Press Releases

Sep

New law lets MI5 authorise crimes with no hard limits

24/09/2020Accountable Policing and Justice, Combating Impunity, Criminal Justice, human rights, MI5

A joint press release from CAJ, Reprieve, Privacy International, and the Pat Finucane Centre. Agents of MI5 and other Government bodies could be legally authorised to commit crimes under new legislation introduced today. There appear to be no express limits in the legislation on the types of crime which could be authorised. The Covert Human...

Sep

Civil Society – Internal Market Bill jeopardises Good Friday Agreement

21/09/2020Brexit, good friday agreement, human rights, Internal Market Bill, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

Civil society groups, including CAJ, warn UK government not to threaten Good Friday Agreement through Internal Market Bill. Representatives from a wide range of civil society groups met with officials from the UK Government on Friday (18 September 2020) and registered our strong protest at the terms of the Internal Market Bill, which directly breaches...

Sep

Devolution and the rule of law is threatened by the UK Internal Market Bill warns campaigning groups and trade unions ahead of commons debate

21/09/2020Brexit, devolution, good friday agreement, human rights, Internal Market Bill, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement, withdrawal agreement

In a letter to MPs and Peers, civil society organisations, including CAJ, warn of their “serious concerns” about the Internal Market Bill. The letter, with signatories including the Pesticide Action Network UK and UNISON, warns that the proposed internal market rules pose a threat to the devolution settlements, the rule of law and the UK’s...

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...

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