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21 September 2020
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS WARN UK GOVERNMENT NOT TO THREATEN GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT THROUGH INTERNAL MARKET BILL Representatives from a wide range of civil society groups met with officials from the UK Government on Friday (18th September) and registered our strong protest at the terms of the Internal Market Bill which directly breaches the Ireland/Northern Ireland […]
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10 September 2020
The UK Government has now published its United Kingdom Internal Market Bill amidst massive public, political and civil society reaction in the wake of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis admitting that the Bill would allow the UK to break from International Law. ‘yes, this does break international law in a very specific […]
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19 August 2020
UNDER THE RADAR: Key concerns with recent UK Govt Brexit consultations With the end of the Transition Period fast-approaching (31 December 2020) the UK government in recent weeks has moved to advance a number of important public consultations on Brexit related issues that it clearly wishes to see resolved before the end of the transition period. […]
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24 July 2020
Join The Human Rights Consortium, The Transitional Justice Institute and The Equality Coalition for a series of webinars examining human rights issues that have been brought into sharp focus by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Right to Childcare: 6 August, 10am Domestic Abuse: When Home is Not a Safe Space: 13 August, 10am Black Lives Matter: […]
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31 March 2020
What the Coronavirus response means for human rights The world is changing before our eyes. The extent of the threat now posed by the Covid-19 pandemic has led to Governments across the world introducing extraordinary measures aimed at protecting the public from possible infection. The UK last week introduced a very unprecedented set of measures […]
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New Assembly committee expected to be set up on Monday Community organisations, charities, trade unions and academics have written to the First and deputy First Minister and other party leaders urging them to ensure that a new Committee established under the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) agreement is the final stage of agreeing a Bill […]
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17 February 2020
The Human Rights Consortium wish to recruit for the following positions: P/T Human Rights Officer (17.5 HRS a week £12,399 – £14,392 per annum) pensionable. Contracted to March 2022. F/T Human Rights Officer (35 hours a week £24,799 – £28,785 per annum) pensionable. Fixed Term to October 2020 with possibility of extension. The Job […]
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10 January 2020
Late into the evening of 9 January 2020 – three years after the Executive collapsed – the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Tánaiste presented their proposals for re-establishing our devolved institutions. The New Decade, New Approach document is 62 pages long and is currently being reviewed by the political parties. This is the Consortium’s initial […]
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15 November 2019
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival (NIHRF) has officially launched it’s 2019 programme of events. The Festival, which runs in venues across Belfast and Northern Ireland from Sunday 8th to Saturday 14th December is a collaboration of various charities, NGO’s, academics, artists and other organisations who wish to create awareness and support across a range […]
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13 November 2019
In May of this year the Consortium hosted a major conference in Belfast in collaboration with colleagues from the Wales Civil Society Forum on Brexit and the Civil Society Brexit Project in Scotland. The Brexit and Devolution conference brought NGO colleagues, academics and politicians together from across the UK and the Republic of Ireland to […]
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