Like others here, still waiting on news of the final outcome of the appointments process for the Bill of Rights Panel. @NIABillofRights @BillofRightsNI @niexecutive @SheerinOfficial @PaulaJaneB

Producing the final report, then appointing the panel (or not) is novel. ‘The DUP has been accused of blocking a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland as well as opposing the appointment of an academic to a Stormont advisory panel.’
itv.com/news/utv/2021-…

NI still needs a Bill of Rights.

As anticipated in the @BelfastAgmt

Time to renew our collective ambition for human rights here.

Why settle for less?
@HocGfa @NIABillofRights @BillofRightsNI
#HumanRights #GoodFridayAgreement @SheerinOfficial @mikenesbittni

1/ A Thread: *Contributions to the Constitutional Conversation on a Shared Island 2019 - 2020*.

‘The Future of Our Shared Island: A Paper on the Logistical and Legal Questions Surrounding Referendums on Irish Unity’

pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publication… 2/ ‘The EU and Irish Unity: Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland’ - a report by Professor Colin Harvey and Barrister-at-Law Mark Bassett

qpol.qub.ac.uk/the-eu-and-iri…

1/ Much focus on when a ‘border poll’ will be triggered by the Secretary of State. Recent NICA judgment is instructive, and outcome is as many expected. Worth reading in full - thoughts only below.

Raymond McCord’s Application: Border Poll [2020] NICA 23

judiciaryni.uk/judicial-decis… 2/ No *legal requirement* on SoS to publish a policy.