The "Cearte" Charter for Change Declaration

"Irish living in the North of Ireland are entitled to the same full national and democratic rights of Irish citizenship as Irish living elsewhere in Ireland. All the people living in the North of Ireland are entitled to receive full parity of esteem and equality of treatment with one another. "Delivering these fundamental rights is a prerequisite to, and is not dependent upon, any negotiated settlement. "This requires that the British government should act to ensure that these rights are embodied in specific measures of legislation and administration. "As an absolute minimum, the following need to be addressed immediately:

• An end to all emergency legislation
• Total reform of all aspects of the legal system, to include reform of the civil and criminal law, the judiciary, the conduct of the courts and the operation of the prison service.
• The establishment of an unarmed, accountable and representative police service that is acceptable to both nationalists and Unionists.
• An end to all forms of discrimination, and the introduction of explicit, time-bounded measures to redress existing inequalities.
• Equality for the Irish language and culture.
• Release of all political prisoners.

"For as long as the Irish people are governed without their consent within Britain, they are entitled to significant all-Ireland institutions with cooperative, harmonizing, executive and advisory powers. Specifically, the Irish government must be guaranteed a role in all legislative and executive decisions affecting the lives of the people living in the North of Ireland.

These all-Ireland institutions should encourage the coming together of North and South and bring about practical cooperations in all spheres.

"The British and Irish governments should encourage the coming together of the people of Ireland and should actively promote the early ending of partition."