The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to visit Rwanda from 15 to 21 October to advise the authorities on the establishment of a national detention monitoring body officially known as the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM). The SPT will...
During Ireland’s second periodic hearing under the UN Convention against Torture, John Garry, Principal Officer, Criminal Law Reform Division, Department of Justice and Equality, stated that Ireland remains committed to ratifying the Optional Protocol to the...
There is no independent inspection in Ireland of a range of detention facilities, including Garda stations, prisoner transport and immigration units, according to an expert report. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission called on the Government to implement a...
Ireland has yet to ratify a UN agreement allowing for the inspection of places of detention despite the then government signing it a decade ago today. While some places of detention, such as prisons, have their own inspection regimes, others such as Garda stations and...
