Human Rights in Ireland welcomes this guest post from Dr Eimear Spain. Eimear in a lecturer in law in University of Limerick. Marie Fleming, her family and supporters were undoubtedly disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court this week when seven judges of the Supreme Court dismissed her appeal and ruled that there was(…)
On 29 April, Amnesty International Ireland and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway, will co-host a conference in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin 8. The purpose of the conference is to explore how to practically implement capacity legislation that is compliant with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,(…)
There will be a Day of Action on Tuesday, 23 April as part of the Campaign to End Institutional Living relating to the system of direct provision for asylum seekers in Ireland. This issue has been considered and discussed at great length on this blog (see all past posts on direct provision here). A large number of(…)
This post is cross-posted on the European Law Blog. Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its decision in the joined cases of Ring and Skouboe Werge (see judgment here). This ruling is particularly significant as it represents the first decision on the definition of disability under the Framework Directive on(…)
On last night’s Late Debate programme on Radio One (which you can listen back to here), Minister Kathleen Lynch was asked to comment on the publication of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill (from about minute 52 onwards). This Bill has been placed in the A list of legislative proposals and the government has stated that is(…)
Human Rights in Ireland welcomes this guest post from Prof. Brice Dickson and Prof. Colin Harvey , Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast. Advice on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, submitted to the Secretary of State by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in 2008, was roundly rejected by the(…)
The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at National University of Ireland, Galway will run a conference on the 3rd of May 2013. The title of the conference will be ‘Community Living for all’ – A Conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People(…)
Last week the European Court of Human Rights published its decision in the case of Lashin v Russia. This judgment is one of a series of recent decisions from the Court which address issues of denial of legal capacity and loss of liberty through detention which was consented to by a guardian (see for example(…)
Last week, the US Senate failed to reach the two-thirds majority required on a motion to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). You can view footage of the senate debate and vote here. Lawrence O’Donnell pronounced this a ‘day of shame’ for the US Senate, and many commentators,(…)
Human Rights in Ireland is pleased to welcome this guest post from Rosalind McKenna, Human Rights in Ireland Coordinator, Amnesty International Ireland as part of Human Rights Week 2012. Twenty-three years have passed since Ireland became Party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Twenty three years of successive governments failing to(…)
