News – CAJ

Nov

A conversation with Lord Brian Kerr, former Justice of the Supreme Court

05/11/2020EventsAccountable Policing and Justice, agm, human rights, public interest litigation, rule of law

To mark CAJ’s Annual Meeting, you are cordially invited to join an online event: Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Lord Brian Kerr, former Justice of the Supreme Court, in conversation with Professor Brice Dickson. 11am to 12.30pm, Friday 11 December 2020 (by Zoom). Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, is a former Lord...

Nov

Just News November 2020

04/11/2020Just News, NewsAbortion, Accountable Policing and Justice, asylum, black lives matter, Combating Impunity, Dealing with the past, devolution, environmental justice, human rights, immigration, Internal Market Bill, NIHRC

Inside this issue: While the pandemic may continue to dominate the political agenda and our day to day lives, there have been significant developments in relation to human rights in many other areas. We explore some of these developments in this new edition of Just News. Contributors include Lilian Seenoi-Barr of the North West Migrants...

Oct

CAJ response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL)

27/10/2020Publications, SubmissionsCombating Impunity, Internal Market Bill, Judicial Review, rule of law, Stormont House Agreement

CAJ has responded to the UK’s government’s Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL). This was set up following a commitment in the Conservative Party 2019 Manifesto “to consider options for reform to the process of Judicial Review”. In our submission, we assert that it is not necessary or appropriate to seek to restrict judicial review,...

Oct

NI organisations express concern about UK permit scheme for frontier workers

27/10/2020News, Press releasesborder control, Brexit, citizenship rights, Common Travel Area, frontier workers, human rights, immigration

CAJ joins with other NI organisations to express serious concern about the UK government’s permit scheme for frontier workers. Following the publication of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, a diverse grouping of organisations based in Northern Ireland have written to the Secretary of State and Ministers of State to highlight shortcomings...

Oct

Written Evidence to the NI Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on the Bill of Rights from the Equality Coalition Co-Conveners

23/10/2020Publications, SubmissionsBill of Rights, Equality, good friday agreement, human rights, NI Executive

A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland was first promised in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, but progress towards its development has repeatedly stalled. The establishment of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Bill of Rights at Stormont earlier this year represents a fresh attempt to move things forward. On 22 October 2020, CAJ and...

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