Remembering the past but forgetting the present

by Guest Post on December 12, 2013

We are delighted to welcome this guest post from Kevin Hearty. Kevin Hearty is a final year PhD student at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster. The following post is based on his PhD research examining the role of memory in the wider Irish republican debate on policing. Kevin can be contacted by e-mail […]

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Thursday: NI Human Rights Festival

by Guest Post on December 12, 2013

Today’s events at the Human Rights Festival (see http://www.humanrightsfestivalni.com/ for more) Bad news for minorities Thursday 12 December 6:00pm – 8:00pm Conor Lecture Theatre, University of Ulster Belfast Campus Guest speaker Professor Greg Philo of the Glasgow Media Group will talk about the media’s representations of minorities – specifically refugees and asylum-seekers – and how this affects […]

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Maximizing the potential of a ‘rights-based approach’ to parading

December 11, 2013

We are delighted to welcome this guest post by Michael Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Public Protest Law, University of East Anglia. Michael was previously Co-Director of the Transitional Justice Institute University of Ulster and can be reached at  michael.hamilton[at]uea.ac.uk. Follow on twitter: @LawOfProtest Introduction As the final round of the Haass and O’Sullivan talks gets underway, it is […]

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Wednesday: NI Human Rights Festival

December 11, 2013

Today’s events at the Human Rights Festival (see http://www.humanrightsfestivalni.com/ for more) Transitional Justice Institute Film Screening and Book Launch Wednesday 11 December 4.30 – 8.00 PM University of Ulster, Magee Campus Mural by Chilean artist Heri Tapia, located in Santiago and at Conway Mill, Belfast Film Screening: ‘Nostalgia for the Light’ (2012), Director: Patricio Guzman (90 mins) 4.30-6.30pm, Room […]

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Asking a Different Set of Questions? Dealing with the Conflict Legacy in Northern Ireland and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Part Two

December 10, 2013

Dr Catherine O’Rourke is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and International Law and Gender Research Coordinator at the University of Ulster Transitional Justice Institute, where she also directs the LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights. Her new book, Gender Politics in Transitional Justice (Routledge, 2013), examines feminist engagement with, and gendered outcomes of, transitional justice […]

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TUESDAY: NI Human Rights Festival

December 10, 2013

Today’s events at the Human Rights Festival (see http://www.humanrightsfestivalni.com/ for more) Achieving equality in health and social care for older people: opportunities and challenges Tuesday 10 December 10:30am – 1:15pm Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast The aim of the seminar is to raise awareness of forthcoming age discrimination legislation (Goods, Facilities and Services). We will examine the […]

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Asking a Different Set of Questions? Dealing with the Conflict Legacy in Northern Ireland and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Part One

December 9, 2013

We are delighted to welcome this guest post by Dr Catherine O’Rourke. Dr Catherine O’Rourke is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and International Law and Gender Research Coordinator at the University of Ulster Transitional Justice Institute, where she also directs the LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights. Her new book, Gender Politics in Transitional Justice […]

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Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival: 9-14 December 2013

December 6, 2013

  Each year the 10th December is celebrated as Human Rights Day across the world. The date marks the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. Civil society groups across the world use this date as an opportunity to celebrate and mark the importance of […]

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Mapping the Rollback

December 4, 2013

On December 9th, CAJ in collaboration with the Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster and the Human Rights Centre Queens University Belfast are pleased to invite you to the launch of the conference report ‘Mapping the Rollback – Human Rights Provisions of the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement 15 Years On’. The conference report covers CAJ’s ‘Mapping the […]

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Call for Theresa May to resign

December 3, 2013

Many of you may have heard of the case of Mr Ifa Muaza, a Nigerian would-be refugee who has been on hunger strike in an immigration detention centre near London for close to 100 days and whom the Home Secretary nonetheless decided to deport last week, apparently by private chartered jet, which seemingly led to […]

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If the Human Rights Act were repealed, could the common law fill the void?

November 28, 2013

Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast.  This post draws from a presentation given to the Oxford Public Law Discussion Group on 25 November 2013 and was originally posted on the Oxford Human Rights Hub at http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/?p=3400  It now looks pretty certain that, if Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has his way, the Conservative Party manifesto for the […]

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