What does “National Security” actually mean?

by Donal Kearney on May 21, 2013

The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) published a report in late 2012 entitled “The Policing You Don’t See”. It highlighted the ‘parallel justice system’ currently operating in Northern Ireland. This consists of a police force accountable to local mechanisms and another “force outside a force” responsible for national security issues, operating from within [...]

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Cultivating identity, Depoliticising culture

May 14, 2013

The flag protests have largely died out and now the parading season looms. Amid such tensions, it is an apt time to consider the compatibility of Northern Ireland’s peace process with the internationally recognised freedoms of expression and assembly. This blog will address only the flying of a national flag and parading as aspects of [...]

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Event: 1913 – 2013: Back to the Future?

April 8, 2013

The 2013 Sheehy Skeffington School of Human Rights and Social Justice takes place on Saturday 20th April in Liberty Hall, Dublin (Registration 10.00 am). Bookings are open through  www.SheehySkeffingtonSchool.org (see bookings link on site menu). The School provides an opportunity to discuss, develop and promote human rights as a means to protect human dignity, promote equality and achieve [...]

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Event: Panel on trafficking at the forthcoming Belfast Film Festival

April 8, 2013

RightsNI is delighted to welcome this notice from Unchosen. Unchosen raise awareness about human trafficking through the screening of films around the UK and have been doing so since 2008, for more information about Unchosen please visit http://unchosen.org.uk/  Unchosen is really pleased to have been invited by Belfast Film Festival to hold 2 film screenings to [...]

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The long journey towards an Arms Trade Treaty

March 28, 2013

We could be on the cusp of an historic milestone in global human rights protection. After nearly twenty years of campaigning by Amnesty International supporters and others worldwide, a vote at the United Nations in New York in a few hours’ time will determine if the world is to get an Arms Trade Treaty. Here is the [...]

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Event: Summer School on the Rights of the Child – 24 to 28 June 2013, Nottingham University

March 26, 2013

RightsNI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Prof Aoife Nolan. Prof Nolan is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Nottingham. She has published extensively in the areas of human rights, particularly in relation to economic and social rights and children’s rights, as well as on constitutional law. She was formerly [...]

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Stop Press! Two-day Colloquium on emotions and law at QUB today and tomorrow

March 25, 2013

A very exciting two-day Colloquium at Queen’s University on emotional dynamics, law and legal discourse, will be held today and tomorrow.  The University has confirmed, this morning, that there are still places if individuals want to attend, with sessions starting today at 1.45 PM (but note the fee in cash or cheque of £25 for [...]

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Event: Transitional Justice Institute Summer School on Peace Negotiations, Peace Mediation and Influencing Implementation: Engaging Gender

March 22, 2013

Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post from  Professor Fionnuala Ni Aoláin. Professor Ní Aoláin is concurrently a professor of law at the University of Ulster’s Transitional Justice Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the Dorsey & Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. She is co-founder and associate director of [...]

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The Custodial Detention of Children and the Youth Justice Review

March 22, 2013

Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post by Drs Una Convery and Linda Moore, lecturers in Criminology at the University of Ulster. They were the co-authors of Still in Our Care: Protecting Children’s Rights in Custody in Northern Ireland published by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in 2006. Their research interests also [...]

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Fighting Racism in Times of Economic Austerity

March 21, 2013

RightsNI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Karen McLaughlin, Legal Policy Officer, NICEM. NICEM works across five policy areas primarily focused on advancing the economic, social and cultural rights of BME communities living in Northern Ireland, namely housing and social security; education; employment and training; health and justice. In addition, NICEM works to [...]

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