Bringing International Human Rights Home. A Civil Society Toolkit on...
This toolkit is aimed at civil society groupsand non-governmental organisations (NGOs)who intend to use international human rightsmonitoring at the United Nations (UN) in theiradvocacy and campaign...
View ArticleRights Watchdog Welcomes Europe’s “Firm Line” on Abortion Law Reform
Press release, for immediate release19 September 2011The Council of Europe has taken a firm line on the need for Ireland to take concrete action to implement last year’s decision on abortion by the...
View ArticleRights Groups Drape Giant “Save the Date” on Dublin’s Liberty Hall
Rights Groups Drape Giant “Save the Date” on Dublin’s Liberty HallPress release – for immediate release22 September 2011Dublin’s early-bird commuters witnessed a giant banner being unfurled on the...
View ArticleEU States Grill Shatter on Rights Gaps
Press release – for immediate releaseDublin and Geneva, 5 October 2011Minister for Justice Alan Shatter TD will face a jury of his peers tomorrow morning (6 October 2011) when he defends Ireland’s...
View ArticleShatter long on promises, short on detail at Ireland’s UN Rights Review
‘Your Rights Right Now’ Press release – for immediate releaseDublin and Geneva, 6 October 2011Minister for Justice Alan Shatter TD today answered a series of tough questions on the State’s human rights...
View ArticleState’s “Diligent” UN Rights Performance Marred by “Intransigence” on...
Press release – for immediate release Monday, 10 October 2011 Ireland’s independent rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the State’s “diligent” performance in its...
View ArticleIreland’s Rights Record under UN Spotlight
Ireland’s Rights Record under UN Spotlight Press release – Dublin and Geneva, Thursday, 15 March 2012 Ireland’s human rights record will come under intense scrutiny at the United Nations in Geneva...
View ArticleRights Groups say Government Must Act on UN Pledge
Rights Groups say Government Must Act on UN Pledge Press release – for immediate release – Dublin and Geneva, Thursday, 15 March 2012 Your Rights, Right Now, a coalition of 17 civil society...
View ArticleEnd "Catch 22" Approach to Implementing Human Rights Law says ICCL
Image: UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon addressing the UN Human Rights Council in March 2014 Press release, for immediate release Friday, 21 March 2014 Ireland's independent human rights watchdog, the...
View ArticleIreland's UPR Interim Report - End “Catch 22” Approach to Implementing Human...
Image: UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon addressing the UN Human Rights Council in March 2014 Press release, for immediate release Friday, 21 March 2014 Ireland's independent human rights watchdog, the...
View ArticleIreland’s New Government Faces Human Rights Grilling at UN
Ireland’s New Government Faces Human Rights Grilling at UN The searching human rights questions that Ireland’s new Government will face from other UN member States have been released at the United...
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Ireland's Human Rights Record is Under Review
This year, Ireland will undergo the second periodic examination of our human rights record under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a peer-to-peer review process in which...
View ArticleICCL Welcomes Government's UPR Rights Pledges
Press Release Friday 13 May 2016 Ireland's independent human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the significant pledges to improve human rights that have been...
View ArticleIreland Again Rejects UN's Recommendations on Abortion
‘Your Rights Right Now’ Press release – for immediate release Dublin and Geneva, 23 September 2016 Irish civil society groups will address the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today...
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