Press Releases

Apr

CAJ cautions against the use of vaccine passports

15/04/2021COVID-19, emergency laws, Equality, human rights

CAJ concerned vaccine passport app could discriminate and be ID card by stealth A human rights NGO has urged the NI Executive to consider the human rights implications of requiring people in Northern Ireland to carry a vaccine ‘passport’ to prove they have been immunised against Covid-19. The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)...

Mar

Chief Constable criticised for spit hoods roll-out in defiance of Policing Board

03/03/2021Accountable Policing and Justice, COVID-19, human rights, PSNI

Amnesty International, CAJ, Children’s Law Centre, and Include Youth have criticised a decision by the Chief Constable of the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to give spit hoods to 4,000 more officers in defiance of the Policing Board and in light of the possible increased risk of Covid-19 infection to both police and members of...

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...

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