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<p>Clause 23 and Schedule 3 of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 provide for
certain changes to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 that will confer new statutory powers
on the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern
Ireland. Those new powers will allow the Commissions to monitor, report on and enforce
the Government’s commitment, as set out in Article 2(1) of the Northern Ireland/Ireland
Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement, that no diminution of certain rights, safeguards
and equality of opportunity set out in the Belfast (‘Good Friday’) Agreement results
from the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p>
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