On Friday 11th August 2017, the United Nations Committee against Torture will publish its Concluding Observations on Ireland’s performance under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). This concludes a...

A record of Ireland's second periodic review under the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which took place at Palais Wilson, Geneva on Thurs 27 July 2017 (first meeting) and Fri 28 July (second...

The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) made a submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture (UNCAT), in advance of the Second Periodic Review of Ireland under the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

A number of Irish civil society organisations are travelling to Geneva this week for Ireland's second periodic review under UNCAT. In their submissions to the committee prior to the hearing, several organisations have called for the State to answer questions on their...

An easy to read guide was developed by Inclusion Ireland for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to explain some of the issues in the IHREC CAT report. The document was proof-read by men and women with disability. IHREC collaborated with Inclusion Ireland...

The Government’s failure to allow prisons, Garda stations and other places of detention to be inspected by the United Nations has become a source of national embarrassment, a senior UN official has said. Malcolm Evans said at the last universal periodic review of the...