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Spanish Film on Sex Trafficking Wins 2011 Human Rights Film Awards
Spanish actress-turned film director Mabel Lozano (pictured here with producer Monica Lopez and 2010 Award Winner Dearbhla Glynn) scooped top prize in the prestigious ICCL Human Rights Film Awards at the Irish Film Institute this evening (Wednesday, 15 June 2011). Lozano first caught the public…
Author: Irish Council for Civil Liberties Human Rights
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UN review puts Irish human rights record under scrutiny
MARK KELLY Thu, Oct 06, 2011 OPINION: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter and senior officials are in Geneva today, facing a series of tough questions posed by our European neighbours and by other UN member states on Ireland’s human rights record. The hearing forms part of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Republic of Ireland's Chief Justice launches guides on civil partnerships and cohabiting
This article was originally published on 21 December 2012. By Fiona Gartland Two guides to civil partnership and cohabitation will provide valuable information for gay, lesbian and bisexual people as well as for legal practitioners, Chief Justice Mrs Justice Susan Denham said last night. She…
Author: The Irish Times
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Clinton told of Ireland's human rights failings
By Lara Marlow. THE DIRECTOR of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has asked US officials to question the Irish Government about its human rights record. Mark Kelly, an international human rights lawyer who lectures on human rights at UCD, met with the US…
Author: The Irish Times
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Constitutional Review Body Must Prioritise Inclusivity
By Michele Brandt OPINION: The Taoiseach has announced that Ireland is going to have a “constitutional convention”, which will examine the options for reform on a range of issues: review of the electoral system; reducing the presidential term to five years and aligning it with local…
Author: The Irish Times
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How dare the UN take us to task on human rights
Original Source by D. Quinn When the Catholic Church was still the major power in the land, what incensed many of its critics was its claim to have a monopoly on morality. Today, the shoe is firmly on the other foot and it is the…
Author: The Irish Independent
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Senator Criticises 'Silence' on Constitutional Convention
By Mary Minihan One of the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Seanad has accused the Government of failing to keep Oireachtas members informed about the forthcoming constitutional convention. Independent Senator Katherine Zappone was addressing the Irish Council for Civil Liberties “Hear Our Voices” event in Dublin…
Author: The Irish Times
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Shatter committed to enshrining rights of crime victims in law
Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter TD faced calls to be a “true champion” for victims’ rights at a high-level conference hosted by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, an Atlantic grantee under our Reconciliation & Human Rights programme in the Republic of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Cuts 'impairing' efforts to gather evidence of human rights abuses
By Jamie Smyth. GOVERNMENT PLEDGES to protect human rights are being broken due to cuts in services and support groups, a campaign has claimed. Reporting on the rights abuses is also being affected by budget cuts, according to the “Your Rights. Right Now” campaign. The…
Author: Irish Times