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The "Reservations Dialogue" as a constitution-making process
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2013)The article proposes a new reading of the reservations regime to human rights treaties. The practice developed by states in relation to the reservations regime is analysed and presented as a constitution-making process. ... -
Retaliation and Reprisal, forthcoming in Marc Weller (ed.), Oxford Handbook on the Use of Force, Oxford University Press (2013)
(2015-04-17)This book chapter explores the evolution of the law on the use of force as it relates to armed reprisals and retaliation, particularly since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations in 1945. While the preponderance ... -
Rethinking human rights and culture through female genital surgeries
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015-02)The article revisits the relationship between culture and human rights through the analysis of one traditionally condemned cultural practice known in human rights law as female genital mutilation. The analysis draws on ... -
Revisiting the reservations dialogue: negotiating diversity while preserving universality through human rights law
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Rights-based policing: How do we get there?: A submission by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to the Commission on the Future of Policing
(Irish Council for Civil Liberties, 2018-01)[No abstract available] -
Selective Conscientious Objection in International Law: Refusing to Participate in a Specific Armed Conflict
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Shadow report submitted in response to Ireland's Joint 5th to 9th Periodic Report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, School of Law, National University of Ireland Galway, 2019-11-04)The Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway is Ireland’s principal academic human rights centre. The ICHR undertakes human rights teaching, research, publications ... -
State involvement in the Magdalene Laundries: Justice for Magdalenes principal submissions to the inter-departmental committee to establish the facts of state involvement with the Magdalene laundries
(Justice for Magdalenes, 2012)The Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) group submitted “State Involvement with the Magdalene Laundries,” the group’s principal submission, to the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with ... -
State must allow institutionalised people access to personal files
(Irish Times, 2019-01-08)his year, politicians must do what is right by survivors and family members of deceased victims of all forms of so-called historical abuse in Ireland. It is a milestone year. The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of ... -
Submission to the Joint Committee on Climate Action for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: A legislative ban on importing fracked gas
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-11-11)[No abstract available] -
Submission to the Office of the Ombudsman regarding its investigation into the administration of the Magdalene ex gratia scheme
(Justice for Magdalenes Research, 2017-02-16)[No abstract available] -
Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills on the provisions of the Retention of Records Bill 2019
(Justice for Magdalenes Research, 2019-11-13)Summary of Submission: List of Findings and Recommendations We welcome this consultation on the Retention of Records Bill 2019.1 We are grateful for the opportunity to make a submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee ... -
Submission to the Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee, on the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Bill
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-10-01)[No abstract available] -
Submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture for the list of issues prior to reporting in respect of Ireland for the 69th Session (April May 2020)
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, 2020-01)The Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway is Ireland’s principal academic human rights institute. The ICHR undertakes human rights teaching, research, publications ... -
Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for the list of issues prior to reporting in respect of Ireland for the 130th Session (October - November 2020)
(Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, 2020-08)The Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) at the School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway is Ireland’s principal academic human rights institute. The ICHR undertakes human rights teaching, research, publications ... -
Suu Kyi has made herself the face of a murderous regime
(Business Post, 2019-12-15)The Gambia is bringing the case to the International Court of Justice to stop what it sees as genocide and to get a preliminary finding on the issue. The case is the first international attempt to make Myanmar accountable ... -
Truth commissions, the European Union and reparations from business
(British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2012-01)Truth and reconciliation commissions are an increasingly common mechanism used in post-conflict or transitional societies. These commissions might act as means of accountability, establish a record of past events, help ...