In the aftermath of the Ferns, Ryan and Murphy Reports, the 400-page Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne into the handling of clerical child sex abuse in the primarily Co Cork Catholic diocese was published today. The period covered by the Cloyne investigation was from 1 January, 1996 (date of the(…)
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Committee Against Torture Observations Published.
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(…)
Weekend Reading: Human Rights Developments
This is a busy time of year for human rights reporting. In addition to those we have already highlighted, a number of important reports of interest to the wider Irish human rights community have been published recently: The Irish Report of the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty was published on May 17. It(…)
Still No Movement on the Children's Rights Constitutional Amendment
It is almost 3 months since the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children released its final report. As previously highlighted on this blog, this report followed 2 years, 62 Committee meetings, 2 other Committee reports and numerous milestones highlighting the precarious position of children’s rights in Irish society, including the publication of the Ryan(…)
Carr on the Constitutional Amendment and Children in Care
You can learn more about Nicola Carr on our guest contributors page. The case for an amendment to the Irish Constitution to specifically enumerate the rights of children has been well set out by a range of commentators over a period of time. The issues pertaining to children in care or those on the ‘edges(…)
Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2010
On Monday, the Children’s Rights Alliance launched its annual ‘report card‘. The report card examines whether the Government has honoured the promises it has made to children living in Ireland. These commitments are found in Social Partnership Agreement, Towards 2016; the Programme for Government 2007-2012 and the Renewed Programme for Government, 2009; the National Action(…)