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August 2016

2016 Rights Festival Open for Applications

16 August 2016

The 2016 Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival is now open for event proposals from interested organisations. The festival which will take place between 4th – 10th December is an annual unique collaboration by a range of civil society organisations under the common unifying theme of protecting and promoting human rights. For the past four years […]

NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

16 August 2016

The majority of people in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU, despite the fact that the overall UK vote resulted in a leave outcome. There is a lot of confusion about what impact the leave vote will have on human rights protections in Northern Ireland. To clarify, the Human Rights Act – […]

HRC PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT SUBMISSION

01 August 2016

The Human Rights Consortium has submitted its consultation response to the Draft Programme for Government (PfG) Framework 2016 – 2021. The Consortium has welcomed a number of new developments in the PfG, including a move to an outcomes based model and the inclusion of some equality based outcomes and indicators. In contrast to the previous Programme […]