A copy of the Alliance Manifesto can be found here…
Family
- Alliance’s key priorities include:
- Secure evidence-based, inclusive Relationship and Sexuality Education in Schools.
- Ensuring the introduction of online safety education within schools.
- There is nothing in the Alliance Manifesto that relates to gambling.
Justice
- Alliance’s key priorities include:
- Strengthen legislation on the hate crime through a Hate Crime Bill.
- Delivering the remaining Gillen Review recommendations.
- The Gillen review was a report carried out by Sir John Gillen following Jackson and Olding rape case, which made recommendations at how Northern Ireland deals with serious sexual offences.
- Remove the defense of Reasonable Chastisement
- Northern Ireland still allows the defence of ‘reasonable punishment’ for parents who physically punish their children.
- Continue to oppose the restrictive hostile environment policies.
- Implement a Refugee Integration Strategy.
- There is nothing in the Alliance Manifesto that relates to commercial sexual exploitation or human trafficking.
Life
- Alliance’s key priorities include:
- Creation of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland
- Incorporating the UN Convention of the Rights for Persons with disabilities into domestic law.
- Banning Conversion Therapy
- Guidance for schools on addressing prejudice and homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
- Developing a comprehensive Strategy for Transgender People, to ensure that the needs of transgender people are reflected in public services.
- There is nothing in the Alliance Manifesto that relates to abortion or assisted suicide.