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Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-09-19): Keynote speech 24 November 2018 - [...] The involvement of the public in the criminal process in the United Kingdom 24 October 2018 - [...] Lady Hale at the Constitutional Law Summer School, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2019-06-11): ARTICLE 8 1 The Irish language as the national language is the first official language. [...] Irish language 8.1, 8.3 islands 2 judges appointment 35.1, 36 declaration 34.6 [...] Irish, first official language 8.1, 8.3 laws, translation of 25.4.4° laws agreements, international 29.6 area and extent of application of 3.1
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2019-02-26): Please submit any comments to CPRCRollingConsultations@justice.gov.uk by 23 May 2022.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-09-12): This created considerable difficulties for the government, particularly with the Democratic Unionist Party on which the government depended on for votes. [...] - ^ a b "Brexit: Legal advice warns of Irish border 'stalemate'". BBC News. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018. [...] - ^ "Northern Ireland Protocol: The Windsor Framework" (PDF). House of Commons Library. March 2023.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2018-10-25): The Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons for the first time in more than a century this afternoon. Welsh MP Liz Saville-Roberts spoke in Irish during a debate on the introduction of an Irish Language Act in Northern Ireland. [...] The last recorded use of Irish in the House of Commons was by Thomas O'Donnell, an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for West Kerry, in February 1901.
Claim: The first time the Irish language was spoken in the House of Commons was 24 October 2018. (Liz Saville Roberts, 2018-10-24)
Evidence (2024-10-07): In late October 2018, the National Audit Office claimed that it was already too late to prepare the necessary Irish border security checks in the event of a No-deal scenario—a weakness that could be exploited by criminals.[318] [...] - ^ Irish warn Theresa May: change course or risk Brexit chaos The Observer. 25 November 2017. - ^ Rob Merrick (24 October 2018). "It's too late to prepare UK borders for no deal Brexit National Audit Office tells Theresa May". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2019-11-20): Northern Ireland has the second highest rate (0.53) of female intentional homicide victims by intimate partner, per 100,000 inhabitants, in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG (given the lack of definition of “Western Europe”) and the regions covered by the data published by Eurostat.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-03-08): In short – it’s complicated. The last data which compares gender-based violence rates in Europe dates back to 2018. The next cross border report will only be published in 2024. [...] Greece had the highest increase in femicides in 2021 with an increase 187.5% from eight incidents in 2020 to 23 registered incidents in 2021. [...] So far only two countries in Europe, Cyprus and Malta, have decided that femicide should be recognised as a crime in its own right.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-06-14): Compared to the global level, where the female homicide victimization rate is as high as 2.2 per 100,000 (UNODC, 2023), female victimization rates in contemporary Europe are low to very low. Hence, taken together, globally speaking, these rates all lie relatively close together, which can be attributed to the fact that all are highly developed countries with high levels of gender equality, high GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita, and low levels of income inequality. When zooming in on individual differences, we found that in Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, annual rates hover around 0.5 per 100,000; in France, it is 0.68 per 100,000 (0.62 in 2021). Finland appears to be an exception to this rule, with about twice that rate (0.99 per 100,000). One of the reasons why the rates of female homicide victimization in the first four countries are similar could be found in the fact that these countries are so-called early bird countries. As explained by Corradi and Stöckl (2014), these European countries developed governmental action against domestic violence since the mid-1970s to early 1980s. [...] It should be noted that the relative stability of female homicide victimization may be unique to Northern and Western Europe, since recent reports from Southern Europe, in particular in Greece, report the annual number of female victims to rise in recent years, possibly due to recent financial crises, combined with increased alcohol and drug consumption due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Karakasi et al., 2022).
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-08): The head of Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid has hit out at the "shocking" levels of femicide in Northern Ireland after a fourth woman was murdered in the last six weeks. Mary Ward, a 22-year-old mother of one, was found dead in her south Belfast home on Tuesday October 1, the 24th woman killed in the north since 2020 according to the charity. [...] Kelly Andrews, CEO of Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, described the latest murder and the number of women killed here recently as "shocking".
