Press Releases

Jun

CAJ and Conradh na Gaelige welcome decision by Stormont Standards Commissioner to investigate DUP Minister for no-show at North South Language Body

14/06/2021Equality, Freedom of expression, human rights, Irish Language, mini, NI Executive

Rights NGOs, the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and Conradh na Gaelige, have today welcomed the decision by the Northern Ireland Assembly Commissioner for Standards, Dr Melissa McCullough, to investigate a breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct by Junior Minister Gordon Lyons MLA. The complaint relates to the failure of Mr Lyons...

Jun

‘Hooded Men’ appeal to be heard in the UK Supreme Court

14/06/2021Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Criminal Justice, Dealing with the past, hooded men, human rights, rule of law

From 14 to 16 June 2021, the UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Northern Ireland in relation to the treatment of the ‘Hooded Men’. The case is being taken by Mary McKenna, daughter of one of the Hooded Men, Sean McKenna. Mr McKenna, after release from internment, spent the rest of his life...

May

Statement on Ballymurphy inquest findings

12/05/2021Accountable Policing and Justice, Dealing with the past, human rights, legacy, legal and inquiries, right to life

CAJ welcomes the inquest verdicts and findings into the deaths of ten people killed at Ballymurphy between 9 and 11 August 1971. We pay tribute to the families and their supporters who have battled courageously over five decades in their pursuit of truth and justice for their loved ones. The findings of Coroner Mrs Justice...

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 CAJ 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. We have analysed the proposals for a ‘digital certificate’ of vaccination,...

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...

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