In its submission to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), IPRT reviewed Ireland’s progress since the CAT’s Concluding Remarks in 2017, and noted several recommendations of the Committee which Ireland has yet to implement. This includes the CAT’s recommendation to...
The Dublin Inquirer has published an opinion piece by ICCL executive director Liam Herrick on the need for independent inspection of Garda holding cells. While some safeguards are in place, such as the existence of various oversight bodies like the Garda Inspectorate,...
Inspector of Prisons Patricia Gilheaney has called for the government to continue progressing the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill in the Annual Report of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons. This piece of legislation, which was approved by the government in...
Based on a presidential decree issued in June, Brazil’s multi-body national preventive mechanism will no longer be remunerated for work relating to the mechanism. This will detrimentally affect their capacity to conduct visits to places of detention, as well as their...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) had welcomed a cabinet decision to refer the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) to parliament for ratification. The SAHRC notes, in...
The ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture by Iceland brings the number of states who have ratified the treaty to 89. Following amendments to the law on the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Iceland in December 2018, aimed at bringing it into...
