27 October 2022
The Consortium recently shared our briefing on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill with MPs in advance of the second reading of the Bill in the House of Commons on the 25th of October. Unfortunately, the Bill continues in what is now a well-worn pattern of attempts to undermine existing standards of protections and […]
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29 September 2022
We were encouraged to see that the so-called ‘Rights Removal Bill’ (RRB), which would have repealed the Human Rights Act (HRA) and undermined many of our rights protections, has been dropped from the UK Government’s legislative agenda for the foreseeable future. The Bill contained a wide range of proposals intended to discourage rights-based scrutiny of […]
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16 June 2022
At the beginning of June, we submitted evidence to the follow-up inquiry on the impact of the Protocol carried out by House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. This evidence has now been published, and you can find it on the Sub-Committee’s website. Within this submission, we raised a number of serious […]
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14 March 2022
The Human Rights Consortium is currently seeking to fill two posts within its staff team. Research Officer – Maternity Cover Administrative Officer – PT Details of both of these posts and how to apply are available below. Deadline for applicants: 8th April Research Officer ( FT Maternity Cover) £29,174 (plus 8% salary employer’s pension […]
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24 February 2021
As part of the IWD Festival, join the Consortium and an exciting panel of speakers on Friday 5 March from 19:00-20:00 for a look at what the Bill of Rights means to PUL women. About this Event The Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, an undelivered element of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, is once again […]
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21 September 2020
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS WARN UK GOVERNMENT NOT TO THREATEN GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT THROUGH INTERNAL MARKET BILL Representatives from a wide range of civil society groups met with officials from the UK Government on Friday (18th September) and registered our strong protest at the terms of the Internal Market Bill which directly breaches the Ireland/Northern Ireland […]
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13 July 2020
13 August 2020, 10 am Second in a series of webinars examining human rights issues that have been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. About this Event Before COVID-19 hit domestic incidents in Northern Ireland were at a 15 year high. The situation has worsened since the enforcement of lockdown. Since 1 April […]
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06 July 2020
6 August 2020, 10am First in a series of webinars examining human rights issues that have been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. About this Event Around 350,000 workers in Northern Ireland have dependent children. Of these, around 70% have ‘intensive childcare requirements’.* The Executive has indicated that childcare is a critical priority […]
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22 October 2019
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is the biggest constitutional shift in Northern Ireland since our devolution settlement. The EU (Withdrawal Amendment) Bill is a major piece of constitutional law and the UK Government’s planned agenda will push this through parliament with minimal scrutiny and no time for MPs and Peers to engage with the […]
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21 October 2019
All about the Backstop The changes in the revised UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement are focused on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol. The paper below gives a brief overview of our initial first thoughts on what this means. While the rest of the Withdrawal Agreement sets out the rules for the transition period until the UK and EU agree their future trading relationship, the revised protocol is […]
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