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Human rights groups call for Brexit negotiations to ‘respect’ Good Friday Agreement

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Human rights groups call for Brexit negotiations to 'respect' Good Friday Agreement

Activists and organisations working in the area of human rights and equality have called for “written guarantees” that the Brexit negotiations will respect the Good Friday Agreement.

They say there “must be no regression or diminution of existing human rights and equality guarantees for all people living in Northern Ireland and those rights protected under EU law must be retained”.

They also call for an “open Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland”, with “free movement for all persons across it”.

The call is made in a letter published in The Irish Times and signed by 15 leading human rights organisations and practitioners:

  • Liam Herrick, Executive Director, Irish Council for Civil Liberties

  • Brian Gormally, Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice;

  • Eilis Barry, Chief Executive, The Free Legal Advice Centres;

  • Kevin Hanratty, Human Rights Consortium;

  • Paddy Kelly, Director, Children’s Law Centre;

  • Patricia King, General Secretary, The Irish Congress of Trade Unions;

  • Justin Kouame, Chairman, Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers;

  • Tanya Ward, Chief Executive, Children’s Rights Alliance;

  • Seamus McAleavey, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action;

  • Dr Anna Bryson, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast;

  • Michael Farrell, Solicitor;

  • Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast;

  • Dr Amanda Kramer, Research Fellow, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast;

  • Prof Siobhán Mullally, Established Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway;

  • Rory O’Connell, Professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Ulster University

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