Continuing review of Martin O'Brien's speech on 'Human rights and the Agreement: how far have we come? ', the 2009 Stephen Livingstone memorial lecture. To what extent have the lessons of developing peace and justice in Northern...

I previously previewed Martin O'Brien 's delivery of the Stephen Livingstone annual memorial lecture, delivered two weeks ago at Queen's University Belfast. It was a hugely impressive speech, ranging over an array of issues of current...

A couple of posts ago, my colleague Steve B was talking about what it must be like to be walking down a street in Madrid when you get stopped by what turns out to be a violent gang of police officers …. … which made me think … about...

Nearly eleven months on from the handover of the NI Human Rights Commission advice on the Bill to the Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward has still failed to carry out any consultation with the public on the Bill, Via Tuesday’s debate...

On the 4 November 1979, the US Embassy in Tehran was occupied by a group of students and its staff and guards were blindfolded and detained in protest to the US policies towards Iran in the past. The detainees were kept for more than...