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The Commission conducts an annual review of human rights in the jurisdiction. The document addresses major civil, political, economic social and cultural issues and is designed to correlate with the Universal Period Review. The statement uses a traffic light system to classify the actions taken by or required from the United Kingdom Government, Northern Ireland Executive or relevant public authorities in response to the issues identified.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) 2023-24 Annual Report on the Implementation of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework.

The report outlines the Commissions’ views on the Government’s compliance with Article 2 and makes recommendations to ensure the continued protection and enhancement of human rights and equality standards in Northern Ireland.

This working paper provides an initial assessment by the Commissions of Protocol Article 2, how it is engaged and what rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity protections fall within its scope. While the focus of this paper is on the scope of Protocol Article 2, this is one strand of the wider work of the NIHRC and the ECNI under their respective mandates relating to the protection of human rights and equality in NI following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

The purpose of this Procurement Policy Note (PPN) is to mandate the actions that Departments must take to incorporate human rights considerations into contracts when conducting a procurement process.