@meganmcdermott.bsky.social
NI public policy - Equality and human rights
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Views are my own
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EU-UK Specialised Committee on Implementation of Windsor Framework met today
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EU-UK Specialised Committee on Implementation of Windsor Framework met today
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Statement includes positives on progress being made ... still issues to be addressed
Frequency of SPS identity checks being reduced
AI and Cyber Resilience Acts to apply in NI? TBD
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
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Before the UKSC judgment in Dillon (+ the value of the Windsor Framework), a rundown of EU law issues in that case, how the government wants them dealt with and how Eleni and I think the government is wrong. Also, a link for the launch of our forthcoming report on remedies and the WF (16 Dec).
Eleni Frantziou and Anurag Deb: Direct Effect, Disapplication, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Still Together in Northern Ireland after Dillon? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/12/04/e...
Eleni Frantziou and Anurag Deb: Direct Effect, Disapplication, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Still Together in Northern Ireland after Dillon?
Between 14 and 16 October 2025, the UK Supreme Court heard the appeal of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (‘SOSNI’) against the Dillon decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (‘…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Before the UKSC judgment in Dillon (+ the value of the Windsor Framework), a rundown of EU law issues in that case, how the government wants them dealt with and how Eleni and I think the government is wrong. Also, a link for the launch of our forthcoming report on remedies and the WF (16 Dec).
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Specialised Committee on the Implementation of the Windsor Framework next meets on 3 December 2025
Agenda as for October meeting, so still exchanging views on whether (and, if so, to what extent) EU's AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act should apply in Northern Ireland
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Agenda as for October meeting, so still exchanging views on whether (and, if so, to what extent) EU's AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act should apply in Northern Ireland
www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Specialised Committee on the Implementation of the Windsor Framework next meets on 3 December 2025
Agenda as for October meeting, so still exchanging views on whether (and, if so, to what extent) EU's AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act should apply in Northern Ireland
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Agenda as for October meeting, so still exchanging views on whether (and, if so, to what extent) EU's AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act should apply in Northern Ireland
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Eager for the latest research on Northern Ireland's special post-Brexit rights and equality protections? Come fill your boots at the Europa Hotel Belfast on 16 December:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
Research Launch ‘Windsor Framework Article 2: Enforcement and Remedies'
The NIHRC is delighted to invite you to the launch of its new research report 'Windsor Framework Article 2:
Enforcement and Remedies’.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Eager for the latest research on Northern Ireland's special post-Brexit rights and equality protections? Come fill your boots at the Europa Hotel Belfast on 16 December:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-l...
New blog from me on EU Import Ban on Forced Labour and the European Commission proposal to add the Regulation to the Windsor Framework.
www.assemblyresearchmatters.org/2025/09/26/e...
www.assemblyresearchmatters.org/2025/09/26/e...
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New blog from me on EU Import Ban on Forced Labour and the European Commission proposal to add the Regulation to the Windsor Framework.
www.assemblyresearchmatters.org/2025/09/26/e...
www.assemblyresearchmatters.org/2025/09/26/e...
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New Report from the Social Change Initiative which flags that the UKSC is not necessarily the final word on Windsor Framework Article 2. If the UK Courts adopt a position which undermines the Art 2 commitment, this can be challenged through arbitration:
socialchangeinitiative.com/human-rights...
socialchangeinitiative.com/human-rights...
Human Rights and Equality in Northern Ireland: International enforcement of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework | Social Change Initiative
socialchangeinitiative.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New Report from the Social Change Initiative which flags that the UKSC is not necessarily the final word on Windsor Framework Article 2. If the UK Courts adopt a position which undermines the Art 2 commitment, this can be challenged through arbitration:
socialchangeinitiative.com/human-rights...
socialchangeinitiative.com/human-rights...
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This explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social looks at the relationship between the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR
To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe
This explainer examines the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights. It explores the role that...
ukandeu.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This explainer by @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social looks at the relationship between the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement and the ECHR
To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
To understand what role the ECHR plays and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland, read this 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...
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"Future agreements... necessitate a coordinated UK-wide conversation about new legislation... for them to be implemented. The UK-EU IMG provides precisely the kind of forum which could deliver this but at the present time is not being used to its full potential"
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
Intergovernmental relations and UK-EU policy - UK in a changing Europe
Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe and Rachel Minto explore the need to take account of the different positions of the devolved governments in order to realise the aims of the May 2025 UK-EU summit.
ukandeu.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Future agreements... necessitate a coordinated UK-wide conversation about new legislation... for them to be implemented. The UK-EU IMG provides precisely the kind of forum which could deliver this but at the present time is not being used to its full potential"
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
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1/2 A busy few weeks for us at Ulster Law School. On 16 January we co-host with @phoenixlaw.bsky.social 'The Windsor Framework, Article 2: Institutional and Substantive Aspects' www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar... @gillkane.bsky.social @nihrc.bsky.social
@equalitycommni.bsky.social
@equalitycommni.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1/2 A busy few weeks for us at Ulster Law School. On 16 January we co-host with @phoenixlaw.bsky.social 'The Windsor Framework, Article 2: Institutional and Substantive Aspects' www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar... @gillkane.bsky.social @nihrc.bsky.social
@equalitycommni.bsky.social
@equalitycommni.bsky.social
Commissioning of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework
Statement made on 9 January 2025 by SOSNI
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Statement made on 9 January 2025 by SOSNI
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Commissioning of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework
Statement made on 9 January 2025 by SOSNI
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Statement made on 9 January 2025 by SOSNI
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
