good friday agreement Archives – Page 4 of 5

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In Northern Ireland, abortion is regulated by outdated legislation, including Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861.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...

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...

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