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Following the contribution of new data, on the basis of the first data source, the total number of femicides from 2010 to 2021 in the 20 countries providing data is estimated at 3232 – but no data is available for eight EU member states (Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, Portugal, Ireland, Romania). However, the above figure is a sign of serious indications of underreporting by the police authorities. This is because, at the same time, Eurostat data shows 6593 intentional homicides of women in Europe between 2011-2021, including 4208 by partners and 2385 by relatives (these figures concern these 20 countries: Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden). [...] Greece had the highest increase in femicides in 2021 with an increase of 187.5%, from 8 incidents in 2020 to 23 in 2021. Sweden also took a "leap" with a 120% increase in femicides in 2018 compared to 2017, while Estonia and Slovenia saw a 100% increase in 2015 and 2020 respectively. Comparing data for the two-year pandemic period with 2019 shows that Greece, Slovenia, Germany and Italy saw a significant increase in femicides.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-06-10): These names are just three on a list of 20 women who have been murdered or allegedly murdered in Northern Ireland since 2020. According to a study by Eurostat, Northern Ireland has the third highest femicide rate in Europe. Compared to the rest of the UK, women are twice as likely to be murdered in NI as a result of domestic violence.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Sixth violent death of an NI woman in five months: How society has failed women like Mary Ward [...] Northern Ireland is a dangerous place to be a woman — a fact underlined by a series of harrowing recent headlines. [...] Sixth violent death of an NI woman in five months: How society has failed women like Mary Ward 2
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2019-09-06): Homicides by intimate partners are overwhelmingly committed by men against women. According to the most recent figures of such murders, the French rate is far from the highest in the EU. [...] According to Sonya McMullan from Woman's Aid Northern Ireland, "domestic violence is not going away and many women lose their lives every year". [...] The Baltic republics also have a high rate of femicide. Modesta Kairyte, a social activist for domestic violence who volunteers in victim support centres in Lithuania, said the "Soviet era has left some kind of trauma," but mostly the problem is down to attitudes in society.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-02-04): Femicide – the killing of women and girls because of their gender – has risen sharply in the North over the past decade; figures supplied to The Irish Times by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) show rates for female victims of "intentional homicide" by "intimate partners" have increased more than four-fold; from 0.11 per 100,000 of the female population in 2008 to 0.52 in 2021. [...] "It’s almost like a ‘tolerance’ for want of a better word for some femicides in Northern Ireland." [...] Fisher accepts "absolutely" that femicide rates are high in the North but insists the focus must be on "people, not statistics".
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2022-03-02): Northern Ireland has the second highest rate (0.53) of female intentional homicide victims by intimate partner, per 100,000 inhabitants, in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG (given the lack of definition of "Western Europe") and the regions covered by the data published by Eurostat. On 20 November 2019, Sorcha Eastwood, Alliance Party Westminster candidate for Lagan Valley, stated: "Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe per 100,000 in the population." [...] The femicide rate was highest in Finland (0.61). Northern Ireland had the second highest femicide rate in Western Europe, as defined by WEOG and the regions covered by the 2017 data published by Eurostat.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-12-06): Belgium‘s advancements are notable, with the introduction of the #StopFéminicide law, establishing it as the first European country with comprehensive legislation against femicide. With 24 femicides in 2023, Belgium’s law marks a milestone in legally recognising and combatting gender-based homicides. Belgium also stands out as a "commitment maker to the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Gender-based Violence," reflecting its dedication to this global challenge. [...] Despite leading the world in gender equality, Nordic countries exhibit the ‘Nordic paradox,’ with intimate partner violence (IPV) rates against women substantially higher than the EU average—32% in Denmark, 30% in Finland, 28% in Sweden, and 22.4% in Iceland, compared to the EU’s average of 22%. This incongruity highlights a critical area of social policy needing attention in regions otherwise known for progressive gender norms. [...] These snapshots from across Europe reflect not just the prevalence of violence against women but also the efforts being made to address it. From increased budgets and pioneering legislation to nationwide campaigns and comprehensive strategies, the message is clear: the fight against gender-based violence is intensifying, with nations committing resources and legislative power to safeguard women’s rights and well-being.