Understanding delegated legislation for Brexit and beyond
Grant: £91,188
November 13, 2017
There is set to be a gap in the legislative delivery of Brexit, namely poor understanding of delegated legislation among organisations whose interests Brexit-related delegated legislation will affect. This project addresses this gap by widening access to delegated legislation information and training from the Hansard Society.
The use of delegated legislation is central to the government’s plans for the legislative delivery of Brexit, as shown in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. Delegated legislation will be central to Brexit’s policy content. However, understanding of the delegated legislation process is low across all sectors of society. This is a significant barrier to business and civic engagement with the Brexit legislative process.
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The future of UK criminal justice – securing human rights post-Brexit
Grant: £45,353
November 13, 2017
This project will enable UK legal experts, with a long track-record of EU criminal justice experience, to remain engaged in the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP) in order to:
With a decade’s experience informing policy and defending fundamental rights in the UK and Europe, British LEAP members have an important role to play during Brexit negotiations and beyond, particularly as it is likely that on-going security co-operation across borders will make continued engagement with European counterparts essential.
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Ensuring a Human Rights-Compliant Brexit
Grant: £80,092
November 13, 2017
Liberty will undertake research, monitor actions of public officials, and produce expert publications targeted to audiences to provide robust and accurate information about the human rights implications of Brexit.
These publications will include:
These publications will focus on:
The project leverages Liberty’s expertise, supporting the work of other organisations working toward similar goals to educate parliamentarians and policymakers through briefings and media advocacy. Liberty will collaborate closely with AIUK and the Public Law Project (PLP), play an active role in the “Repeal Bill Alliance” hosted by Unlock Democracy, and participate in the forthcoming Bingham Centre Expert Working Group.
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Great Repeal Bill Co-ordination
Grant: £10,000
July 6, 2017
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Informing, equipping and coordinating civil society during the Brexit process
Grant: £150,000
July 5, 2017
Brexit will likely separate the UK from the underlying EU frameworks for established human rights and equality protections emanating from the UK’s membership of the EU. This raises particular questions in a Northern Ireland context where the peace settlement was underpinned by membership of the EU and the safeguards it provided.
Working though the Northern Ireland Human Rights Fund (NIHRF), with a particular focus on the work of the Human Rights Consortium (HRC), the project will focus on researching and highlighting existing EU human rights and equality protections that will be at risk of removal and the impact of such removal in NI.
The project will inform and seek to coordinate civil society organisations across all sectors to ensure greater civil society participation in the Brexit process and discussions from NI with GB, the ROI, and EU. The project will also support the work of other NIHRF grantees working together to address the Brexit challenges. This will include supporting the Committee for the Administration of Justice’s (CAJ) work with academic colleagues to understand the constitutional implications of Brexit and possible mitigation measures, and supporting the Public Interest Litigation Support Project’s (PILS) work providing legal analysis on specific issues identified by civil society members once Brexit negotiations have begun.
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Capacity building with civil society organisations in Scotland on Brexit and its implications
Grant: £104,504
July 5, 2017
This project will equip civil society organisations in Scotland with the requisite legal knowledge to actively engage with the political and legal process of the UK exiting the EU.
This joint venture between Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS; a network of Scottish civil society organisations) and Scottish Universities Legal Network for Europe (SULNE) will deliver a programme of events, trainings, briefings, and information alerts tailored to the needs of civil society organisations in Scotland.
By bringing together the civil society contacts, networking, capacity building and collaborative approach of HRCS, with the legal and educational expertise of SULNE and its capacity for knowledge generation, this project will empower the Scottish third sector to engage with the process of the “Great Repeal Bill” at Westminster and in Scotland and the wider Brexit discussions. The advice generated will be politically neutral and unbiased.
The project will:
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Brexit - Rule of Law
Grant: £60,000
June 21, 2017
Funding to support and enable PLP to engage constructively and effectively with imminent parliamentary law-making and law reform processes arising from Brexit (including, but not limited to, the Great Repeal Act (GRA)).
Whilst some funds may be used to support existing posts so as to create additional capacity within PLP to work on Brexit issues (particularly those of PLP’s lead lawyers) the substantial majority will be utilised to retain a consultant to provide PLP with immediate and ringfenced capacity to devote to the proactive development of its work programme relating to Brexit.
The work will facilitate PLP to:
This is part of a wider programme of work through which PLP intends to achieve its overall objective to promote and preserve the Rule of Law.
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Protecting and enhancing refugee rights in the Brexit process in Scotland
Grant: £45,000
June 21, 2017
Brexit presents a challenge to rights in the UK including refugee rights. Brexit could reduce the sources and safeguards of rights for refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. The process may not enable proper scrutiny by devolved parliaments and governments in the UK to guarantee rights in matters in their competence. And, Brexit creates democratic instability for devolved institutions and uncertainty and risk around the maintenance of rights.
However, Brexit is also a catalyst and opportunity for civic society to be proactive. And constitutionally and politically, Scotland is best placed to challenge any withdrawal of rights, mitigate them and progress them.
This project will aim to steer a clear path through all this. The project will produce a legal policy analysis report on refugee rights and core messages, tailored to different audiences included those affected, and shaped by an expert reference group. An advocacy strategy for the refugee and human rights sector will be developed and promoted. Overall the project will act as a model of intervention and challenge for civic society in other areas of human rights and social protections.
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A legal mapping and research project to produce a strong, non-partisan analysis of the legal implications of Brexit
Grant: £100,000
November 9, 2016
This project is to undertake legal mapping and research to produce a strong, non-partisan analysis of the legal implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, specifically from a human rights and equality perspective. The audience will be NGOs and charities in the rights and social welfare fields, Government bodies, the legal community, policy-makers and parliamentarians, and grassroots advice services.
There are swathes of legislation concerning human rights issues that will be affected either because the laws are reliant on the EC Act 1972, are contained in EU law with direct effect or because domestic law has been brought about as a result of EU requirements. The scope of this project will cover crucial rights including (but not limited to) equality, maternity rights, data protection, immigration, asylum, trade union protection, victims’ rights, freedom of movement and trafficking.
A docket of research documents around specific legal issues will be produced which will be shared with relevant organisations, as well as providing advice and information to the public and grassroots advice services.
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Implications of Brexit for Disability Rights
Grant: £9,750
November 9, 2016
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