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...change didn’t seem to be present. The Northern Ireland LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement struggled to gain traction and attention during the difficult years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In 1982 decriminalisation of same-sex relationships was achieved following a successful challenge through the European Court of Human Rights by Jeff Dudgeon, 15 years after...

...change in the status of Northern Ireland had failed. The justification republicans often stated was that ‘the people of Ireland had never consented to partition’. The referendum of 22 May 1998 changed this. The people of Ireland both North and South had voted for an agreement which recognised and re-legitimised the wishes of the people of Northern Ireland to remain...

...changed over time...Applying social work law with children and families: 2 Society’s influence - Social work practice does not exist in a vacuum – it is influenced and informed by wider social, political, economic and intellectual trends. It is important to have an awareness of historical trends and how they inform current social work practice. Examining the ways in...