Category: Human Rights
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Feeling safe? Violence against women and girls
In Northern Ireland, 30 women and girls were killed by men between 2019 and 2024. The prevalence and complexity of violence against women and girls has therefore gained policy and public attention in recent years, as the necessity for urgent policy and action is unquestionable say Paula Devine. Martina McKnight and Dirk Schubotz.
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Labour and Legacy: An Opportunity to Re-Centre Conflict Related Sexual Violence?
Following Labour’s promise to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy Act, the door to achieving some measure of truth and justice appears to have been opened again for some victims and survivors of The Troubles. But for victims and survivors of conflict related sexual violence, achieving truth, justice, acknowledgement and reparation remains elusive says Prof Cheryl…
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Repealing the Legacy Act and Redressing the Troubles
In light of Labour’s election landslide last week, Professor Luke Moffett looks at whether they will repeal and replace the Legacy Act as promised and if so, how?
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How the Conditional Immunity Scheme of the Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery will work (or not)
Rather than promoting reconciliation, the conditional immunity scheme runs the risk of entrenching divided narratives of the past and undermining trust in public institutions says Professor Louise Malinder.
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10 Years from Rana Plaza – have lessons been learned?
Dr Ciarán O’Kelly and Dr Ciara Hackett look at whether any lessons have been learned from the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh.
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Memorials to Historical Institutional Abuse
In the latest of our series of Queen’s Policy Engagement Briefing Papers, Dr Paula Shilliday looks at how and why society should remember and highlights some of the challenges involved.
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International Perspectives on Trans Rights and Policy in the context of the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands
Dr Jamie Hagen highlights key issues in international trans rights and insights from a Just Talk(s) event organised by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the UK
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It’s About Time the International Community Approaches Sexual Violence in the Invasion of Ukraine
Now is the right time to reframe conflict-related sexual violence as violence says Emily Mitchell-Bajic.
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Reflecting on Community-Engaged Scholarship in Canada
By Eaton Fellow Lucia Klencakova and guest contributor Dr. Matt Rogers from the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research.
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Northern Ireland’s New Stalking Legislation
In the latest of a series of articles, Dr Ronagh McQuigg looks at the legal protections that are now in place to protect victims of stalking.