In the 1990s, as the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were working together on a Northern Ireland peace process, the European Union was coming into effect. The associated opening of borders and free movement of both people and goods was instrumental to the peace process. At the time, no one dreamt that the United Kingdom would withdraw from the European Union.
The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is one of the key issues currently under negotiation between London and Brussels amid Brexit talks. The dairy industry, for example, is heavily integrated across both the United Kingdom and Ireland. As a possible solution, the European Union has suggested carving out Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom. This, however, would result in a fractured United Kingdom.
In this video, Colm O'Cinneide, a professor of constitutional and human rights law at University College London (UCL) explains how the decisions made regarding the Irish Border could have major economic, political and social impacts for both nations.
O’Cinneide explores this idea further in his contribution to Complexity’s Embrace: The International Law Implications of Brexit, a recent book published by CIGI and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). Complexity’s Embrace looks at the legal governance challenges presented by the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union and illustrates the many connective elements across five topic areas: trade, financial services, intellectual property, the environment and human rights.
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