Brexit ‘could undermine Good Friday deal’

Brexit could lead to a dilution of human rights protections in the North by undermining the Good Friday Agreement, a joint committee established under the peace accord to consider human rights issues on the island of Ireland has warned.

The committee, which consists of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, said that without the “urgent implementation of safeguarding measures”, Brexit risks causing a difference in rights protections on a North-South basis which is contrary to the Good Friday Agreement.

The policy statement, directed at both the British and Irish governments, outlines six requirements for the final EU withdrawal agreement to meet the obligations of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.