04 February 2025
The Human Rights Consortium has submitted an updated shadow report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in advance of the upcoming review of the United Kingdom’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) taking place in Geneva on the 13th and 14th of February. […]
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18 September 2024
The Human Rights Consortium has submitted its response to the Committee for the Executive Office Inquiry on Gaps in Equality Legislation. The Committee for the Executive Office is a statutory Committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Committee is conducting an inquiry on differences in equality legislation between the regions of the UK and the […]
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02 July 2024
The Human Rights Consortium has launched our #MakeOurFutureFair Human Rights Manifesto social media campaign, calling on the next UK Government to prioritise, defend & extend human rights in Northern Ireland and across the UK. We are calling on the next UK Government to: Deliver a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland We call on the […]
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02 July 2024
The Human Rights Consortium was invited to address the Equality Coalition event “Article 2 of the Windsor Framework – Where Are We Now?” in May to provide a civil society perspective on Article 2 stemming from our Beyond Brexit project. Presenting on behalf of the Consortium, Niall Robb, our Research Officer, provided an overview of […]
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02 July 2024
On Tuesday, 18 June 2024, Ulster University’s Belfast Campus hosted a one-day workshop, bringing together civil society, policymakers, and academics to reflect on the current state of human rights protection, with a particular focus on the role of positive obligations in the protection of human rights. The event, organised by the Transitional Justice Institute and […]
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07 June 2024
Do you know how international human rights treaties could help deliver progress for LGBTQIA+ rights? Do you know your CEDAW from your UNCRPD? If not, watch this webinar and discover how you can use them to bring about change! This event was hosted by the Consortium as part of the LGBTQIA+ Awareness Week programme and […]
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05 June 2024
We have today launched a briefing on the Safeguarding the Union package. This provides a civil society perspective on its contents and its implications for human rights and equality protections under the Windsor Framework. The Safeguarding the Union package consists of a Command Paper and three Statutory Instruments and is the product of negotiations between […]
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04 June 2024
Watch the recording of a critical discussion of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act to explore its consequences for human rights protections in Northern Ireland and the opportunities for challenging it. This recorded event provides the opportunity to explore the legal, political, and lived experience impacts of the legislation in the wider context […]
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13 May 2024
Following the passage into law of the Safety of Rwanda Act the Human Rights Consortium has updated its briefing note on the implications of this legislation for human rights in Northern Ireland. The UK government recently passed the ‘Safety of Rwanda Act’ which seeks to limit the use of human rights laws to challenge their […]
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13 May 2024
The Human Rights Consortium welcomes today’s judgement from the High Court disapplying multiple provisions of the Illegal Migration Act in Northern Ireland due to their incompatibility with the Windsor Framework and declaring provisions incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The challenge was brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) alongside an […]
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