Author: Dr Bronagh Byrne
-
Incorporating Children’s Rights into Law in Northern Ireland
By the Centre for Children’s Rights, QUB and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
-
Why We Need a Sign Language Act in Northern Ireland
The collapse of the power-sharing Executive in January 2017 means that progress towards the legal recognition of BSL and ISL has stalled says Dr Bronagh Byrne.
-
Why a Brexit could be bad news for disabled people
In the run-up to the forthcoming EU referendum on UK membership, Dr Bronagh Byrne looks at the positive impact EU legislation has had on disabled people and asks why there hasn’t been more discussion about what a Brexit could mean for disabled people in the UK.