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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 ... -
A human rights framework: Background Research for the Truth Recovery Design Process
(Truth Recovery Design Panel, 2021-09-27)[No abstract available] -
Mother and baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland: Truth, acknowledgement and accountability: Report of the Truth Recovery Design Panel for the Northern Ireland Executive
(Truth Recovery Design Panel, 2021-10)[No abstract available] -
Joint submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice regarding the General Data Protection Regulation
(Justice for Magdalenes Research, 2021-03-26)[No abstract available] -
Clann Project submission re consultation process on the development of an ex-gratia 'Restorative Recognition Scheme'
(Clann Project, 2021-03-31)[No abstract available] -
Joint submission to Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability and Integration re: General Scheme of a certain Institutional Burial (Authorised Interventions) Bill
(Justice for Magdalenes Research, 2021-02-26)[No abstract available] -
Assessing the long-term impact and legacy of truth commissions
(Intersentia Publishers, 2019-05)[No abstract available] -
Adoption Rights Alliance, JFM Research, Clann Project Briefing Notes re. the Final Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation
(Clann Project, 2021)On Tuesday 12 January 2021, the Irish Government will publish the Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (MBHCOI). The Government has stated that the Report is 3,000-4,000 pages long. We will be ... -
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 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] -
Human rights and smart economics: Mainstreaming gender in international trade policy
(UCD Law Review, 2009)At the time, the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing was applauded as a massive turning point for the status of women's human rights worldwide. Gender mainstreaming, established in the Beijing Platform for ... -
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 ... -
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] -
Opinion on the application of the Irish Constitution and EU General Data Protection Regulation to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 and the Government’s ‘Options for Consideration’
(Adoption Rights Alliance, Dublin, 2019-11-05)[No abstract available] -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Ireland’s experience of memorialisation in the context of serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law: A submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence
(Justice for Magdalenes Research, 2020-01-24)Background The systematic sexual, physical and emotional abuses which children experienced in Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools during the 20th century are discussed in the official report of the Commission ... -
Ireland's Magdalene laundries: Confronting a history not yet in the past
(Arlen House, 2016)On 19th February 2013, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste offered an emotional apology to women who had survived Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries – the infamous convents where over 10,000 girls and women were imprisoned and forced ... -
10 ways institutional abuse details are still being kept secret
(RTÉ Brainstorm, 2019-09-05)The Taoiseach has tonight issued an apology on behalf of the State and its citizens to the victims of child abuse. Mr. Ahern made the apology as he announced a package of measures to tackle such abuse. These include the ...