Could rights-based safeguards make Stormont functional?
Author: Ulster University and Transitional Justice Initiative
One of the research questions of the Hub is what does a radically transformed future look like. And a united Ireland could well be a radically transformed future. So we are going to be discussing: How could how could minority and women’s rights be protected in a united Ireland? And this discussion about a united Ireland or a border poll is something that was brought much more into the public consciousness by the events of the Brexit referendum in 2016. TJI has been one of the institutions academically working on this and our work has been distinctive in that we have brought to the fore issues around equality and participation, in particular in these debates about border poll and unification.
In that spirit that we’ve brought together two wonderful panels of experts who have been contributing to these public debates over many years to look at the issues about minority rights and women’s rights.
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