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Jun

Equality Coalition report launch and manifesto discussion with the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

07/06/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeEvents

When: 1.30pm to 4pm, Thursday 27 June 2019 Where: UNISON, Galway House, Belfast Launch of the ‘Post-Brexit Citizenship Status: Divided by the Rules?’ conference report and discussion of the ‘Manifesto for a Rights Based Return to Power Sharing’, featuring a keynote address from Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Tony Lloyd MP. In March...

Jun

Joint statement: No Deal Emergency

07/06/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews, Press releases

CAJ and other members of the Brexit and Human Rights Working Group share concerns about the increased possibility of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit. As representatives of Civil Society, we believe that Northern Ireland is on the brink of a No Deal Brexit emergency. In an evolving political landscape, a variety of factors indicate that the...

May

Opening Statement to the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU

09/05/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews

Yesterday, CAJ was invited to appear before the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU to speak on citizenship rights in post-Brexit Northern Ireland. Also present were Les Allamby, Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), and Professor Colin Harvey of Queen’s University Belfast. Below is...

Apr

Manifesto for a Rights Based Return to Power Sharing

30/04/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews, Publications, Reports

More than two years have elapsed since the devolved power sharing institutions provided for under the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) collapsed in Northern Ireland. Additionally, many of the rights based commitments of the peace settlement, including those originally designed as to act as safeguards on the NI Executive and Assembly, remain unimplemented or have been...

Apr

Written Evidence to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee Inquiry into Rights after Brexit

08/04/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

Contained within the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol of the draft Withdrawal Agreement is a commitment from the UK to ensure that, in the event of Brexit, there will be “no diminution” of key rights set out in the Good Friday Agreement. This commitment is to be implemented through ‘dedicated mechanisms’, including new oversight and enforcement powers...

Feb

NI-born Irish citizens NOT entitled to apply to retain EU rights under EU Settlement Scheme due to being British Citizens – Home Office Minister

06/02/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews, Press releases

Only Irish citizens who are not also British citizens can apply under the EU Settlement Scheme for long-term protection of their rights, according to the Home Office Minister Caroline Nokes in her response to a Parliamentary Question tabled by Labour MP John Grogan. Under the current Home Office position that Northern Ireland-born people should be...

Jan

Conference: Post-Brexit Citizenship Status: Divided by the Rules?

29/01/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeEvents

When: 10am-4pm, Monday 4 March 2019. Where: Moot Court Room, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. This one-day conference from BrexitLawNI and the Equality Coalition will examine the risks of hardened entitlement boundaries between different groups of citizens in post-Brexit Northern Ireland. The existing paradigm of two main citizenship categories (EU and non-EU) will be...

Jan

Written Evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry on Abortion Law in Northern Ireland

25/01/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

In Northern Ireland, abortion is regulated by outdated legislation, including Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861. Abortion is only lawful where necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman or where there is a risk of real and serious adverse effects on the woman’s physical or mental health,...

Jan

Opening statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality

23/01/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews, Publications, Submissions

CAJ Director Brian Gormally appeared today before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality to discuss the issues and potential risks raised by Brexit in terms of human rights and equality in Ireland. Attending the same meeting were representatives of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Irish Human Rights and Equality...

Jan

Divided by the rules: Citizenship rights after Brexit

14/01/2019Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews

To say there is still confusion about the practical implications of Brexit is an understatement. One area over which there remains numerous questions is the impact of Brexit on the rights of people born or living in Northern Ireland depending on their citizenship status. Currently, people resident in Northern Ireland generally fall into two citizenship...

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