Below are my speaking notes for the European Database on Asylum Law (EDAL) conference, Reflections on the Current Application of the … More
Author: Liam Thornton
I am an associate professor in the School of Law, University College Dublin. This website contains my analysis of issues pertaining to law, human rights and justice in Ireland, and sometimes further afield.
International Human Rights Day 2013: Placing the Spotlight on Direct Provision
Today is International Human Rights Day 2013. This year, the theme is one of reflection on twenty years of the Vienna Declaration … More
‘Brain Teasers’, Direct Provision & Family Life
Yesterday, three families of asylum seekers were granted leave to challenge the system of direct provision in the High Court. In a blog post … More
Budget 2014: Ireland & Human Rights Budgeting
These are my very brief remarks on Human Rights and Budgeting for the Equality Budgeting Campaign/Public Interest Law Alliance event NGO Budgeting Response that … More
An Assault on Human Dignity, An Assault on the Rule of Law: Direct Provision in Ireland
This opinion piece first appeared on KOD Lyons blog on Friday, 11 October 2013. KOD Lyons in a human rights and criminal law firm … More
Direct Provision: Minister Shatter Responds (and Paging Minister Burton)
Yesterday (October 9 2013) in the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD responded to Carl O’ Brien’s series of articles on the … More
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