Ad Hoc Bill of Rights Committee

The Committee held a meeting on Thursday 01 July 2021. See Agenda

https://youtu.be/70Iq5t7nf5I In open session the Committee discussed a number of items of Committee business before moving into an informal session to discuss deliberations on a preamble. View the agenda.

During the informal part of the Committee meeting the Committee discussed the Deliberations on a Bill of Rights.

https://youtu.be/fdddSKV449M The Committee received an overview of the Committee’s Stakeholder Engagement from a member of the Assembly’s engagement team; a briefing on the results of Focus Groups with Schools from a member of the NI Assembly Education Service; and a briefing from Church Representatives. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/f8QCTwF9HeQ The Committee received a briefing by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission on the implications of Brexit for Human Rights and a briefing by the Children’s Law Centre on Children and Young People’s Rights. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/6cxMTI-lqcU The Committee received a briefing from representatives of Conradh na Gaeilge on language rights. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/xvvKDVbQ2S0 The Committee received a briefing on the survey results related to its Call for evidence. This was followed by a briefing from the NICCY Youth Panel on Children and Young People’s Rights and Mr Niall Murphy, KRW Law LLP on his perspective on a Bill of Rights. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/zGCQ91OTOaI The Committee received briefings from he Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on Rights and Equality; the Women’s Policy Group on Women’s Rights; and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Perspective on a Bill of Rights. View the agenda.

https://youtu.be/2QtJ2E6zaCw The Committee received briefings from the NI Youth Forum and Professor Monica McWilliams, University of Ulster. View the agenda.