Specialist in human rights and equality law and researcher on judicial activism. Professor Emeritus at Queen's University Belfast.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined April 2012
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Delighted to see this now published.
Authored by experts in the law of #NorthernIreland, this book is based on archival research, statistical and qualitative case analyses, court observations, and exclusive interviews with senior judges. @ConorMcCormick @dickson_b
Publishing #OpenAccess: ow.ly/TR6850TSwGo
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My @allianceparty colleagues & I called w/ Mr Akyol, owner of the Sahara Shisha Cafe on Botanic Avenue today, to show our support and solidarity following the attack on his business ydy by thugs.
Was delighted to see it not only open but filled with customers 🙌❤️
ALT Paula with Micky, Marty and the owner of the cafe
ALT Photo of some coffee cups and pastries
Attended a wonderful presentation by Horia Mosadiq at QUB's Human Rights Centre today. She is so convincing on the need to call out the Taliban for their gender apartheid. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Edinburgh to be 1st Scottish city to ban pavement parking - BBC News Good to see Edinburgh making progress on pavement parking ban - it’s taken years to work through the details there, the sooner we start the process in Belfast the better #pavements4people bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e…
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SEN Reform NI has sent this email to EA Senior Leaders, media, DoE & MLAs. Also enclosed was lived experiences of our members, which were quite frankly heartbreaking. We are calling upon the recipients to step up in relation to the crisis affecting our children.
#educationforall
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BREAKING: Mauricio Pochettino has signed a contract to become the next Chelsea manager 🔵
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Not the usual polling day for me and mum this year but we took our obligatory Mother-Daughter photo as she’s still my biggest supporter and will be cheering me on at 10pm this evening when I’m on @bbctheview
Tune in to BBC 1 at 22:40 this for some musings about #LGE23 💛
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Outstanding @QUBHRC seminar today by @qubschooloflaw colleague Professor @dickson_b
Valuable insights into international human rights monitoring mechanisms.
ALT Professors Brice Dickson and Colin Harvey following a QUB seminar today.
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In NLJ this week, Brice Dickson @dickson_b of Queen’s University Belfast takes a look under the bonnet of the Supreme Court: newlawjournal.co.uk/content/…
Prof Brice Dickson: The UK's Engagement With International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms ukhumanrightsblog.com/2022/1… via @ukhumanrightsb – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
Great to see my son-in-law's new book publshed today. I'm sure it will be as fascinating and insightful as all his previous ones. Well done John! – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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What a very sad day for human rights in the UK. The government is proposing to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and replace it with a much weaker Bill of rights 2022: bills.parliament.uk/bills/32…. Such petty-mindedness.
Petition · Ban the sale of machetes · Change.org
A friend of mine has launched this petition after he was robbed at the point of a machete in London. change.org/p/ban-the-sale-of…
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What is the Good Friday Agreement? The New Decade, New Approach agreement? Why does Northern Ireland have obligatory power-sharing?
@dickson_b explains all in this post 👇
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It was lovely to have Lord Kerr’s family and so many of his friends at this event, even though invitations had to be limited because of Covid restrictions. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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The kind of abuse Colin has had to deal with is obnoxious. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Great to see the EHRLR starting up anew after Jonathan Cooper’s very sad and untimely demise. – at Belfast, Northern Ireland
This will be followed in April by the next issue of the journal.
We welcome submissions of all articles, case notes and book reviews. All enquiries should be sent to [email protected].
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We are delighted to announce our new General Editors are Kirsty Hughes (@DrKirstyHughes) Stevie Martin (@stevie_s_martin) and Stephanie Palmer (@Stephan79607769). They are honoured to continue the work of Jonathan Cooper OBE who was an inspiration to all who work in human rights.
