The draft Programme for Government agreed between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party on the 15th of June contains a promising proposal to ratify the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. Within the ‘Building Stronger and Safer Communities’...
In advance of Ireland’s third periodic hearing under the UN Convention against Torture, the Committee against Torture (‘the Committee’) has requested information from Ireland to monitor the State’s implementation of the Convention, including follow-up issues on...
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has written individually to the leaders of each of the Irish political parties to urge them to ensure that human rights and equality are central to the next Programme for Government. It is very welcome that one of the...
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has issued advice for state parties and national preventative mechanisms on how to adhere to their OPCAT commitments during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subcommittee reminded state parties that the prohibition of torture and...
In its submission to the Committee Against Torture on the list of issues for the Third Examination of Ireland, IHREC has named the failure to ratify OPCAT as one of its key concerns. One of the focuses of the submission is on safeguards in and independent oversight of...
