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On this page, you will find all the work we are doing on the international and regional governance issues that affect Northern Ireland. Aspects of the 'Brexit settlement' are addressed here, as is the UK's relationship with the ECHR, the WTO and other international organs.
Discussion Paper on the Common Travel Area.
We produced a discussion paper on the CTA, commissioned by the Joint Committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution, The Common Travel Area
Commentary: The Ireland/NI Protocol.
Our analysis of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, as attached to the Withdrawal Agreement.
Commentary on the Protocol on Ireland-NI Draft Withdrawal AgreementDownload
An updated version of this document has been submitted to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for their 'Implications of the EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Backstop for Northern Ireland' Inquiry.
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution, NI Governance
Constitutional Conundrums: Animations.
As part of the ESRC IAA funding we commissioned a variety of animations from creative collective Roots and Wings, centering on issues to do with the referendum, the Irish border, and the negotiations on Brexit. They can be seen below.
Ireland and the Backstop.
Prof. Aoife O'Donoghue was interviewed on Today FM regarding Ireland and the backstop on 28th January 2019.
Ireland and the backstop – Today FM – 28th January 2019
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution
Performing Identities: Post-Brexit Northern Ireland and the reshaping of 21st-Century Governance.
The Performing Identities project is being funded by the ESRC Governance After Brexit grant scheme. The project team will spend at least 16 months working on the a set of questions about the effects of Brexit on identity in Northern Ireland, along a new research assistant (Megan Armstrong) and in collaboration with Roots and Wings and the Human Rights Consortium.
Tagged: Identity, International Governance, NI Governance
Commentary on the Draft Withdrawal Agreement and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol (November 2018).
Our commentary on the Draft Withdrawal Agreement and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol as settled and released on 14th November 2018. This Briefing Paper was finalised on 16th November 2018.
Withdrawal Agreement BriefingDownload
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution, Rights
Policy Paper: Northern Ireland and the Brave New World of Brexit.
With October 2017 witnessing the beginning of consideration of amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill and the culmination of efforts to address aspects of Brexit affecting the island of Ireland in Phase 1 of the UK's withdrawal negotiations, this paper is intended to focus on some of the emerging issues for Northern Ireland as the contours of Brexit become increasingly defined.
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution, NI Governance, The Common Travel Area
A house of cards?
Blog post on UK Constitutional Law Blog by Mr. Colin Murray and Prof. Roger Masterman.
How the EU played a key role in smoothing relations between London and Dublin.
Mr. Colin Murray in the Conversation discussing the role of the EU in the Peace Process.
Tagged: Brexit, International Governance, NI Constitution, NI Governance, Rights
(c) Performing Identities, 2019.