No More Traffik On Our Streets

by Louise McNicholl on May 14, 2012

We welcome this guest post from Dónal Kearney. Dónal is a Law graduate of Cambridge University. He has worked as an intern with the CAJ Equality Office and is currently a Legal Support Project volunteer at the Law Centre (NI). No More Traffik On Our Streets According to stopthetraffik.org, trafficking means “to be deceived or [...]

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Adoption, gay and unmarried couples and the Good Friday Agreement

April 22, 2012

Guest poster, Catherine Couvert, offers this update on developments subsequent to her initial article at Rights NI. Thursday 22 and Friday 23 March were interesting days in Belfast High Court as the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and DHSSPS counsels made their final submissions in the judicial review on adoption by unmarried couples and civil [...]

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Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore calls for Northern Ireland Bill of Rights

April 21, 2012

I was pleased to be at the Alliance Party conference dinner in the La Mon hotel last night to hear the guest speech from Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore TD. He used it to make a strong call for Northern Ireland party leaders to get round a negotiating table to deliver the long-awaited Bill of Rights. It’s [...]

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A Child Rights compliant Youth Justice System

April 18, 2012

We welcome today’s guest post by Sharon Whittaker, Communications Worker at Include Youth.  Include Youth is an independent organisation which actively promotes the rights, best interests of and best practice with young people at risk. A Child Rights compliant Youth Justice System Young people involved with Include Youth’s Young Voices project met with Thomas Hammarberg, [...]

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University of Ulster: “part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up”

April 13, 2012

It’s a big day for the University of Ulster as it welcomes senior Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Liu Yandong to officially launch its Confucius Institute. While promoted as independent educational and cultural bodies, the Confucius Institutes have perhaps been more accurately described as “an important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up.” Who said that? Some [...]

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Why human rights in Northern Ireland are still internationally important

April 11, 2012

We welcome this guest post by Brian Gormally, Director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) www.caj.org.uk Why human rights in Northern Ireland are still internationally important The significance of the conflict Over 3,600 people died out of a population (in the North) of about 1.5 million. If that figure is extrapolated to [...]

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