http://rightsmonitor.org Monitoring Ireland’s human rights obligations Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:51:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Speaking at a major international conference in Dublin today, UN Human Rights Committee member Professor Michael O’Flaherty has decried what he described as the “scandal” of the government having made deep cuts to the budgets of bodies including the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) and the Equality Authority, only weeks ... http://rightsmonitor.org/un-expert-decries-%e2%80%9cscandal%e2%80%9d-of-cuts-to-equality-and-rights On Monday 6 April 2009 the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, FLAC (The Free Legal Advice Centres) and Irish Penal Reform Trust will host a panel of top UN human rights experts to highlight the Government’s responsibility to protect the rights of the most vulnerable people in Ireland. Implementing Human Rights ... http://rightsmonitor.org/un-experts-to-explore-human-rights-challenges-in-post-tiger-ireland The full programme is now available for the ICCL/ FLAC/ IPRT conference Implementing Human Rights in a Time of Change: Facing Up to Challenges under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), taking place on 6 April 2009 in the Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Please click ... http://rightsmonitor.org/april-6th-conference-programme-published Next Monday (6 April 2009) a panel of top UN human rights experts will visit Dublin to highlight the Government’s responsibility to protect the rights of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Ireland. Speaking on the eve of budget day, UN Human Rights Committee members Judge Elizabeth Palm and Professor ... http://rightsmonitor.org/top-un-experts-to-highlight-threats-to-rights-in-post-tiger-ireland In July 2008, Ireland was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee under the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). As a result, the Committee produced its observations and recommendations as to how Ireland should best progress the developments already made to further the civil and political ... http://rightsmonitor.org/flac-iccl-and-iprt-to-host-iccpr-follow-up-conference-6-april-2009 Today the UN Human Rights Committee has issued its Concluding Observations (recommendations) following its recent examination of Ireland’s human rights record in Geneva.  Among these very detailed recommendations, the Committee has taken up the concerns about prison policy and prison conditions set out in the NGO Shadow Report which was ... http://rightsmonitor.org/un-committee-upholds-iprt-concerns-and-makes-extensive-recommendations-on-prison-policy-and-conditions FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has welcomed the concluding observations of the UN Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. According to FLAC’s director Noeline Blackwell “The Committee’s observations are welcome as an objective and expert assessment of progress in implementing human rights ... http://rightsmonitor.org/welcome-for-un-bodys-concluding-comments-on-irish-report 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 ... http://rightsmonitor.org/un-human-rights-experts-uphold-irish-ngo-concerns-at-irish-human-rights-record 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 ... http://rightsmonitor.org/shadow-report-and-un-examination-continue-to-get-wide-news-coverage The UN made available a press release on the weekend in which preliminary observations on Ireland's examination last week by the Human Rights Committee were laid out as follows: Preliminary Concluding Observations RAFAEL RIVAS POSADA, Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee, in preliminary concluding observations, highlighted that a number of ... http://rightsmonitor.org/un-releases-preliminary-concluding-observations-on-ireland-in-press-release