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| Plans for parades body outlined | Plans for parades body outlined |
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| A draft paper on a new body to deal with contentious parades in NI is expected to be published later. | A draft paper on a new body to deal with contentious parades in NI is expected to be published later. |
| Rights for marchers and residents will be safeguarded in the proposals. | Rights for marchers and residents will be safeguarded in the proposals. |
| Under a code of conduct, residents will have the right to live free from sectarian harassment while it will be illegal to block a lawful parade. | Under a code of conduct, residents will have the right to live free from sectarian harassment while it will be illegal to block a lawful parade. |
| Marchers and protesters will be expected to take part in dialogue and a refusal to do so will be taken into account by the new body. | Marchers and protesters will be expected to take part in dialogue and a refusal to do so will be taken into account by the new body. |
| A review of parading formed part of the Hillsborough Agreement. | |
| The DUP and Sinn Fein set up a six-strong group to work on the matter following the deal in January. | |
| Their brief was to propose a new and improved framework to rule on controversial marches, including a focus on local solutions, mediation and adjudication. | |
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| Under their plan a new body, to replace the Parades Commission, will be made up of 11 members split into two teams of five and a "substitute." | |
| It is believed members will be appointed by a four-person team from the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers. | It is believed members will be appointed by a four-person team from the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers. |
| It is expected to begin work in January 2012. | It is expected to begin work in January 2012. |
| If a five-person team is unable to agree on a particular issue, it will be referred to the full body of 11 with the possibility of a majority vote being accepted. | If a five-person team is unable to agree on a particular issue, it will be referred to the full body of 11 with the possibility of a majority vote being accepted. |
| However, all determinations will have to be transparent with reasons given for any decisions made. | However, all determinations will have to be transparent with reasons given for any decisions made. |
| Those applying for a parade or protest will have to show justifiable reason for their course of action and they will have to outline why they want to parade or protest. | Those applying for a parade or protest will have to show justifiable reason for their course of action and they will have to outline why they want to parade or protest. |
| Justice Minister David Ford will have the power to bring up the issue of parades and protests with the First and Deputy First Ministers. | Justice Minister David Ford will have the power to bring up the issue of parades and protests with the First and Deputy First Ministers. |
| Parading is a particularly contentious issue in Northern Ireland. | |
| Nationalist residents in mainly working-class areas like north Belfast and Portadown, County Armagh, oppose Orange Order processions in their areas because they view them as triumphalist. | |
| Members of the loyal orders accuse residents of going out of their way to be offended and maintain it is their traditional right to demonstrate on the streets. |