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Over the last six years, the Consortium has sought to raise awareness of and participation in the Bill of Rights process among churches, political parties and civil society more generally.
Download a PDF format edition of the Human Rights Consortium's response.The Consortium is concerned that the remit of the Forum, as presently constituted, will lead to confusion as to the demarcation of roles between the Forum and the NI Human Rights Commission (NIHRC).
In particular, the terms of reference seem to suggest that the Forum will simply submit recommendations for the NIHRC to consider in preparing its advice to the Secretary of State. This does not properly respect the different and complementary roles to be played by the Forum and the NIHRC.
To read more of this report, please download the PDF version of the file.
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