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May

Is it Westminster’s role under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement to legislate on Northern Ireland abortion law?

31/05/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

GFA-Westminster-role-on-NI-abortion-law-CAJ-May-2018

Apr

One Big Border? BREXIT: passport and border controls in Northern Ireland – A CAJ Briefing Note for the House of Lords (HL) Report Stage debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill, April 2018

25/04/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

CAJ-Briefing-BREXIT-and-Northern-Ireland-passport-and-border-controls-April-2018

Apr

Equality of Citizenship and the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) – the rights of Irish and British Citizens in Northern Ireland Post Brexit – A Briefing Note

19/04/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

GFA-equality-of-British-and-Irish-citizenship-in-NI-post-Brexit-April-2018 Updated Briefing including answers to Parliamentary Questions in Westminster and Lenister House: GFA-equality-of-British-and-Irish-citizenship-in-NI-post-Brexit-May-2018

Mar

The Good Friday Agreement at 20: Achievements and Unfinished Business – Evidence presented to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, United States Congress, 22 March 2018

23/03/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticeNews, Submissions

The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) is honoured to be giving evidence to this Commission on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. This Agreement, and the subsequent agreements of different kinds designed to implement it, has given us 20 years of relative peace; following a disastrous, thirty...

Mar

The Good Friday Agreement at 20- the promise of a rights based Society.

23/03/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticeEvents, News

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. As we reach this milestone, we believe that it is time to not only celebrate the achievement of the Agreement and the role that civic society played, but to reflect on its implementation and consider how its outstanding provisions regarding rights and equality can...

Mar

What role could the UK Parliament play (within the terms of the Good Friday Agreement) to advance human rights obligations in Northern Ireland? CAJ Discussion Note, February 2018

05/03/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

CAJ-Briefing-role-of-UK-Parliament-on-NI-rights-obligations-Feb-2018

Jan

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

31/01/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Reports

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.

Jan

Implementing the ‘Petition of Concern’ – CAJ Briefing Note

22/01/2018Committee on the Administration of JusticePublications, Submissions

The Petition of Concern mechanism has never been implemented as the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and Northern Ireland Act (NIA) intend or require. This is largely due to the way the Standing Orders of the Assembly have been drafted and applied. Over time, the Petition of Concern has come into increasing disrepute given, ironically, its...

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