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NIHRC Chief Commissioner, Les Allamby Northern Ireland made progress on human rights in 2016 but still has "some way to go", the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has said.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan Twice as many people in Great Britain were issued with Irish passports last month than in November 2015, according to new figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Belfast solicitor Christopher Stanley of KRW Law has questioned the investigation into the Guildford pub bombings following the release of documents from the National Archives. Five people were killed on 5 October 1974 when two bombs were detonated at two Guildford pubs. Three men and a woman, known

The Court of Appeal has granted the application of a mother to return to Australia with her two children, who she brought to Ireland in the Summer of 2016 with her Irish husband. Overturning the High Court’s decision to refuse her application, Mr Justice Gerard Hogan found that that the children w

Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron A leading South African judge visiting Dublin has underlined the key role of an independent judiciary for the rule of law and the protection of constitutional rights.

Ronan Lavery QC The UK Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments that the activation of Article 50 would conflict with the Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

Maurece Hutchinson, managing partner at JMK Solicitors One of Northern Ireland’s top personal injury lawyers has urged Justice Minister Claire Sugden to ensure children’s rights are fully protected in claims made following road traffic collisions.

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will tell the Council of Europe that Ireland is failing to act to sufficiently protect victims of trafficking. IHREC is meeting with rapporteurs from the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) to

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) yesterday hosted a symposium on privacy rights in the digital age.

Irish-born human rights expert Professor Conor Gearty will discuss British human rights after Brexit at the London launch of his new book at LSE this evening. On Fantasy Island: Britain, Europe and Human Rights examines the future of the Human Rights Act and the UK's relation to the European Convent

The Government has agreed to nominate Kieran FitzGerald and Mark Toland for appointment to the Garda Síochana Ombudsman Commission. Mr FitzGerald is a former journalist with a Doctorate in Governance from the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast, and is being nominated for a second term as a

Attorney General Máire Whelan A report on protected disclosures by two serving gardaí has been referred to Attorney General Máire Whelan for advice.

The High Court has refused an application brought by Dana Rosemary Scallan seeking orders directing the plaintiffs in a defamation case brought against her to furnish security for legal costs pursuant to Order 29 of the Rules of the Superior Courts. Delivering the judgment of the Court, Mr Justice E

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has published the general scheme of a bill to replace the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board with a new Judicial Appointments Commission.

The Bar of Northern Ireland has questioned whether sufficient funding can be found for ambitious family justice reforms proposed by Lord Justice Gillen. In its 70-page response to the consultation on Lord Gillen's draft report, the Bar queried "the financial cost and the ability to secure funding fo