Sinn Fein meet community activists on "Rights For All Charter"
Published: 26 June, 2006
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Sinn Féin have organised a Belfast-wide community consultation event titled
'Making Rights Real in a New Ireland', to discuss Sinn Fein's "Rights for All Charter"
discussion document, as well as to update interest groups from across
the city on the prospect of a Roundtable Forum on the north's Bill of
Rights getting underway in the Autumn period.
Former Lord Mayor of Belfast and South Belfast MLA, Alex Maskey addressed the conference alongside North Belfast MLA Kathy Stanton, and SF All Ireland affairs coordinator, Sean Oliver.
Commenting on the event, Maskey said:
"The vision of an Ireland that is at peace with itself and with our
nearest neighbours in Britain is a shared aspiration for most of the
people of Ireland.
"There are many different expressions of that ideal and decisions on the
constitutional, political, social and economic future of the island of
Ireland can only be arrived at through the most thorough and inclusive
dialogue, political discourse and negotiation by the people of Ireland.
"The 'Rights For All' document is a contribution to that discussion. This
draft paper sets out ideas that Sinn Féin believes to be essential human
rights that should be constitutionally enshrined in an Ireland of the
future.
"The Rights as outlined are not set in stone, but are drawn up as a basis
for consultation with the people of this island. Sinn Féin believes that
all of civic society should engage in this discussion to frame the New
Ireland that will emerge and to that end we aim to conduct as wide a
consultation as possible."
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