UN treaty ‘threatened by lack of State support’

IRELAND’S failure to publicly support a proposed UN treaty on the rights of people with disabilities could jeopardise the entire treaty, a leading law professor will tell an Oireachtas committee today.

Professor Gerard Quinn from NUI Galway will ask the Oireachtas sub-committee on human rights to recommend that the Government make a clear statement of support for the draft UN treaty.

"All we need is one line in the public domain which says the Irish Government would like to see the process move forward and that we as a country support it. There has been no real opening statement yet from the Government," Professor Quinn said.