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Title page

Contents

Summary 5

1. A short history of Ireland 6

1.1. Home Rule 6

1.2. Devolution and Dominion 6

1.3. The Troubles and the peace process 7

1.4. Reaching an agreement 8

2. The Agreement - a textual analysis 12

2.1. Declaration of Support 12

2.2. Constitutional Issues 12

2.3. Annex A: Draft clauses/schedules for incorporation in British legislation 15

2.4. Annex B: Irish government draft legislation to amend the constitution 16

2.5. Strand One: Democratic institutions in Northern Ireland 17

2.6. Strand Two: North/South Ministerial Council 20

2.7. Strand Three: British-Irish Council 22

2.8. Rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity 24

2.9. Rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity 26

2.10. Decommissioning 26

2.11. Security 27

2.12. Policing and justice 28

2.13. Prisoners 29

2.14. Validation, implementation and review 30

2.15. Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland 31

2.16. Referendums 32

2.17. Assembly elections 33

2.18. Further negotiations 33

2.19. The Agreement takes effect 34

2.20. Legal status of the Agreement 34

3. Evolution of the Agreement 35

3.1. Talks on decommissioning 35

3.2. St Andrews Agreement, 2006 37

3.3. Hillsborough Castle Agreement, 2010 39

3.4. Stormont House Agreement, 2014 40

3.5. A Fresh Start 41

3.6. Collapse of institutions, 2017-20 42

3.7. New Decade, New Approach 44

4. Brexit and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 47

4.1. The "Irish trilemma" 48

4.2. The "New" Protocol 50

4.3. Internal Market Act 2020 52

4.4. Legal challenges to the Protocol 53

4.5. The Windsor Framework and the "Stormont Brake" 55

5. Reforming the Agreement? 57

6. Events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Agreement 60

6.1. UK government events 61

6.2. Northern Ireland Assembly events 61

6.3. Ireland government events 62

7. Further reading 64

Tables

Table 1. Assembly suspensions 38