The Delegation believes that there is a concerted attempt by the UK Government to unilaterally
dismantle the key human rights plank of the B/GFA, which is the foundation for peace in the region.
Such was their concern following the Zoom interviews, the Delegation visited NI between 28 Sep-
tember 2022 and 4 October 2022 on its fact-finding mission to talk to human rights organisations,
victims’ groups and trade unions to hear their concerns regarding the state of the peace process
and human rights. The Delegation also wished to consider the prospects for human rights being
implemented in the future in NI and planned its fact-finding mission around the ‘Ireland’s Future’
conference in Dublin on 1 October 2022.
The Delegation included prominent international lawyers from the European Lawyers for Democracy
and Human Rights (‘ELDH’) and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (‘IADL’). They
undertook the fact-finding work pro bono and travelled to NI at their own expense without external
funding or party-political affiliation. The majority of members of the Delegation were from the ELDH.