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2 days ago · At present, the island is divided politically: the sovereign state of Ireland (legally described also as the Republic of Ireland) has jurisdiction over the majority of Ireland, while Northern Ireland, which lies entirely within (but consists of only 6 of 9 counties of) the Irish province of Ulster, is part of the United Kingdom. Achieving a ...
5 days ago · The report’s timing is deliberate; its publication comes two days before the UK government’s Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 – which will end all Troubles-era ...
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1 day ago · George III. George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector ...
- 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
5 days ago · The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights has launched a new report ‘Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict’. Following the introduction of the British Government’s Legacy Bill, the International Expert Panel on Impunity was convened by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the request of CAJ and the Pat Finucane Centre (PFC). […]
1 day ago · Since 1997, proportional representation -based voting systems have been adopted for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly, the London Assembly and (until Brexit in 2020) the UK's seats in the European Parliament. In these bodies, other parties have had success.
5 days ago · A report released today by a panel of international human rights experts concludes that the British government operated a “widespread, systematic, and systemic” practice of impunity to protect security forces from sanction during the conflict in Northern Ireland. The report, “Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict” was produced by an International Expert […]
4 days ago · George III is often remembered by non-specialists as the king who lost America, a view based partly on the language of the Declaration of Independence ('The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of absolute Tyranny over these States') and ...
