On 23 September 2015, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) published a policy paper outlining the measures to be included in the Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill that will be presented to Parliament on 12 October 2015. This Bill will legislate for a number of commitments made by the UK government in the Stormont House…Continue reading Independence, Inadmissibility and Information Verification in the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval Proposals- Guest post by Professor Louise Mallinder
Category: Inquiries & The Past
The Stormont House Oral History Archive, PRONI, and the Meaning of Independence- Guest Post by Dr Anna Bryson
We are delighted to welcome this guest post by Dr Anna Bryson. Anna is a Research Fellow at the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. A historian by training, she is currently working on an international research project on Lawyers, Conflict and Transition. Her most recent publication (with Sean McConville) is The Routledge Guide to…Continue reading The Stormont House Oral History Archive, PRONI, and the Meaning of Independence- Guest Post by Dr Anna Bryson
September Events on Dealing with the Past
There are two events on Dealing with the Past on September 15 and 16 that are of interest: Invitation to the Launch of Gender Principles for Dealing with the Legacy of the Past Tuesday 15 September 2015 10.30am – 1pm Room 115 Parliament Buildings, Stormont The absence of a gendered lens and the sustained exclusion…Continue reading September Events on Dealing with the Past
Having your cake and eating it? Torture and the laws of war in Northern Ireland- Guest Post by Christina Verdirame
Materials discovered in recent years in the UK national archives in London have revealed evidence relevant in the ECHR 1978 Ireland V UK ‘Hooded Men’ case. The significance of this for the Ireland v UK case and the wider implications of the material have been covered in previous posts by Christopher Stanley here and here.The…Continue reading Having your cake and eating it? Torture and the laws of war in Northern Ireland- Guest Post by Christina Verdirame
Advocate-counsellor: Ensure fair and equal representation of victims in the Historical Investigation Unit and Independent Commission for Information Retrieval
We are delighted to welcome this guest post from Dr Luke Moffett, QUB School of Law. Luke can be reached at l.moffett@qub.ac.uk. On Monday 18th May 2015 the Transitional Justice Institute hosted a conference ‘Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Implementing the Stormont House Agreement’ in conjunction with Amnesty International, Committee on the Administration of Justice…Continue reading Advocate-counsellor: Ensure fair and equal representation of victims in the Historical Investigation Unit and Independent Commission for Information Retrieval
Why is the debate on dealing with the past in Northern gender blind?
We are delighted to welcome this guest post by Andreé Murphy of Relatives for Justice. Andreé can be reached at andree@relativesforjustice.com. This was originally posted on the Eamonn Mallie blog at http://eamonnmallie.com/2015/05/why-is-the-debate-on-dealing-with-the-past-in-northern-gender-blind-by-andree-murphy/. This is an argument for a concerted effort to make gender a specific and identifiable matter of concern within the Stormont House Agreement.…Continue reading Why is the debate on dealing with the past in Northern gender blind?
The Hooded Men: The Wider Implications of Ireland v UK Revisited
Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Christopher Stanley of KRW LAW LLP KRW The decision of the Irish government confronted by a legal challenge from The Hooded Men to Apply under Rule 80 of the Rules of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the inter-state case of Ireland v UK…Continue reading The Hooded Men: The Wider Implications of Ireland v UK Revisited
Could the NI Assembly legislate for the Haass ‘Historic Investigations Unit’?
November 2014 has witnessed some interesting statements. At a TJI conference the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, made it abundantly clear that the UK state cannot wash its hands of its Article 2 obligations by delegating them down to the devolved institutions and refusing to fund them. The Lord Chief Justice,…Continue reading Could the NI Assembly legislate for the Haass ‘Historic Investigations Unit’?
Resourcing and Policing the Past in the North of Ireland
Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Christopher Stanley of KRW LAW LLP There is now an emphasis in this jurisdiction that public sector finances will be directed toward Policing the Present and not Policing the Past. This was made clear in the financial statement of the Minister of Justice David…Continue reading Resourcing and Policing the Past in the North of Ireland
Where now for the hooded men? Ireland v UK revisted
Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Christopher Stanley of KRW LAW LLP KRW Recent research which has fed into high profile media documentary television programmes by both RTE and BBC has resurrected interest in the case of the 14 Hooded Men. It will be recalled that The Hooded Men were those…Continue reading Where now for the hooded men? Ireland v UK revisted
Relentless campaign to suppress the truth
Rights NI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Brian Gormally, director of CAJ. “There is a relentless campaign, led by the UK Government and supported by some elements in Northern Ireland, to suppress the truth about the activities of state agents during the conflict. The aim is to ensure impunity for any crimes…Continue reading Relentless campaign to suppress the truth
Can HET be Article 2 Compliant? Questions for Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary
We welcome this guest post by Brian Gormally, Director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) Can HET be Article 2 Compliant? Questions for Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Introduction In May Brice Dickson, Chair of the NI Policing Board’s Historical Enquiry Team (HET) Working Group, wrote to a number of interested parties…Continue reading Can HET be Article 2 Compliant? Questions for Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary