Human Rights

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Irish Examiner view: State’s ongoing failure a scandal
Irish Examiner view: State’s ongoing failure a scandal
Disabled driving

Thu, 15 Jun, 2023

'Callous disregard for human life': Death penalty executions soar worldwide
'Callous disregard for human life': Death penalty executions soar worldwide
883 people known to have been executed across 20 countries in 2022, according to Amnesty — the highest figure globally since 2017

Tue, 16 May, 2023

Facial recognition technology
Sarah Harte: Fast-tracking facial recognition technology laws would be irresponsible
Introducing one of the most privacy-intrusive tools in policing needs careful scrutiny and a comprehensive public consultation

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

Fine Gael Ard Fheis
Fine Gael politicians ask Coveney to stop the reopening of Irish embassy in Iran 
A letter to Foreign Affairs Minister says reopening would be 'completely inappropriate' and 'in conflict with our stated objectives on our support for international human rights, women's rights, and the rule of law'

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

General Views Around Qatar During The FIFA Arab Cup 2021
How many migrant workers have died in Qatar? The human cost of the 2022 World Cup
The tournament has been dominated by off-field matters. Here, we look at the issues around the labour used to build the World Cup's infrastructure

Mon, 28 Nov, 2022

Joyce Fegan: Whose free speech are we paying attention to?
Joyce Fegan: Whose free speech are we paying attention to?
We know exactly what Fr Sheehy thinks about two people loving each other and we know what Elon dressed up for as Halloween, but have we paid these women and girls in Iran, who are risking it all to exercise their freedoms, as much attention or airtime?

Sun, 06 Nov, 2022

Campaigners demand 'the truth' about forced symphysiotomies
Campaigners demand 'the truth' about forced symphysiotomies
A landmark United Nations Human Rights Committee judgement which called for Ireland to launch criminal investigations into forced symphysiotomies is an important step towards truth for survivors, campaigners say.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2022

Bahraini Shiite demonstrators hold poste
Governments must protect the human rights defenders stuck in prison after sham trials 
Ireland needs to speak out on fair trials for human rights defenders such as Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, one of Bahrain's most high-profile prisoners

Tue, 14 Jun, 2022

Gardaí must prohibit racial profiling, says human rights watchdog
Gardaí must prohibit racial profiling, says human rights watchdog
Calls on the State to ensure that Garda powers are exercised in 'a consistent and unbiased way'

Mon, 13 Jun, 2022

Irish Examiner view: The road to Doha and beyond
Irish Examiner view: The road to Doha and beyond
World Cup draw last night answered most of our questions — but many remain

Sat, 02 Apr, 2022

Ireland 'failing to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and local authority tenants' 
Ireland 'failing to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and local authority tenants' 
European human rights watchdog found Ireland in breach of social charter over 'chronic failure' to provide sufficient accommodation for Travellers, and maintain adequate conditions of existing sites

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

GERMANY-SYRIA-JUSTICE-TRIAL-WARCRIMES
How a Syrian war criminal was brought to justice — in Germany
When refugees won historic convictions against the Syrian torture regime, they also opened a new front in the global fight for human rights, writes Alia Malek

Thu, 03 Feb, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Can the winter games be made glorious in the shadow of human rights questions and Covid restrictions?
Irish Examiner view: Can the winter games be made glorious in the shadow of human rights questions and Covid restrictions?
Competition at the Beijing Olympics commences today, two days ahead of the official opening, in the shadow of continuing questions on China's human rights record and stringent Covid-19 restrictions.  

Wed, 02 Feb, 2022

Terry Prone: The minister must apologise, and compensate the victims of thalidomide
Terry Prone: The minister must apologise, and compensate the victims of thalidomide
Finola Cassidy is right: Stephen Donnelly should meet the survivors, say sorry on behalf of the State, and ensure they are paid the compensation they are due

Mon, 17 Jan, 2022

CC CABINET MEETING
Legislation to be published today giving adoptees access to birth certs
Birth Information and Tracing Bill has been 'significantly' altered after more than 80 changes were recommended by Oireachtas committee

Wed, 12 Jan, 2022

Call to clarify when schools can refuse students on basis of religion 
Call to clarify when schools can refuse students on basis of religion 
Human rights watchdog also wants domestic workers to be defined as employees and protected under employment equality laws

Mon, 10 Jan, 2022

Afghanistan Crisis Appeal
Irish Examiner view: We can't look away from Afghan famine
Ireland cannot stand by as the benighted country risks tumbling into further crisis, with a million children at risk of starvation

Sat, 01 Jan, 2022

Graham Dwyer court case
Graham Dwyer's conviction 'certainly looking more dubious'
Legal advice 'definitely favours' Dwyer in his efforts to overturn his conviction for the murder of Elaine O'Hara

Fri, 19 Nov, 2021

Ireland Votes In Favour of Law Reform In Abortion Referendum
UN urged to hold Ireland to account for 'violating human rights of abortion seekers'
Submission by three groups comes ahead of a universal periodic review of human rights in Ireland by the UN on Wednesday

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021

Surrogacy stories: 'Our children are denied equal rights due to the way they were born'
Surrogacy stories: 'Our children are denied equal rights due to the way they were born'
Cork mother speaks out about the legal limbo hundreds of Irish families are in, and the need to change the law on surrogacy

Sun, 07 Nov, 2021

US Abortion
Gerrymandering is secret weapon for US anti-abortion movement
The majority of Americans support legal abortion, however, redistricting has allowed extremism to flourish without fear of repercussion, writes Meaghan Winter

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021

Advocates call for laws against Irish firms linked to rights abuses abroad
Advocates call for laws against Irish firms linked to rights abuses abroad
Irish Coalition on Business and Human Rights says those damaged by the actions of Irish based firms should be able to sue them in Ireland

Tue, 26 Oct, 2021

SAFRICA-POLITICS-HEALTH-VIRUS-VACCINE-DEMONSTRATION
Amnesty slams pharmas over 'unprecedented human rights crisis' of vaccine inequality
Amnesty International has criticised AstraZeneca, BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer for refusing to participate in initiatives aimed at boosting global vaccine supply

Wed, 22 Sep, 2021

Garda HQ rebuffs charges of racism in IHREC report
Garda HQ rebuffs charges of racism in IHREC report
Responding to human rights advocacy group, gardaí enumerate measures they have taken to tackle potential prejudice, and encourage diversity

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

Michael Clifford: Osgur Breatnach's dogged 45-year search for justice
Michael Clifford: Osgur Breatnach's dogged 45-year search for justice
Osgur Breatnach was wrongly arrested and convicted of the Sallins train robbery in 1976. Abused by agents of the State, he describes what happened to him as torture. Forty-five years later, he is still looking for answers as to how it happened, he tells Michael Clifford

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

Criminal Courts of Justice
Gang cases drive surge in use of Special Criminal Court 
The surge comes as a high-level review group into the continued existence of the controversial court published an interim report on its work this week

Fri, 06 Aug, 2021

Nphet became 'de facto' decision-maker, rather than advisor to Government, report finds
Nphet became 'de facto' decision-maker, rather than advisor to Government, report finds
One of the report's 16 recommendations is not to make vaccinations mandatory unless there is clear evidence of the harm caused by individuals refusing vaccination

Wed, 04 Aug, 2021

State is responsible for several mass abuses, alternative Mother and Baby homes report finds
State is responsible for several mass abuses, alternative Mother and Baby homes report finds
A group of experts has analysed the evidence and come to radically different conclusions to those in the commission's report

Mon, 12 Jul, 2021

US F18 aircraft in Kuwait
Irish Examiner view: Precarious situation of Kuwait's foreign labour
The arrest of a migrant worker in Kuwait for complaining about the weather shows the vulnerable situation that exists for foreign labour in the small sheikdom.

Fri, 02 Jul, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Treatment of Travellers casts ‘dark shadow’ over our democracy
Irish Examiner view: Treatment of Travellers casts ‘dark shadow’ over our democracy
Report highlights the 'us' versus 'them' approach nationally

Wed, 26 May, 2021

Doireann Ansbro: We need a model of policing by consent
Doireann Ansbro: We need a model of policing by consent
Emergency legislation must be temporary, it should not be renewed without rigorous debate and scrutiny to ensure our rights are respected and the most basic tenets of our democracy are protected, writes Doireann Ansbro

Wed, 19 May, 2021

Lisa Smith 3
Lisa Smith wins court case fighting her exclusion from UK
She was served with a notice by the British Home Secretary to exclude her from the United Kingdom on the grounds of national security in December

Fri, 07 May, 2021

Pandemic worsened inequality and boosted authoritarian regimes — Eamon Gilmore
Pandemic worsened inequality and boosted authoritarian regimes — Eamon Gilmore
EU human rights representative warns of greater need to protect people's freedoms in time of crisis

Fri, 16 Apr, 2021

Irish prisons report
Prisoners in quarantine do not have access to showers for up to two weeks
Access to showers at Mountjoy Prison is being denied to those in quarantine on the basis that it poses a risk to other prisoners and staff at the prison

Mon, 05 Apr, 2021

Michael Ryan,
Covid-19 vaccines must be shared around the world
Dr Mike Ryan of the World Health Organisation has called on governments to share Covid-19 vaccines with low-income countries 

Wed, 17 Feb, 2021

Hamilton star in Cork for transatlantic festival on life of Frederick Douglass 
Hamilton star in Cork for transatlantic festival on life of Frederick Douglass 
One of the stars of the smash-hit musical, Hamilton, hopes his involvement in a major transatlantic online festival this week celebrating the legacy of African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass will inspire a new generation about his vision ...

Sun, 07 Feb, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Brave Russians
Irish Examiner view: Brave Russians
A decade ago, almost to the day, Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was toppled by protests triggered by the self-immolation of a street vendor. A former military officer, he ruled that country for 23 years.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2021

University graduates working in prisons
Inmate wins right to appeal decision over his treatment by prison
Aged in his fifties, the man was serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and assault on a 97-year-old woman.

Tue, 19 Jan, 2021

Report on ending direct provision due in February 
Report on ending direct provision due in February 
A white paper on Direct Provision will be published in early February, with the aim of ending the system, according to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Tue, 29 Dec, 2020

Opportunities for closure are slipping away from Mother and Baby home survivors
Opportunities for closure are slipping away from Mother and Baby home survivors
We owe it to the Mother and Baby home survivors to listen and to support them when the report comes out in January.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Human rights watchdog urges action on 'glaring legislative gap' in detention system
Human rights watchdog urges action on 'glaring legislative gap' in detention system
Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture made highly critical findings in relation to the treatment of prisoners with mental illness

Sat, 28 Nov, 2020

IHREC 'obvious choice' for new anti-trafficking role
IHREC 'obvious choice' for new anti-trafficking role
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has been designated as Ireland’s Independent National Rapporteur on the Trafficking of Human Beings, with justice minister Helen McEntee stating that IHREC was the "obvious choice" for the role.

Thu, 22 Oct, 2020

Irish Examiner view: New UN human rights council members too bizarre
Irish Examiner view: New UN human rights council members too bizarre
These countries, nearly all shameless, serial human rights offenders, have records that are an affront to the very idea.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

State sued over compensatory scheme for victims of child sexual abuse in national schools
State sued over compensatory scheme for victims of child sexual abuse in national schools
Scheme will not provide compensation for mental distress/anguish/lack of funds due to a delay in establishing an adequate compensatory scheme

Mon, 05 Oct, 2020

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