We are delighted to host this post by Fergal Mawe of Ceartas. Fergal is Co-Director of Ceartas - Irish Lawyers for Human Rights and works for the Legal Industrial Relations and Equality section of the Irish National Teachers Organisation. Previously he has worked against child trafficking in the Philippines and in private practice with McCarthy Looby & Co(…)
Human Rights in Ireland welcomes this guest post from Samantha Arnold. Samantha is the Children’s and Young Persons’ Office at the Irish Refugee Council. She is the manager of the Independent Advocacy Pilot, a pilot that provides one-to-one support for separated children seeking asylum. Click here to get involved or to attend an upcoming charity(…)
Over recent weeks, the issue of direct provision has been raised on several occasions within and outside the Irish Parliament (see here, here and here). Breda O’Brien’s excellent article in Saturday’s Irish Times and a letter by a practicing Cork based GP in today’s Irish Times add further weight to the calls (since 2001) for a fundamental reform of this punitive(…)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty that seeks to set down the rights that all children enjoy regardless of their colour, creed, race, ethnicity, political opinion, gender, gender identity, sexuality, nationality or legal status in the country. The CRC has been ratified by every state in the world, with the exception of(…)
The last week or so has been significant from the perspective of LGBT rights in Ireland in respect of employment equality and marriage equality. In both areas legislative change to remove clear inequalities has been proposed over the past week and, in the case of marriage equality, the attention of the Constitutional Convention has been(…)
We are delighted to welcome this second cross-post by Dr Shane Darcy from the Business and Human Rights in Ireland Blog. The Business and Human Rights in Ireland Blog is dedicated to tracking and analysing developments relating to business and human rights in Ireland. It aims to address legal and policy issues, as well as highlighting human rights(…)
The auguries for “Marching Season” in Northern Ireland look bleak. Months of loyalist protests against Belfast City Council’s decision to restrict the flying of the Union Flag are fuelling tensions. Naomi Long, the Alliance MP for East Belfast (who has been at the centre of the storm since her Party backed the current arrangements regarding(…)
We are delighted to welcome this cross-post by Dr Shane Darcy from the Business and Human Rights in Ireland Blog. The Business and Human Rights in Ireland Blog is dedicated to tracking and analysing developments relating to business and human rights in Ireland. It aims to address legal and policy issues, as well as highlighting human(…)
On Saturday, 2 March 2013 the Department of Justice and Equality hosted a seminar on Constitutional Reform in relation to the Courts in Ireland. While the need for such reform is quite clear, it is surprising that there is not a similar impetus to ensure access to justice for all in Ireland. The Programme for(…)
SIPTU Equality is hosting a series of events in Liberty Hall to mark International Women’s Weekend 2013. Friday, 8th March Ceremony to Launch the Irish Women Workers Union Commemorative Plaque on Liberty Hall – Beresford Place, Dublin 1, at 5.00 p.m. All welcome. Following the plaque launch, the International Women’s Day 2013 Celebration will be(…)
