Human Rights in Ireland is please to welcome this guest post from Dr Catherine O’Rourke, Transitional Justice Institute, School of Law, University of Ulster. The Transitional Justice Institute (TJI), University of Ulster, is pleased to announce the launch its innovative new masters programme, LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights. The new programme builds on both(…)
The Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) is hosting its 5th annual Summer School on Transitional Justice on the theme of: Gender, Conflict and UN Security Council Resolution 1325. The Summer School will be held from 25-29 June 2012 at the Jordanstown campus of the University of Ulster, located on the north shore of Belfast Lough, Northern(…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest contribution from Professor Fionnuala ní Aoláin, Associate Dean at University of Minnesota School of Law, Associate Director of the Transitional Justice Institute (UU) and former Commissioner on the Irish Human Rights Commission. Why the Appointment Process to the Irish Human Rights Commission Matters The Irish Human Rights Commission(…)
In an earlier post I gave some details of the composition of the current Irish Supreme Court and of the backgrounds of the four men tipped to fill the seat left vacant by Mr. Justice Kearns’ move to the Presidency of the High Court. Yesterday, a prominent senior counsel criticised the practice of indirect lobbying(…)