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-12-04): Women in Northern Ireland are twice as likely to be murdered as a result of domestic violence than in the other UK nations. In some years, almost half of Northern Ireland murders are connected to domestic violence. In the 2022/23 year, of 17 homicides there were eight that resulted from domestic violence against women. Northern Ireland is also an outlier in international terms. While Finland has the highest rate of femicide by a partner, Northern Ireland is joint second with Hungary. (A report from Eurostat that found Northern Ireland and Romania to have the joint highest rate has been challenged by the PSNI as using a flawed calculation.) [...] There were eight of what are termed domestic abuse homicides recorded in the 2022/23 year in Northern Ireland, one of which was actually committed a few years before. In the previous years there were eight, nine, five, four and 11 homicides in each year. And that does not take into account suicides that followed from years of domestic abuse and coercive control – a point raised in a BBC documentary in recent days.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Gender based violence and violence in the home has increased steadily across the globe (Mital & Singh, 2020). NI has witnessed rising reported domestic abuse incidents year on year since 2004/5. Worringly, it has one of the highest rates of domestic abuse motivated femicide per capita, compared to the entirety of Western Europe (PSNI, 2022). The new Domestic Abuse Bill (DAFP) has introduced previously neglected criminalisation and litigative measures concerning aspects of domestic abuse, such as coercive control (DoJ, 2021). However, there is little research into the implementation of this new bill, either by tracking reported cases and/or exploring understandings of coercive control. Whilst Lagdon et al. (2022) found that public understanding of coercive control is lacking, there is limited research into understanding within statutory organisations and criminal justice authorities. This is significant given the ramifications miscomprehension may have on civil proceedings, and because coercive control is a risk factor for intimate partner homicide (Elliot, 2017).
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-07-26): Femicide is the murder of a woman because of their gender. We have reconstructed the incidence of femicide in Italy and Europe, notwithstanding the many difficulties in measuring the phenomenon. In Italy in 2022, women were the victims of 91 percent of homicides committed by family members, partners or former partners. [...] The European Institute for Gender Equality (Eige), the primary statistical reference for this subject, defines femicide as the murder of a woman because of her gender. This follows the definition provided by the UN Statistical Commission, and also adopted by Istat in Italy. [...] Gender-based violence and femicide is a complex and structural phenomenon that is particularly difficult to combat. There are minimal improvements over time, remaining almost unchanged compared to the parallel overall decline in violent acts and homicides in general, at least in the Western world. This is because it is a specific problem deeply rooted in patriarchal culture, which first and foremost requires an overturning of values. Education, inclusion of women in the workplace, better sharing of household duties: this is where prevention should start.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2019-09-04): In this ranking, France and Germany are far ahead of Romania (84 female deaths), the United Kingdom (70) or Italy (65). As the French 24-hour news channel BFMTV noted on its website, this figure is also related to the number of inhabitants in the country. Taking that into account, Romania has the highest percentage of femicides. There are 4.3 deaths of women by voluntary homicide per million inhabitants, followed by Hungary (4.2), Finland (3.6) and Germany (2.3). France ranks sixth with 1.8 murders of women per million inhabitants. [...] The case of Northern Ireland is a peculiar one. If we separate Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom, the number of femicides reaches a high level of 4.2 deaths per million inhabitants, or eight murders of women in 2017.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2019-09-03): The death of 21-year-old Salomé has been recorded as the 100th case of femicide this year. [...] In 2018, the ministry of the interior had recorded 121 femicides. On Sunday, the 101st case was recorded, that of a 92-year-old woman killed by her 94-year-old husband in southern France. In western Europe, France is said to be among the countries with the highest rate of women killed by their partner, with 0.18 victims per 100,000 women, according to 2017 Eurostat figures.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-01-24): Latvia ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, while North Macedonia harmonized its laws with the treaty. Croatia announced that femicide would be a separate offence. Switzerland adopted a consent-based definition of rape and the Netherlands marked progress towards adopting such a definition. Many countries, however, reported high figures for gender-based violence against women and girls against a backdrop of inadequate state actions to tackle it. Monitors in Albania, Austria, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Spain and Türkiye each reported dozens, if not hundreds, of femicides. The live-streaming of a killing in Bosnia and Herzegovina sparked protests, as did the mild punishment of a perpetrator in Bulgaria. [...] Governments must urgently combat all forms of gender-based violence and address their root causes.