#CRDP24 #DefendOurRights

UNCRDP Committee report released today finds that the UK Gov has failed to take appropriate actions to address the grave & systematic human rights violations towards disabled people.

Report: bit.ly/4aPF8nt

Belfast Telegraph The Irish News @news_letter

'The #RwandaAct is an an attack on our fundamental human rights. It violates domestic & international law and undermines the basic human rights guarantees central to the peace process' - Kevin Hanratty, Director

Read our full statement on the Rwanda Act: tinyurl.com/2789nv8y

Siobhán Harding Women's Support Net and Jonna Monaghan Women's Platform have produced a delegate report of their participation and learning from #CSW68

CSW is the UN intergovernmental body responsible for promoting the empowerment of women.

Read the full report here buff.ly/3UmyeAn

'The #RwandaAct is an an attack on our fundamental human rights. It violates domestic & international law and undermines the basic human rights guarantees central to the peace process' - Kevin Hanratty, Director

Read our full statement on the Rwanda Act: tinyurl.com/2789nv8y

Delighted to attend the Ethics and AI event, with a focus on the EU's AI Act, in Dublin's Mansion House today on behalf of Human Rights Consortium NI. Leaving with lots of valuable thoughts to bring back and inform our work on Brexit/Article 2 and human rights more generally!

Thanks to Assembly Committee for the Executive Office for the opportunity to discuss the importance of strong human rights protections in NI at Committee this week and to Human Rights Consortium NI for having Children's Law Centre (CLC) along with you.

If you have absolutely had it up to here waiting for action on a Childcare Strategy, you are not alone. Join Melted Parents at Writer's Square tomorrow (Saturday 20th) at 10.30am.

#AssemblyExplained - as part of our series, we explain terminologies used within the Assembly. Here is the Dedicated Mechanism (DM) explained. The commitment was discussed at Assembly Committee for the Executive Office’s recent meeting on Wednesday 17 April, 2pm with NIHRC Equality Commission.

Human rights in Scotland has a devolution problem! We're asking all political parties to pledge to sort it out.
Read what it’s all about in this @HRCS blog: buff.ly/4aWwsv6
& all the details in this new report by Prof Aileen McHarg: buff.ly/44bsMn1

Yesterday I gave evidence to the
@NIAEOCtteetogether with Human Rights Consortium NI
and Children's Law Centre (CLC) calling for progress on the Bill of Rights and greater rights protections for disabled people. Watch a short caption except here:
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Our Policy and Public Affairs Manager Fergal McFerran joined Human Rights Consortium NI and Disability Action to speak with the Assembly Committee for the Executive Office yesterday. They discussed the importance of strong human rights protections.

You can watch from 1hr 17 mins at youtube.com/watch?v=xMfdRq…

Watch Again - Wednesday 17 April 📺

This week the Committee received evidence from:

- Equality Commission Equality Commission and the Human Rights Commission NIHRC
- Human Rights Consortium Human Rights Consortium NI

Re-watch the meeting now - lk.cmte.fyi/M6bT

A new Consortium report by Prof Aileen McHarg sets out devolution problems for human rights law in Scotland. It also sets out ways to mitigate them: buff.ly/44bsMn1

Today's Assembly Committee for the Executive Office focuses on #rights & #equality & the dedicated mechanism for protecting rights post-Brexit. Chief Commissioners of Equality Commission & NIHRC presenting. NI's gap in protection from age discrimination when accessing goods, facilities & services has been noted.

The Assembly Committee for the Executive Office met with the Equality Commission, NIHRC, Human Rights Consortium NI - Wednesday 17 April, 2pm to discuss the dedicated mechanism (DM). The Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission have duties and powers to monitor, supervise, advise, enforce, and report on DM.

It is clear that Tory cuts, Brexit & no Executive have caused further inequalities to our most vulnerable. Powerful presentations from .Equality Commission .NIHRC .@ChildsLawCentre .Disability Action .Human Rights Consortium NI . Need for a Bill of Rights & a need to implement s75 👏👏👏👏👏👏

We're pleased to have been asked to join Human Rights Consortium NI for an oral briefing at today's meeting of the Committee for the Executive Office Assembly Committee for the Executive Office

You can watch the session from around 3pm at niassembly.tv/live-stream-2/