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Tag: Human Rights Act

Manifesto Watch: 2016 NI Assembly Election

May 3, 2016 Human Rights ConsortiumBill of Rights

  We are pleased to welcome this guest post from Jason McKeown, Communications Assistant with the Human Rights Consortium.       With the 2016 Assembly Elections almost upon us, the Human Rights Consortium takes a look at the manifestos of the various political parties who have put themselves forward for election. This resource will […]

You’ll never walk alone – Hillsborough and the Human Rights Act

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 Human Rights ConsortiumCivil Liberties

We are pleased to welcome this guest post from Dr Claire McCann, Human Rights Officer (Rights in Practice) with the Human Rights Consortium. Yesterday was a significant day for the families of those people killed in Hillsborough, who have fought so hard to discover the truth of what happened on that fateful day 27 years […]

Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival Programme Launched!

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 Human Rights ConsortiumBill of Rights

Today saw the launch of the programme for the 2014 Northern Ireland Human Rights Festival (NIHRF). The festival, which will take place from 8-13 December, consists of a series of events on a range of human rights issues from home and abroad in celebration of International Human Rights Day on 10 December . All events […]

Shhh… people are saying they support the Human Rights Act

November 23, 2012 Guest PostBill of Rights

We are delighted to host this guest post from Sanchita Hosali of the British Institute of Human Rights who recently hosted a one-day event in Belfast on the Human Rights Act as part of their #16cities tour. One human rights story doesn’t seem to have featured in this week’s headlines and sound-bites. One which goes […]

SECOND CHANCE TO LISTEN: UK BILL OF RIGHTS COMMISSIONS SECOND CONSULTATION

September 24, 2012September 24, 2012 Human Rights ConsortiumBill of Rights

Back in 2007 the Conservative party clearly outlined its vision for the future shape of human rights protections in the UK.[1] It stated that, ‘the Human Rights Act 1998 has not proved to be effective in protecting fundamental rights in Britain…A Conservative Government will repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a modern […]

Scrapping the Human Rights Act: The Northern Ireland Dimension

October 2, 2011October 3, 2011 Liam ThorntonBill of Rights

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has called for the Human Rights Act 1998 to be scrapped on the basis that it prevents the British government from deporting foreign terror suspects or those convicted of crime. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has also expressed his unease about the Human Rights Act and has stated: I agree […]

A rights-based approach to disability in health and social care

August 22, 2011 Ceara McCurdyDisability

This approach to health and social care is widely accepted internationally as a best practice approach, which is rooted in the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and protected in the United Kingdom by the Human Rights Act. In its report Human Rights and Health and Social Care, […]

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