Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed)
10:00 am
Ms Eileen Weir:
I think a lot of what comes in the future will depend on that bill of rights. Why would you want people to have a constitutional change if they do not even have rights within their own country as they are? A lot of things need to be done, both North and South, in order that people within civil society are protected, and a bill of rights will do that with people in the North. People have their own bill of rights down here. They are part of Europe. We are not. We could have gone along with it if we had not voted to come out of Europe through Brexit. The fact that we did come out not only raised the constitutional question but also raised what safeguards we have under the law with our human rights. A bill of rights would look after that.
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