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
Category: Law & Politics
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
The Ombudsman & Direct Provision
Yesterday, the Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly launched a well reasoned critique of the direct provision system (news coverage here and all Human Rights in Ireland’s posts on … More
Challenging Illegality: Direct Provision, Social Welfare Law & Asylum Seekers in Ireland
The Office of the Ombudsman has recently played a significant role in highlighting maladministration in the operation of our social welfare legal … More
Ending Institutional Living in Direct Provision: A Conclusion?
A number of key themes emerged over the day as regards the system of direct provision. Firstly, the posts from … More
The Rule of Law, Judicial Independence & Ireland
The rule of law is an important concept in most western democracies, however precisely what it means is hotly debated. … More
Liam Thornton 