Rights Monitor brings you up-to-date news about human rights on the international stage, brought to you by three Ireland-based NGOs: Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), and the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT).
Dublin, 24 July 2008
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s Concluding Observations on Ireland, released today following the State’s examination in Geneva last week [Download here]. The Committee’s list of concerns catalogues Ireland’s failure to uphold human rights guarantees under the International Covenant on Civil and Political [...]
Our Shadow Report, launched last week by Justice Michael Kirby has continued to receive wide coverage in the Irish broadcast and print media, as has Ireland’s examination by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. Please see the links below for a selection of the coverage. We have now also made available for download interviews [...]
