The General Scheme of the Protection of Human Life Bill During Pregnancy Bill 2013 was published last night. The General Scheme is not a draft Bill but it gives us a sense of the likely content of the Bill and of the rationale for the proposed provisions. This is a quick overview of some of(…)
This is a cross-post from Inherently Human: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Law and Sexuality. A great deal has been written about the recent developments in Irish abortion law. Most readers will know the basics. The Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, as interpreted in a case famously known as X, provides that a pregnancy may only(…)
In recent months, spurred on by the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in A, B & C, by the 2011 observations of the UN Committee Against Torture, and by Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review, we have seen a significant push towards legislation ‘for X‘. To this end, in February, Clare Daly TD introduced a(…)
As several newspapers have noted today, the UN Committee against Torture has released its Concluding Observations for Ireland (all documents are available here). This is the Committee’s response to Ireland’s first periodic report. Fiona detailed the core issues on which the Committee was expected to focus here. We hope to have fuller posts on some(…)
HRinI is delighted to welcome the second in a series of expert guest posts on the decision in A, B and C v. Ireland. This post is by Dr. Brenda Daly of the Socio-Legal Research Centre at Dublin City University. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in A, B & C(…)
While everybody at home was paying attention to the budget, the Irish Times reports that Strasbourg saw the opening day of A, B and C v. Ireland. The webcast of this morning’s hearing is here and Channel 4 News includes a short report including footage of today’s proceedings and an interview with Ruth Fletcher of Keele(…)
