Assisted dying laws must protect people vulnerable to coercive control, Dáil committee to hear

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission chief commissioner Sinéad Gibney will tell politicians that as legislators they are under a legal positive obligation to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect the right to life, especially where the vulnerable groups are at a heightened risk. Picture: Paul Sharp

Politicians examining new laws around assisted dying are to be told they are under a legal positive obligation to protect those vulnerable to coercive control.

A special Oireachtas committee set up to look at the area of assisted dying will hold its first public meeting on Tuesday, during which it will hear from the Department of Justice and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC).