An op-ed on the Joint Report published after Phase 1 of the negotiations.
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On this page, you will find all the work we are doing on rights in Northern Ireland. Broadly, this covers those rights guaranteed by the Good Friday Agreement; those guaranteed by the Common Travel Area arrangements and related arrangements; those guaranteed by EU membership for those with an EU nationality; and those guaranteed by the European Convention of Human Rights.
FactCheck: What are the options for the Irish border after Brexit?
Prof. Aoife O’Donoghue spoke to Channel 4 News FactCheck about the different options for the Irish border after Brexit.
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The Implications of the Good Friday Agreement for UK Human-Rights Reform.
Speculation is rife as to the impact of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement upon the Conservative Government’s plans to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998. In the face of this speculation, the UK’s Conservative Government has provided little detail as to how UK human-rights reform will address the requirement for incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Northern Ireland settlement. We therefore analyse the Agreement as both an international treaty and peace agreement and evaluate its interrelationship with the Human Rights Act and the Northern Ireland Act. Once the hyperbole surrounding the Agreement and its attendant domestic legislation is stripped away, the effects of the 1998 settlement are in some regards more extensive than has to date been recognised, but in other respects are less far-reaching than some of the Human Rights Act’s supporters claim. The picture that emerges from our analysis is of an intricately woven constitution dependent on devolution arrangements, peace agreements, and international relationships.
Brexit-ing Northern Ireland: The challenges Ahead.
Post on the Oxford Business Law Blog by Dr. Sylvia de Mars, Mr. Colin Murray, Prof. Aoife O’Donoghue and Dr. Ben Warwick, discussing how Brexit might affect trade and travel and significantly, peace and prosperity, across the Irish border
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How the EU played a key role in smoothing relations between London and Dublin.
Mr. Colin Murray in the Conversation discussing the role of the EU in the Peace Process.
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Brexit’s Bogeyman: The much-maligned Court of Justice of the European Union.
Post by Mr. Colin Murray on the Political Studies Association Blog, discussing the role and power of the CJEU.
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Brexit: Theresa Villiers misleading on return of Border Controls.
Prof. Aoife O’Donoghue and Dr. Sylvia de Mars in The Irish Times discussing the Common Travel Area and the potential impact of Brexit on this special relationship between the UK and Ireland.
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The Place of Northern Ireland within UK Human Rights Reform.
Considerable speculation has surrounded the impact of the Good Friday Agreement’s provisions on human rights upon the Conservative Government’s proposals for repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998. This Policy Paper seeks to demystify this aspect of the debate over the future of the Human Rights Act, examining the terms of the Good Friday Agreement as an international treaty and peace agreement and explaining its interrelationship with both the Human Rights Act and the Devolution Acts. Once some of the hyperbole that surrounds the Agreement and its attendant domestic legislation is removed, it can be seen that the impact of the Agreement is in some regards more extensive than has to date been recognised, whilst in other respects the Agreement has less impact than some of the supporters of the Human Rights Act claim. Reform of arrangements so fundamental to governance in the UK should not be taken lightly, but at present the offhand treatment of the place of the incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Northern Ireland settlement generates just such a danger.
Constitutionally Questioned: UK Debates, International Law, and Northern Ireland.
This comment examines the proposed UK constitutional changes proffered following the no-vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum from an international legal perspective. With a particular focus on the implications for Northern Ireland, this piece considers the implications of further devolution, proposed federalism, changes to the UK’s relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights, modifications of relations with the EU and the implications of change to the relationship with the Republic of Ireland. In looking at these issues through the lens of international law this comment brings a fresh perspective to questions of constitutional change for Northern Ireland