The European Migration Network (housed in the Economic and Social Research Institute(ESRI) ) has this morning released a report on The Organisation of Reception … More
Category: Social Policy
Ireland & the European Committee on Social Rights
There has been much focus on the role of the European Court of Human Rights over the last number of days (see, here and here). … More
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
Liam Thornton 