Press Releases

Dec

MI6 unilaterally assumed power to break law on UK soil, tribunal reveals

16/12/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Criminal Justice, human rights, MI5

At the Investigatory Powers Tribunal today, it was revealed that MI6 may have unilaterally assumed the power to authorise agents to commit crimes in the UK – potentially without any legal basis or limits on the crimes they can commit. Reprieve, the Pat Finucane Centre, Privacy International, and CAJ have been challenging a secret policy...

Dec

CAJ welcomes publication of independent hate crime review

01/12/2020countering incitement to hatred, Freedom of expression, hate crime, human rights, international mechanisms

CAJ has welcomed the publication of the independent review of hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland. The review, led by Judge Desmond Marrinan, was commissioned by the Department of Justice in 2019. Among the recommendations of the Review are that NI formally adopts ‘hate crimes’ legislation, which would mean all existing criminal offences could also...

Dec

CAJ responds to Secretary of State smokescreen and refusal to discharge commitment to order a Public Inquiry into the killing of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane

01/12/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Committee of Ministers, Dealing with the past, ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, human rights, International, rule of law

The case of Pat Finucane is one of profound importance for society in Northern Ireland and for those who believe in the rule of law. CAJ condemns the refusal of the UK government to hold a proper independent inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. The statement by Secretary of State Brandon Lewis alluding to...

Nov

Briefing note for the Biden-Harris Transition Team: Brexit and the protection of the Good Friday Agreement, human rights and equality laws in Northern Ireland

19/11/2020border control, Brexit, Equality, good friday agreement, human rights, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

CAJ joins with other civil society groups to present a briefing note on Northern Ireland to the Biden-Harris Transition Team. Representatives of civic society groups from across the island of Ireland welcome the President-elect’s continued support for the Good Friday Agreement, most recently reaffirmed in his congratulatory calls with An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Prime...

Oct

NI organisations express concern about UK permit scheme for frontier workers

27/10/2020border 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...

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