Human Rights in Ireland welcomes this guest post from Prof. Brice Dickson and Prof. Colin Harvey , Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. 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(…)
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Guide on the CRPD
The British Equality and Human Rights Commission have published a useful guide for disabled people and disabled people’s organisations on the United Nations Convention on the rights of People with Disabilities. See here. The Equality and Human Rights Commission in line with best practice created an easy to read version of the guide, which is(…)
The Guantánamo Bay Settlement: Accountability at Last?
It has emerged that the UK government has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with UK citizens and residents who were detained in Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere and who claim that the many violations of their human rights (including their right to be free from torture) that they experienced involved the collusion of UK forces (Guardian(…)
UK Civil Liberties: Beware Ministers Promising Freedom
The UK Government is forged from an unlikely alliance of Conservatives and Liberal(-Democrat)s that claims to be committed to ”a more open and less intrusive society”. In the two months since they took office there have been various developments in UK civil liberties that have prompted rapturous applause (Henry Porter) and skeptical quips from others (Conor(…)