Posts tagged ‘Policing & justice’
Policing & justice: Back to normal
Monday, April 5th, 2010As Stormont prepares to control law and order, as was originally intended, agendaNi analyses justice devolution and the surrounding dispute. One of the early intelligence reports about Northern Ireland’s Troubles reportedly noted that both communities had long memories and short tempers. Both attitudes were clearly in evidence as the Assembly voted through its formal request for justice powers on 9 March. Historians, with long memories, will no doubt recall a precedent. Justice powers were not automatically granted to the first Northern Ireland Parliament, when it was formed in 1921;...[full story]
Policing & justice: The deal unpacked
Monday, March 8th, 2010agendaNi unpacks the Hillsborough Agreement and the early steps after its launch. Launched with less hype than its predecessors, the Hillsborough Agreement is the product of two weeks of gruelling negotiations in the castle, while the media mostly looked on from the wintry outside. This latest step in the political process is now public for anyone to read and comment on, although given the efforts which led to its creation, some have cast doubt on whether it will now be amended. Essentially, the four major subjects which feature highly in the agreement and its aftermath are: justice...[full story]
Policing & justice: Extradition
Friday, February 5th, 2010Ryan Jennings looks at how Northern Ireland fits into extradition within the UK as a whole and finds out which way the flow goes. Only the large and interesting extradition cases make the news and it would be easy to forget that it can take place without too many people noticing. For England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Extradition Act 2003 applies to all requests made to and by the jurisdiction. That act sets out a multilateral agreement among all EU members who recognise the European Arrest Warrant – finalised by the Council of Europe in June 2002, as well as 93 other countries...[full story]
