Mr. Colin Caughey:

All of this underscores the need for a bill of rights for Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission was mandated to advise on a bill of rights to augment the European Convention on Human Rights and to reflect the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland. I think this form of citizenship is a prime example of the particular circumstances within Northern Ireland, which have become more intensified as a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU. I think many of these issues could be resolved by looking at how citizenship rights could be reflected in a bill of rights for Northern Ireland and how the protections within such a bill of rights could be reflected in UK and Irish nationality law.