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2021-11-28): Northern Ireland is most dangerous place in Europe for women Stats show NI is most dangerous place on continent for women, with more domestic violence killings here per capita than anywhere else ... only Romania matches us [...] More women are murdered in Northern Ireland as a result of domestic violence than in any other part of western Europe per head of capita, frightening statistics have revealed.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2022-02-15): ‘Appalling’ murder rate of women in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland has the joint highest rate in Europe of women killed as a result of domestic violence but remains the only part of the UK which does not have a law criminalising the use of coercive control on a partner. [...] The most recent statistics show that Northern Ireland faces an endemic in relation to female murders, with more women per capita murdered in Northern Ireland as a result of domestic violence than any other part of western Europe. In Europe, the murder rate of women subjected to domestic violence is joint highest in Northern Ireland and Romania.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-12-07): The countries with most cases of femicide are spread far and wide. In Russia, El Salvador and South Africa the rate of femicide is more than 6 cases for every 100,000 women. In Honduras, it is 15 cases per 100,000 women. In western European countries the average rate is 0.4 victims of femicide for every 100,000 women annually. For a woman who lives in Honduras, then, the risk of being a victim of femicide, perpetrated by a partner or family member, is 40 times greater than that for a woman in western Europe. But this doesn’t mean that the data on Europe is in any way reassuring. [...] Excluding countries for which there is no available data, the map below shows the absolute figures for femicide in Europe. Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom have the highest numbers of cases. [...] The incidence at the national level can be grasped more precisely when considered in relation to the relevant population in each country (the number of femicides in proportion to the total female population). The graphic below shows the countries with the highest rates of femicide, and includes only the countries mapped by Eurostat. The worst situations are found in Montenegro, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Hungary, Bosnia and Croatia also have higher numbers than the European average.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Corrymeela, despite the end of the 30-year conflict and the lessening violence in N. Ireland, still provides support against sectarianism. Denise points out that our schools and history often remain divided. Thus, there is work to be done. There are binary narratives present, "us vs the other," that Corrymeela aims to eradicate. The impact of the conflict remains, as N. Ireland has the second highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (intentional homicides of women), tied with Romania. N. Ireland also has the highest rates of domestic abuse in the U.K. and Ireland. Denise states, "Murder is the result of something; it’s not the actual problem." She diagnoses the real issue as discrimination and oppression. Therefore, Denise’s responsibility is to support and bring visibility to issues to "move the needle forward."
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2023-03-26): According to Jayne Brady, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, "The gender playing field is far from level." Brady highlighted that women are still underrepresented in the science and technology sectors, and that Northern Ireland currently holds one of the highest rates of femicide in Western Europe.
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-09-02): Homicide rate in Europe 2022, by country In Europe, the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania had the highest and third highest homicide rates respectively in 2022. Latvia had the highest rate at over four per 100,000 inhabitants. Meanwhile, the lowest homicide rate was found in Liechtenstein, with zero murders
Claim: Northern Ireland has the highest rate of femicide in Western Europe (Sorcha Eastwood, 2019-11-20)
Evidence (2024-03-27): The briefs are the first in a series on neglected forms of violence and were developed as part of the UN Women-WHO Joint Programme on Violence against Women Data, through HRP. They are intended for use by researchers, national statistics offices, social care and welfare services and others involved in data collection on violence against women. Funding has been provided from the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Claim: Only the Green Party supported a proposal to establish an environmental protection agency (EPA), as part of the review of public administration (local government) in Northern Ireland. (Newton Emerson, 2020-01-20)
Evidence (2020-01-20): Alliance: see statements (Alliance Party manifesto (2003); David Ford MLA (2007)); written submission delivered Green Party: see statement (Green Party manifesto (2003)); oral submission delivered SDLP: see statements (SDLP manifesto (2003); Tommy Gallagher MLA (2007)); oral submission delivered Sinn Féin: see statement (Daithí McKay MLA (2007)) (no submission) UUP: see statement (Northern Ireland Assembly Official Report, 3.00pm, Mr Kennedy (2007)); written submission delivered