IRELAND is one of only two countries in Europe that has failed to afford any legal rights to transgender people.

Europe’s governments are under pressure today to back their words of support for Barack Obama with action to help the new US President close Guantanamo Bay.

THE Government has defended its human rights record and rejected many of the criticisms in the Council of Europe’s review of human rights here issued in Strasbourg yesterday.

The Government has rejected calls from Europe’s human rights watchdog to step up efforts to prevent American “rendition” flights using Irish airports.

Irish parents should be outlawed from slapping their children, one of Europe's top human rights officials said today.

Europe’s human rights watchdog is conducting a five-day investigation next week into the human rights situation in Ireland.

IRELAND’S performance on human rights is to be put under the spotlight for the first time next week when the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for human rights makes a week-long visit.

Europe’s human rights watchdog is conducting a five-day investigation next week into the human rights situation in the Republic of Ireland.