Results List
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Toolkit: Bringing International Human Rights Home
Source: Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Universal Periodic Review
This report is a toolkit on international human rights reporting aimed at helping civil society groups and nongovernmental organisations effectively use international human rights monitoring at the United Nations in their advocacy and campaign activities. It is a publication of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties…
Resource type: Research Report
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Regional Economic and Workforce Strategies: A Focus on the Mature Workforce
Source: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and the Council on Competitiveness
Mature workers may be one of the most overlooked assets for regions needing skilled workers for economic growth, according to the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the Council on Competitiveness. This paper provides a look at representative strategies and programs for regional…
Resource type: Research Report
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Paper: Human Rights and International Justice: Challenges and Opportunities at an Inflection Point
Source: Jonathan Fanton and Zachary Katznelson
This discussion paper, commissioned by The Atlantic Philanthropies, presents the current funding trends in human rights and international justice, and assesses the needs of organisations working within these fields. Through interviews with 138 experts and practitioners, it identifies challenges and opportunities facing human rights organisations,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Our Rights, Our Future: Human Rights-Based Approaches in Ireland
Source: International Human Rights Network
Amnesty International (Irish Section) commissioned the International Human Rights Network to provide this framework document that would outline the internationally agreed core minimum principles for human rights based approaches, and examine them in an Irish context. Amnesty International anticipates that this document will be of…
Resource type: Research Report
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Towards an Inclusive Public Transport Service in Ireland
Source: Immigrant Council of Ireland
Many experiences of racist assault, abuse, graffiti and vandalism of property occur on public transport. Over the past four years, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has coordinated a partnership with public transport companies in greater Dublin to develop robust and proactive anti-racism strategies and policies…
Resource type: Research Report
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In Plain Sight: Responding to the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports
Source: Amnesty International Ireland
The abuse of tens of thousands of children is called “perhaps the greatest human rights failure in the history of the State” in this report by Amnesty International Ireland (AI). The absence of accountability in key institutions, the need for recognition of children’s human rights…
Resource type: Research Report
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The International Dimension of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship Programme
Source: Max Watson
How can fellowships in palliative care improve end of life care in rural communities? This report describes the experience of working with a fellow from Nepal as part of a global palliative care fellowship designed to create palliative care leaders with both the academic and…
Resource type: Case Study
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State Sanctioned Child Poverty and Exclusion
Source: Irish Refugee Council
Over one-third of the residents in State accommodation for asylum-seekers—known as Direct Provision—are children. With the length of time in the asylum process ranging from less than a year to more than seven years, these children spend a significant proportion of their childhood in Direct…
Resource type: Research Report
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Breaking Schools’ Rules
Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center & Public Policy Research Institute
A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement Sixty per cent of Texas’ students were suspended or expelled at least once between their seventh- and 12th-grade years, according to this groundbreaking statewide study that tracked the individual records…
Resource type: Research Report
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Living in Limbo: Migrant’s Experiences of Applying for Naturalisation in Ireland
Source: Immigrant Council of Ireland
This report by the Immigrant Council of Ireland, in collaboration with Nasc, details the current experience of migrants applying for Irish citizenship. For the report they interviewed migrants navigating the system, outlined the legislative and administrative application process for granting or refusing long-term residence or…
Resource type: Research Report