Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion

12:55 pm

Ms Adrienne Reilly:

I wish to make one more comment on that issue. It has been our experience in our direct training work with groups from all across Northern Ireland that a lot of these groups have been very resistant to the idea of a bill of rights but want to engage with human rights mechanisms. When we get into a discussion about this, the Eureka moment happens, the light comes on and then they fully support a bill of rights. We see that all across the board. It is a question of how we engage with people and that is actually why we are here today. We need the committee to support what we are doing because while the process is happening on the ground, we also need the process to happen at Government level. That is what we are asking for.

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