Syria: two years on. Between a rock and a hard place.

March 14, 2013

It’s two years since the start of the Syrian uprising and then civil war. The rising death toll serves as a constant reminder that what started as a peaceful cry for freedom and dignity has descended into a bloody armed conflict – with devastating consequences. Amnesty International has produced two reports, published today, focusing on [...]

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EVENT: Conference on the Kurdish Question in Turkey

March 12, 2013

On Wednesday 17 April 2013 the Queen’s University Belfast Law School, in association with the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, are hosting a one-day conference that will bring together legal experts, academics, politicians, journalists and grass-roots activists with first-hand experience to ignite debate on the Kurdish question in Turkey. The conference programme is [...]

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Gun control and the speech Obama hasn’t given

March 12, 2013

There is less than a week to go before world leaders meet at the United Nations to negotiate an international Arms Trade Treaty. If delivered effectively, the Arms Trade Treaty has the potential to save lives and prevent human rights abuses.  85% of all killings documented by Amnesty International involve the sort of weaponry which could [...]

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Here to help? The case for assisted suicide under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

February 14, 2013

RightsNI is delighted to welcome this guest post from Dónal Kearney. Dónal Kearney is currently undertaking an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. He holds a Law degree from the University of Cambridge and has previously volunteered for the Legal Support Project at the Law Centre (NI), the [...]

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One Billion Rising

February 13, 2013

We are delighted to host this blog from Órla McKay, an Assumption Grammar School – Ballynahinch pupil spending a week on work experience with Amnesty International. Here she highlights the great speech given by Kellie Turtle of the Belfast Feminist Network at the RightsNI Live event in December and previews the One Billion Rising campaign [...]

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A Northern Ireland Bill of Rights…No Choice Before Us!

February 12, 2013

Adrienne Reilly – Protection of Rights Coordinator at CAJ and human rights trainer, consultant and activist   The Commission on the UK Bill of Rights (CBR) set up in March 2011 to investigate the creation of a “UK Bill of Rights”, delivered its much anticipated report, ‘A UK Bill of Rights: The Choice Before Us” [...]

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Prison Reform; 2013 the year to see change?

January 24, 2013

RightsNI is delighted to welcome this guest post written by Jacqueline Monahan, Justice and Policing Co-ordinator at the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ).   In the past 10 years well over 40 reports and reviews into the prison system have been written by a range of agencies. The same concerns were often repeated [...]

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The Inez McCormack Fund

January 22, 2013

“To enable the powerless, the invisible, to be part of making the change, that changes how they see themselves and that changes everything” Inez McCormack, the internationally renowned human rights activist died yesterday 21st January following a short illness. In accordance with her wishes,  the Participation and Practice of Rights (PPR) organisaton, which she founded [...]

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King 1963: I have a dream. Obama 2013: I have a drone

January 21, 2013

In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and gave his famous “I have a dream” speech. Today, fifty years on, in tribute to the great civil rights leader, the US marks Martin Luther King Jr Day with a federal holiday in his name. Today also [...]

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EVENT: Hillsborough: The Truth – Phil Scraton

January 18, 2013

Event announcement Hillsborough: The Truth — Phil Scraton 6pm, Friday 18 January 2013 – No Alibis Bookstore, Botanic Avenue Following publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s Report in September 2012 the impact has been unprecedented: a comprehensive investigation by Independent Police Complaints Commission; a full inquiry by the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning potential for [...]

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Legislating for Article 40.3.3: Blog Carnival Conclusion

January 16, 2013

Authors: Dr Catherine O’Sullivan, Faculty of Law University College Cork, Jennifer Schweppe, School of Law, University of Limerick and Dr Eimear Spain, School of Law, University of Limerick We hope that you have enjoyed the various posts in this special blog carnival on “Legislating for Article 40.3.3.”  The authors of these posts, who are all [...]

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