Related News - Human Rights Law
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“Hands Off the Referee”: Civil society says political pressure on human rights courts risks damaging the ECHR system
Issued 15 May 2026 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Civil society organisations in the UK and Ireland are concerned that the new Council of Europe political declaration on migration released on the 15th May at a Council of …
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Groups North and South of Ireland Unite to Warn UK and Ireland Against Weakening Human Rights
Issued 12 May 2026 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Groups North and South of Ireland Unite to Warn UK and Ireland Against Weakening Human Rights: Joint letter sent to UK Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach ahead of Council of …
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FLAC welcomes comments from President Connolly regarding civil legal aid, “unmet legal need” and the “many barriers that remain to be overcome” in achieving access to justice in Ireland
Issued 29 April 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
President Catherine Connolly spoke yesterday (28 April) at the launch of the first Dublin branch of the University of Galway Business and Law Alumni. FLAC welcomes her …
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FLAC: This International Women’s Day we need Access to Justice to make Women’s Rights Real and Effective #IWD2026
Issued 4 March 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
In advance of International Women’s Day 2026, FLAC has written to members of the Oireachtas to highlight the barriers to justice faced by women in Ireland, including a …
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Deaf man receives landmark award from WRC for disability discrimination by the National Council for Special Education
Issued 18 February 2026 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
Noel O’Connell (a deaf man represented by FLAC) has succeeded in a disability discrimination complaint against the National Council for Special Education (‘NCSE’) under …
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Urgent reform needed to avoid the collapse of Ireland’s system of Civil Legal Aid during 2026, FLAC tells Oireachtas Justice Committee
Issued 17 February 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs & Migration this afternoon (17 February) as part of the …
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Major FLAC & TCD Law School Conference on Civil Legal Aid: FLAC highlights “deepening of access to justice crisis” and risk of collapse of Legal Aid services during 2026
Issued 12 January 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) and the Law School at Trinity College Dublin will hold a major day-long conference, titled Civil Legal Aid: From Review to Reform, …
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Renowned Human Rights Lawyer and Academic Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide to deliver Annual FLAC Justice Lecture, alongside a reading by Stephen Rea from Daniel O’Connell’s speeches
Issued 8 December 2025 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) will hold its Annual Justice Lecture at 6:30pm on Monday, 8th December 2025 in the King’s Inns, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7. …
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FLAC welcomes the publication and recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee Report which adopts our call for comprehensive new equality laws.
Issued 10 October 2025 |human-rights-law|
The Joint Committee on Children and Equality has published their Report on the Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) …
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WRC orders Beauty Salon to pay compensation for discrimination against Traveller family
Issued 7 August 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
The WRC has issued decisions in discrimination cases taken against a beauty salon by a Traveller mother and her two daughters (who were represented in their cases by FLAC). …
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Equality Bill is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat discrimination and create a more equal society, FLAC tells Oireachtas Committee
Issued 17 July 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Equality Committee this morning (17 July) as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme …
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United Nations Human Rights Committee calls for urgent improvements to Ireland’s legal aid system; CEDAW is one of eight international human rights bodies which have voiced concerns about access to justice in Ireland
Issued 8 July 2025 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee has issued its report on Ireland’s progress in meeting its international …
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Family Rights Organisations join call to remove proposed reductions to the social welfare entitlements of divorced and separated lone parents from the Bill which will give effect to the O’Meara judgment; the legislation will undergo Committee Stage tomorrow
Issued 24 June 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
Treoir and One Family have backed FLAC’s call for the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill 2025 to be amended to delete its proposals to remove the entitlement of people who …
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Proposed reductions to the social welfare entitlements of divorced and separated lone parents not required by O’Meara judgment, FLAC tells Oireachtas Committee
Issued 18 June 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) appeared before the Oireachtas Social Welfare Committee this morning (18 June 2025) to outline its proposed amendments to the Social Welfare …
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Traveller family were entitled to take Judicial Review case challenging “unfair” Circuit Court Discrimination appeal, Court of Appeal finds
Issued 9 June 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal taken by a hotel which sought to overturn a High Court decision in favour of a young Traveller family who were subject to an …