Please Join Us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Within the text of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement there is provision for engagement with civic society, intended to foster better understanding between communities and to act as a much-needed mechanism for broadening political engagement through a Civic Forum to promote participative democracy. The Civic Forum was a consultative mechanism on social, economic, and cultural issues […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Women made up just 10 per cent of the negotiation team in the all-party talks leading up to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, yet they wielded far greater influence than such a position would suggest. In this episode of Lost in Implementation Emma speaks with SDLP MLA Cara Hunter, Aoife Clements, Director at 50:50NI, and founding […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Human rights run like a thread through the Good Friday Agreement, including a right to Equality of Opportunity, but what does this aspiration mean in practice? And do the people of Northern Ireland really have equality of opportunity? Emma is joined by Women’s Sector Lobbyist Elaine Crory, and Shrapnel Podcast Host Sam McElwaine to discuss […]
Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Good Friday Agreement pledged “to facilitate and encourage integrated education” as an essential part of creating “a culture of tolerance at every level of society”. But most of the north’s schools remain split into two categories – Maintained which have links to the Catholic Church and mainly cater to Catholic pupils, and Controlled which are […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Join Emma in conversation with Daniel Holder, Director at the Committee on the Administration of Justice, to explore post-conflict and post-reform policing and justice in Northern Ireland. This episode examines the Agreement, asking whether it delivered transitional justice or a stopgap on legacy and the impact of the UK government’s Legacy Bill. The podcast on […]
Please join us on patreon.com/tortoiseshack The Good Friday Agreement sought to make real the concept of a rights-based society in Northern Ireland. Human rights commitments to be protected in legislation included the incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights, a Bill of Rights, a Single Equality Act, an Irish Language Act, and equality duties to be placed on public […]
Lost in implementation is a limited six-part series exploring the unfinished work of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. While focus for the 25th anniversary is on celebrating the glory days this podcast will be taking a harder look at the unimplemented aspirations of 1998. Hosted by writer and activist, Emma DeSouza and produced by the tortoise shack’s Tony Groves. Episode one […]