Key Documents

By carrying out research, holding conferences, lobbying politicians, issuing press statements, publishing pamphlets, circulating a monthly bulletin and alerting the international human rights community, CAJ hopes to stimulate awareness and concern about justice issues in Northern Ireland and encourage the adoption of urgently-needed safeguards. Below are some examples of our written work and some recent key documents of relevance in this field.

• CAJ's Commentary on the Northern Ireland Policing Board, November 2003

• A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland - Through the years - the views of the political parties, July 2003

• CAJ submission to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on "Making a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, January 2002 (consultation document - September 2001)

• CAJ summary of "Making a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland" - A consultation by the NI Human Rights Commission, September 2001

• CAJ preliminary comments on "Making a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland", September 2001

• Speech given by Prof. Sir Nigel Rodley on "A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: some international lessons" in May 2001 as part of a lecture series by CAJ.

• Speech given by Bruce Porter on "Socio-Economic Rights in a domestic charter of rights -
  a Canadian perspective in May 2001 as part of a lecture series by CAJ.

• CAJ's submission to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, April 2001