Rights and Safeguards: Paper by the British Government | Quill

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This collection was catalogued and the metadata was recorded by Antoine Yenk. The cover photograph is copyright Daphne Trimble, used with permission.

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The British Government's paper on rights and safeguards, dated 6 February 1998 highlights the significant cross-community support in Northern Ireland for formal mechanisms to protect human rights, emphasizing that such protections are crucial for a lasting settlement. The document outlines the government's existing agenda, which includes actions to enhance human rights protections, strengthen policing confidence, combat discrimination, and address parade tensions. It discusses the Human Rights Bill, which aims to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, allowing individuals to enforce their rights domestically. The paper also explores the need for specific additional rights protections tailored to Northern Ireland's unique context, suggesting that dialogue and consultation with various stakeholders, including academics and NGOs, will be essential in developing effective human rights arrangements. [The document is annotated with ''HMG 9.2.98'' on the top right corner of the first page, although each page is dated 6 February 1998]

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The Quill Project has kindly received permission from Queen's University Belfast to publish digital copies of these documents. This agreement does not cover any further publication or manipulation of these images. Further enquiries about the collection should be directed to the McClay Library at Queen's University Belfast, where the physical papers are held.

McClay Library and Archives, Queen's University Belfast, digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/384/.

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