Stormont and called on the UK and Irish Governments to intervene to progress a […]