Publications

Response to the Police (NI) Act 2000 temporary recruitment provisions

The Commission responded to the Northern Ireland Office proposal to end the so-called ‘50:50’ measures designed to increase Catholic representation in the Police Service.

• We acknowledged the progress made in securing Catholic participation in the police (now almost 30 per cent).
• We recommended the continuation of the special measures in respect of police support staff (where Catholics are still significantly under-represented.)
• We set out the international human rights standards that permit exceptional measures to be applied in addressing inequalities in public-sector employment.

temporary-police-recruitment-provisions-january-2011.pdf