Events – CAJ

Nov

Covid Conversations – Human Rights in a Pandemic

20/11/2020black lives matter, childcare, Children's rights, COVID-19, digital poverty, domestic abuse, emergency laws, Equality, Gender, human rights, racial profiling, socio economic rights, welfare reform, women's rights

The Equality Coalition, Transitional Justice Institute, and Human Rights Consortium are running a series of webinars this summer, autumn and winter examining human rights issues that have been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. All webinars in the ‘Covid Conversations’ series will take place via Zoom. Early registration is advised as each event...

Jan

Launch of ‘Sectarianism: The Key Facts’

30/01/2020countering incitement to hatred, Dealing with the past, Equality, equality coalition, Freedom of expression, racism, Sectarianism

Mike Nesbitt MLA and Colin McGrath MLA invite you to the launch of Sectarianism: The Key Facts, a framework report on tackling institutional sectarianism in Northern Ireland. When: 12pm to 2pm, Monday 17 February 2020 Where: Room 115, Parliament Buildings, Stormont Commissioned by the Equality Coalition, independent researcher Dr Robbie McVeigh has authored a piece...

Jul

Conference: A Renaissance of the Peace Process? What kind of society do we need?

10/07/2019Bill of Rights, Brexit, Equality, good friday agreement, human rights, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

When: 9.30am to 4.45pm, Friday 27 September 2019 Where: Canada Room, Queen’s University Belfast A working conference organised by CAJ in collaboration with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), QUB Human Rights Centre, and Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. The reality of Northern Ireland life for the past...

Jun

Equality Coalition report launch and manifesto discussion with the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

07/06/2019border control, Brexit, citizenship rights, Equality, equality coalition, good friday agreement, human rights, international mechanisms, NI Executive, Northern Ireland Assembly, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

When: 1.30pm to 4pm, Thursday 27 June 2019 Where: UNISON, Galway House, Belfast Launch of the ‘Post-Brexit Citizenship Status: Divided by the Rules?’ conference report and discussion of the ‘Manifesto for a Rights Based Return to Power Sharing’, featuring a keynote address from Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tony Lloyd MP. In March...

Jan

Conference: Post-Brexit Citizenship Status: Divided by the Rules?

29/01/2019border control, Brexit, BrexitLawNI, citizenship rights, Common Travel Area, Equality, equality coalition, good friday agreement, immigration, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement, racial profiling

When: 10am-4pm, Monday 4 March 2019. Where: Moot Court Room, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. This one-day conference from BrexitLawNI and the Equality Coalition will examine the risks of hardened entitlement boundaries between different groups of citizens in post-Brexit Northern Ireland. The existing paradigm of two main citizenship categories (EU and non-EU) will be...

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