The Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway is pleased to announce details of their Summer School programmes for 2013. 2013 Summer School Programmes at the Irish Centre for Human Rights Summer School on Human Rights, Migration and Globalization 8 to 12 July 2013, NUI, Galway The Irish Centre for(…)
The IMF in the past was somewhat infamous for its distancing of international human rights law. For years and years, it saw itself as sealed off from the content of human rights treaties. Indeed there have even been more extreme claims to say that the Articles of Agreement of the IMF free the organisation from the(…)
UNHCR Ireland invites applications for a six month full-time Protection Internship. Closing date for applications is 29 May 2013. Full particulars of this internship opportunity are available here.
UCD Human Rights Network will be hosting its inaugural International Human Rights Summer School from the 28th to 26th June 2013. The summer school will provide participants with an overview of key issues in international human rights. Summer school faculty from UCD Human Rights Network are renowned experts in their fields and will deliver sessions(…)
On Saturday, 29 June 2013, UCD Human Rights Network will host a conference The ECHR and Ireland: 60 Years and Beyond in the Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 6. This conference will feature national and international experts on human rights law, and will be a forum for both reflecting on the impact of the European Convention on(…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest post by Dr Edward Kanterian, who is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Kent. This post is cross-posted with Verfassungsblog. Hungary’s political development under the Orbán government is by now a familiar topic. In April Barroso confirmed the European Commission’s concern that Hungary’s new constitution infringe EU(…)
This morning Hong Kong took a giant leap forward in protecting transgender rights in a judgment of the Court of Final Appeal which will allow a trans* woman to marry her partner. In a judgment that some Irish politicians could do well to take note of the Court concluded that in multicultural jurisdiction such as(…)
The School of Law, NUI Galway’s LLM in Public Law programme will host the 5th Annual Irish Society of Comparative Law Conference on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of May 2013. Over 50 legal academics and practitioners will present papers at the ISCL Annual Conference on the overarching theme of comparative public law. The Programme(…)
The use of informers has been criticised by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) recently. The GSOC is investigating claims that some members of the Gardai permitted the continuation of serious criminality in exchange for information on other criminal actors. As I’ve written before, the use of undercover police officers and informers is fraught with problems, in terms of the(…)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Ireland is seeking a motivated and flexible team player to fill the following vacancy. Associate Protection Officer (NOB/P2 equivalent) Under the supervision of the Head of Office and in close co-operation with other members of the team, the incumbent will perform the following duties
