Press Releases

Sep

NI organisations express shock at the peace process being used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations by UK government

09/09/2020Brexit, good friday agreement, human rights, Internal Market Bill, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement, withdrawal agreement

Civil society organisations in Northern Ireland have warned against the peace process and the rights of Northern Irish people being used as a bargaining chip in the latest round of negotiations on the trade deal between the UK and the EU. Alarm bells were set off when the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Brandon Lewis...

Sep

Council of Europe sets final deadline for UK to come clean on NI legacy bill and Pat Finucane investigation

04/09/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Committee of Ministers, Dealing with the past, human rights, International, McKerr group of cases

The body overseeing implementation of the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given a final deadline to the UK government by which it must provide details of its proposals to deal with the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has requested the information...

Sep

CAJ statement on the appointment of six new human rights commissioners

03/09/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Brexit, COVID-19, Dealing with the past, human rights, NIHRC, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement, Stormont House Agreement

CAJ notes the appointment of six new Commissioners to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), who each took up office on 1 September 2020. CAJ hopes they will demonstrate their firm commitment to upholding international human rights standards under the leadership of the Chief Commissioner, Les Allamby, not only as we attempt to emerge...

Jul

MI6 apologise for asking court staff to withhold evidence from Judges in case about crimes by covert agents

27/07/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Criminal Justice, MI5

MI6 has been forced to apologise to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal after two of its officers asked court staff to return documents relating to MI6’s use of agents and not show them to judges. The Tribunal suggested MI6’s actions were “inappropriate interference”. The revelation emerged in an ongoing legal case considering what crimes intelligence informants...

Jun

Amnesty, CAJ & UNISON call for public inquiry into care home deaths

23/06/2020COVID-19, ECHR, emergency laws

Amnesty International UK, CAJ, and UNISON are calling for a public inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in care and nursing homes in Northern Ireland with particular reference to very high number of deaths of residents. The call comes following the resignation of all nine board members of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA),...

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