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What do *you* think is the way forward for human rights in Northern Ireland?
Good Friday Agreement Advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, submitted to the Secretary of State by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in 2008, was roundly rejected by the UK...
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1940 Soviet massacre outside reach of European Convention, rules Strasbourg
Janowiec and Others v Russia (Applications nos. 55508/07 and 29520/09) – read judgment The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that it had no competence to examine complaints relating to...
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Conscience and cake
Gareth Lee v. Ashers Baking Co Ltd, Colin McArthur and Karen McArthur [2015] NICty 2 – read judgment here. In a claim popularly dubbed the ‘gay cake’ case, which has attracted international attention,...
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The Long Shadow of the Troubles
Photo: The Guardian In Finucane’s (Geraldine) Application [2015] NIQB 57 the Northern Ireland High Court dismissed a challenge to the decision by the British Government to carry out a ‘review’ by Sir...
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Scotland, Sewel, and the Human Rights Act
Photo credit: Guardian The Queen’s speech suggests a slowing of the Government’s plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights. But recent comments from the Scottish Human Rights...
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The Round-Up: Constitutional Commotions, Council Housing and Article 8, and...
Image Credit: The Guardian In a landmark moment for women’s rights, the Irish electorate has voted in favour of abolishing the 8th Amendment by a stunning two-thirds majority of 1,429,981 votes to...
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ALBA Summer Conference 2018: A Review (Part 3)
Conor Monighan reviews the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) Summer Conference 2018 Brexit update – Chair: Mr Justice Lewis; Speakers: Professor Alison Young (Sir David Williams Professor of...
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The third inquest into the death of Pearse Jordan: when “don’t know” is the...
In the latest in the protracted investigation into the death of Pearse Jordan, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has upheld the verdict of a Coroner who found himself unable to decide all the...
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LGBT rights in Northern Ireland
Belfast Pride, 2018 © Love Belfast Introduction In Northern Ireland, the Troubles are not the only part of its troubled past and present. In March this year, the Stormont administration found itself...
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