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25/07/2003
Health care report addresses homosexuals
A new report is to be launched this weekend aimed at addressing health care issues for people in Northern Ireland who are homosexual.
Entitled 'Learning to Grow Up', the report, which is launched as part of Pride Week, will look at the multiple identities of young lesbians, gay men and bisexual people (LGB people) in the province.
The report highlights the difficulties faced by young LGB people because of their age and sexual orientation. It shows that young LGB people are often exposed to prejudice and to physical and emotional violence and as a result of these human rights abuses, they feel invisible and isolated.
In the report the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the British Medical Association are advised to draft a policy and code of practice protecting the right to privacy of young LGB people in Northern Ireland.
As recommended last year by the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child, a duty should also be imposed on the Department of Education and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to provide information and structures to support young LGB people in Northern Ireland.
The report has been written by Dr Christine Loudes, an Investigations Worker in the Human Rights Commission.
The current report is part of a much larger piece of work on multiple identities commissioned by the Joint Equality and Human Rights Forum, the body which represents the various statutory human rights and equality institutions throughout the UK and Ireland.
(MB)
Entitled 'Learning to Grow Up', the report, which is launched as part of Pride Week, will look at the multiple identities of young lesbians, gay men and bisexual people (LGB people) in the province.
The report highlights the difficulties faced by young LGB people because of their age and sexual orientation. It shows that young LGB people are often exposed to prejudice and to physical and emotional violence and as a result of these human rights abuses, they feel invisible and isolated.
In the report the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the British Medical Association are advised to draft a policy and code of practice protecting the right to privacy of young LGB people in Northern Ireland.
As recommended last year by the UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child, a duty should also be imposed on the Department of Education and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to provide information and structures to support young LGB people in Northern Ireland.
The report has been written by Dr Christine Loudes, an Investigations Worker in the Human Rights Commission.
The current report is part of a much larger piece of work on multiple identities commissioned by the Joint Equality and Human Rights Forum, the body which represents the various statutory human rights and equality institutions throughout the UK and Ireland.
(MB)
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Human rights central to citizenship - Minister
Human rights are central to citizenship and have an important role to play in moving Northern Ireland towards an equal, just and peaceful future. That was the message from Education Minister, Angela Smith, at today's cross-border conference on Human Rights Education in Dublin.
Human rights central to citizenship - Minister
Human rights are central to citizenship and have an important role to play in moving Northern Ireland towards an equal, just and peaceful future. That was the message from Education Minister, Angela Smith, at today's cross-border conference on Human Rights Education in Dublin.
13 November 2001
Commission calls for redress of older people’s rights
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) has published a report which identifies the rights of older people in Northern Ireland are being ignored.
Commission calls for redress of older people’s rights
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (HRC) has published a report which identifies the rights of older people in Northern Ireland are being ignored.
08 June 2005
Queen’s to debate future of Human Rights Commissions
The future of Human Rights Commissions in the UK and Ireland will be examined at Queen's University Belfast this week. The Human Rights Centre at the Queen's School of Law, in co-operation with the Faculty of Law, University of Bristol, will hold a half-day conference in Belfast on Friday on the role of both Commissions.
Queen’s to debate future of Human Rights Commissions
The future of Human Rights Commissions in the UK and Ireland will be examined at Queen's University Belfast this week. The Human Rights Centre at the Queen's School of Law, in co-operation with the Faculty of Law, University of Bristol, will hold a half-day conference in Belfast on Friday on the role of both Commissions.
04 September 2001
Provisional Bill of Rights is unveiled
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has published its provisional proposals for what should be contained in a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
Provisional Bill of Rights is unveiled
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has published its provisional proposals for what should be contained in a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
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