The Government faces a “summer grilling” from the United Nations Human Rights Committee according to official papers released by the UN today (14 May 2008). Three leading human rights groups (ICCL, FLAC and IPRT) have welcomed the publication of...

The sixth report of the Morris Tribunal, published by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform this afternoon (7 May 2008), once again highlights disgraceful conduct by certain Gardaí.The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) fully agree...

In its Two Year Report (published today, 1 May 2008), the Garda Ombudsman Commission proposes ten legislative changes to the Garda Síochána Act 2005.  From a human rights perspective, nine of those are unproblematic; however, the tenth – to amen...