Reports – CAJ

Apr

Briefing note: What happened to the ‘paragraph 52’ commitments for Irish citizens to continue to exercise EU rights, opportunities and benefits where residing in Northern Ireland?

09/04/2019Brexit, citizenship rights, EU citizens' rights, human rights, human rights and brexit, withdrawal agreement

Commitments made during the early stages of the Brexit process to protect the EU rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland have not been taken forward. BrexitLawNI has released a detailed briefing paper examining the fate of these commitments. Executive Summary Post-Brexit, Northern Ireland (NI) would be a jurisdiction outside of an EU member state...

Mar

Local Councils, Obligations and the Irish Language: A Framework for Compliance

15/03/2019Equality, Freedom of expression, Good relations, irish, Irish Language

Working with Conradh na Gaeilge and Ulster University, we have produced a report documenting how commitments made by the UK government in relation to the Irish language have been put into practice by councils in Northern Ireland. Local councils have an important role to play in fulfilling state duties in relation to the Irish language....

Dec

CAJ Annual Report 2018

10/12/2018Accountable Policing and Justice, annual report, Brexit, Combating Impunity, countering incitement to hatred, Dealing with the past, Equality, equality coalition, Freedom of expression, human rights, international solidarity, justice, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

People in Northern Ireland are sometimes accused, not always unjustly, of having an exaggerated sense of our own importance. We are told that this small territory, barely 80 miles across, is not actually the centre of the world. That may be true, but for the past two years, and potentially for years to come, Northern...

Sep

BrexitLawNI project reports

14/09/2018Brexit, north south relations, Protecting Human Rights and the peace settlement

Brexit will have detrimental consequences for the peace process in Northern Ireland and will weaken human rights and equality protections, according to six interlinked reports unveiled by BrexitLawNI. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), BrexitLawNI is a research partnership between human rights experts from CAJ and researchers from the Schools of Law...

Jul

RUC Walker Report 1980

02/07/2018collusion, informants, northern irel;and, RUC, Walker Report

Following Freedom of Information proceedings, a lightly redacted copy of the 1980 Walker Report has been released to CAJ : Walker-Report-1980

Cover of the Incitement to Hatred in NI report

Apr

Incitement to Hatred in Northern Ireland – Research Report by Dr Robbie McVeigh for the Equality Coalition

27/04/2018countering incitement to hatred, ECRI Recommendation 15, Equality, equality coalition, Freedom of expression, hate speech

The current approach to addressing incitement to hatred in Northern Ireland is not working. There is copious evidence of hatred – particularly racism, sectarianism and homophobia – and its consequences – most obviously evidenced in what is characterised as ‘hate crime’. Moreover, there is ample evidence of incitement to hatred as it is characterised in...

Jan

Equal to the Task? Investigative powers and effective enforcement of the ‘Section 75’ equality duty Jan 2018

31/01/2018Enforcement of section 75, Equality, equality coalition, equality duty, equality impacts, equality screening, good friday agreement, public authority

A research report by the Equality Coalition – Co-convened by CAJ and UNISON Executive Summary – Executive-Summary-Equal-to-the-Task-Jan-2018 Full Report – Equal-to-the-Task-Jan-2018 This report was submitted as a response to the Equality Commission consultation ‘Acting on the evidence of Public Authority practices’ in Jan 2018.

Dec