Ireland urgently needs independent inspection body for all places of detention: ICCL

Ireland must put in place a strong national preventative mechanism which can ensure that no place of detention – prison, police cell, hospital or care home – is beyond the reach of comprehensive and rigorous inspection.

Ireland must put in place a strong national preventative mechanism which can ensure that no place of detention – prison, police cell, hospital or care home – is beyond the reach of comprehensive and rigorous inspection.

That will be the message of Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) who will address the UN Committee Against Torture tomorrow as part of a large Irish NGO delegation and will raise a number of urgent issues of concern in relation to Ireland’s record of preventing torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.