Freedom of expression Archives – Page 2 of 3

Apr

Submission to the Independent Review of Hate Crime Legislation in Northern Ireland

28/04/2020Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

Tacking incitement to hatred, in accordance with international human rights standards, is an area of priority focus for CAJ. Partially in response to lobbying from CAJ, an independent review of Northern Ireland’s hate crime legislation was agreed by former Justice Minister Claire Sugden in 2017, before officially launching in 2019 with Judge Desmond Marrinan at...

Mar

Principles and Guidelines on Protest and the Right to Information

05/03/2020Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Reports

Social protests provide an important avenue for people to exercise their right to freedom of expression and their right to peaceful assembly. However, in recent years, many jurisdictions have placed new restrictions on protests, which often do not comport with international law and do not enhance public safety (or serve another legitimate purpose). In response...

Jan

Launch of ‘Sectarianism: The Key Facts’

30/01/2020Committee on the Administration of JusticeEvents

Mike Nesbitt MLA and Colin McGrath MLA invite you to the launch of Sectarianism: The Key Facts, a framework report on tackling institutional sectarianism in Northern Ireland. When: 12pm to 2pm, Monday 17 February 2020 Where: Room 115, Parliament Buildings, Stormont Commissioned by the Equality Coalition, independent researcher Dr Robbie McVeigh has authored a piece...

Dec

CAJ Annual Report 2019

11/12/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeAnnual Reports, Publications, Reports

This has been a dispiriting year of disruption and disillusion as the Brexit process has lurched from constitutional breaches to open unlawfulness along a track littered with broken promises and discarded lies. The year is ending with a UK General Election that will decide all of our immediate futures. The result will not be known...

Oct

Defining Public Duties to Tackle Incitement to Hatred whilst Respecting Freedom of Expression: Reviewing the Legal & Policy Framework – conference report

03/10/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Reports

A one-day conference was held on 13 October 2017 to explore, from a human rights perspective, when public authorities can or must act against speech and cultural expression in order to protect the rights of others. The event was organised by the Equality Coalition, with support from the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global...

Mar

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

15/03/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Reports

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....

Mar

Just News Winter 2019

01/03/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeJust News, News, Publications

Inside this issue: A look at the threats faced by human rights defenders in both Northern Ireland and in Egypt. Conradh na Gaeilge writes about the major shortcomings in special educational needs (SEN) provision for Irish medium schools. We report on a recent session of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which focused on human rights and...

Jan

Joint letter on the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill 2017-19

30/01/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews

CAJ joins with seven other NGOs to sign a public letter on the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill 2017-19. The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill is a major shake-up of how authorities access the data of people in the UK and overseas, in the context of investigating and prosecuting serious crime. We welcome better measures...

Dec

CAJ Annual Report 2018

10/12/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticeAnnual Reports, Publications, Reports

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...

Nov

Equality Coalition Panel Discussion: Attacks on human rights defenders in Northern Ireland in 2018

20/11/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticeEvents

When: 11am to 1pm, Tuesday 11 December 2018 Where: UNISON, Galway House, Belfast As part of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival 2018, the Equality Coalition invite to you to a panel discussion on the increasingly hostile environment faced by human rights defenders. Online abuse, trolling and threats have become common place in the digital...

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