Given the present air of social discontent spreading across the world, it seems apt that this weekend’s suggested reading explores both the dimensions of social disorder and resistance and where commentators and academics fit in the quest for social and global justice. David Graeber‘s book “Direct Action: An Ethnography” reflects on this issue within the(…)
In the run up to the budget much attention has been give to the sharp rise in emigration rates – particularly amongst young people – after the Central Statistics Office announced that the number of people leaving Ireland had risen 81 per cent in four years. Outward migration is now at its highest level since(…)
The reopening of the Corrib pipeline application hearing today may raise uncomfortable questions regarding the ethics of governmental agreements with oil companies and the social responsibility of corporations. This will be the third attempt by Shell E & P (Ireland) to have their application for a planned undersea tunnel off the Co Mayo coast to(…)
HRinI would like to thank everyone who came along and contributed to our first birthday celebration yesterday. The seminar provided a highly interesting and stimulating debate on the dynamics of human rights ideology and practice. We were also thrilled by the great response from all our on-line listeners and hope that we were able to(…)
Marie Breen-Smyth is an Adjunct Professor at Smith College, Massachusetts, USA, Director of the Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Contemporary Political Violence at Aberystwyth University in the UK, and from February 2011 Professor of International Politics at the University of Surrey, UK. Teaching a fairly abstract and theoretical course on violence to doctoral(…)
HRinI is delighted to present this post by Patricia Lewsley, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People as part of our SCS on Children’s Rights. Find out more about Patricia on our Guest Contributors page. I am delighted to be taking part in this event on children’s rights in Ireland to share my thoughts(…)
HRinI is pleased to present this post by Jillian Van Turnhout, Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance as part of our SCS on Children’s Rights. Please read more about Jillian on our Guest Contributors page. It’s summer time; school is out and the sun is shining – on and off. For most of Ireland’s(…)
Interview with Emily Logan As part of the SCS on Children’s Rights, the Ombudsman for Children and Young People, Emily Logan, very kindly agreed to be interviewed by HRinI. Emily is at the forefront of debates on children’s rights and services in Ireland and has been a vocal propenent of a constitutional amendment relating to children’s rights.
HRinI is delighted to present the first Special Contributors Series on Children’s Rights. The SCS will host regular ‘post clusters’ on children’s rights, entitlements and services by both members of the HRinI team and specialists on these issues. The first SCS includes posts by Patricia Lewsley (Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People), Jillian Van Turnhout (Chief Executive of the(…)
HRinI is delighted to welcome this post from Prof. Bill Rolston of the University of Ulster (Jordanstown). Bill is a Professor of Sociology at the School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies and Director of the Transitional Justice Institute at UU. His research focuses on popular political culture and community and voluntary politics in Northern(…)
