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Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - Protecting and promoting your rights in Northern Ireland

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    Apr 26

    📲 The has just landed! 📲

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  2. 15 minutes ago

    Our colleagues have been speaking at the 1st Joint Meeting of the Collaborative Platform on OPRE and 4SocialRights about our recent investigation report on Travellers’ Accommodation in NI. U can read our report here:

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Today, our colleagues including our Chief Commissioner are at the 1st Joint Meeting of the Collaborative Platform on OPRE and 4SocialRights. They are speaking on the Commission’s recent report on Travellers’ accommodation in NI.

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  4. May 14

    Our Legal and Research Officer is attending today's conference on 'Victimhood and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland' in Riddell hall at

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  5. May 14

    Today the met with members of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Read our submission here:

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  6. May 11

    Yesterday our colleagues met with Special Rapporteur on Racism, E Tendayi Achiume, to talk about our Travellers’ Investigation Report & other human rights issues, as part of her visit to the UK See UN press release:

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    May 11

    Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley MP on launching a public consultation on proposals to address the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past:

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  8. May 10

    Check out our brand new app and keep up to date with all the news from the @NIHRCAvailable on Google Play and the App Store now 👇📱

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  9. May 10

    Today, our Chief Commissioner Les Allamby led a Commission delegation including two of our Commissioners and Graham Shields to the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre as part of the Commission’s engagement work.

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  10. May 9

    Our Chief Commissioner, Les Allamby, joined other members of the UK Independent Mechanism, of , of and of , for a meeting with Ms Sarah Newton MP in London this morning.

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  11. May 9

    Today, our Director of Legal and Research Colin Caughey, will be speaking at the and Brexit conference, ‘Brexit and Rights in Northern Ireland: The Role of the EU-27’ in Dublin.

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  12. May 8

    We're attending the event in Belfast today - partnering with to promote the SDGs and the Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Forum!

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  13. May 8

    Today visited Drumragh Integrated College in Omagh, to speak to pupils about our work, as well as migrant rights and forced labour ✍️📒📚👩🏽‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓

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  14. May 4

    - this week, our Chief Executive Dr David Russell gave evidence to the at Westminster as part of its current inquiry into ‘Human Rights: attitudes to enforcement’. 📺 You can catch the session here:

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  15. May 4

    Our colleague attended the Community Sentencing Workshop at Stormont this morning, with speakers from , and .

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  16. May 4

    Our Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Forum is joining with for this event, which takes place on Tuesday 8th May at in Belfast. You can RSVP now at For more info on our Forum, visit:

    On Tuesday 8th, our Belfast SDG Roadshow event will be kicking off. Please be sure to Register your attendance.
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  17. May 3

    Today is ! The theme for 2018 is 'Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law' - addressing legislative gaps with regard to freedom of expression and information online, and the risks of regulating online speech. Visit:

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  18. May 2

    Our Annual Lecture has now wrapped up! Many thanks to those of you who were able to come along - and to those following on Twitter. You can read more on our website:

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  19. May 2

    The floor is now open for Q&A with the audience - with answering questions on issues such as recruitment to the judiciary and the role of media in sensitive cases.

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  20. May 2

    Our guest speaker, , takes to the floor to speak on: 'Are Judges "Enemies of the People"? The relationship between judges, media and politicians in the modern age.'

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  21. May 2

    The Right Honourable Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, addresses the audience here at our Annual Lecture in .

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