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MAGINNESS WELCOMES BILL OF RIGHTS PRESENTATION SDLP Justice Spokesperson Alban Maginness MLA has welcomed the handing over of the Human Rights Commission’s advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, SDLP Justice Spokesperson Alban Maginness stated: “The SDLP wants to see a comprehensive and progressive Bill of Rights setting out the principles that should underpin the new society we are trying to build and help to ensure that the violence of the past is never repeated and that the division of the present is overcome. Ten years after the Good Friday Agreement, we believe it is high time the commitment to a Bill of Rights was honoured. Today is a welcome step on that journey. Northern Ireland is a divided society coming out of violent sectarian conflict. It is therefore unique within these islands in its history and in terms of current challenges and should have a bill of rights that acknowledges and reflects that just as the Good Friday Agreement intended. The SDLP believes that the conflict pervaded many aspects of our lives. We also believe that a bill of rights can create some common ground in our divided society – principles upon which we can agree despite our differences. On such common ground we can build a shared future.” |
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