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TV3's Lydia Foy documentary wins at the Justice Media Awards 2011
Issued 4 July 2011 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
TV3's The Morning Show has won a Merit Certificate at the Law Society's Justice Media Awards for a programme it did last year on "A 13-year Battle for Legal Recognition … -
FLAC welcomes steps on law reforms
Issued 24 June 2011 |access-to-justice|debt-law-reform|human-rights-law|
FLAC welcomes the early introduction of a new Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. The Bill, which was due to be introduced in the autumn of 2011 has been brought … -
Government must act now on transgender rights
Issued 21 June 2011 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
FLAC (the Free Legal Advice Centres) have marked the first anniversary of the final decision in the Lydia Foy transgender case by calling for urgent legislation to recognise …
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FLAC welcomes report of UN independent expert
Issued 20 May 2011 |human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
"Human rights are not a policy option, dispensable during times of economic hardship." The independent legal rights organisation FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) …
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Reform urgently needed to remove Jury Service discrimination against Deaf People
Issued 3 March 2011 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
This week's criminal court sittings in Clare have had to be abandoned due to the failure of 215 people to show up for jury service in Ennis. The presiding Circuit Court …
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Judge rules deaf man can sit on jury
Issued 29 November 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
For the first time ever, a High Court Judge has ruled that a deaf person can sit on a jury in the Central Criminal Court. Judge Paul Carney today (Monday) ruled that …
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FLAC makes submission on Immigration Residence and Protection Bill 2010
Issued 28 October 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
FLAC has commented on the Immigration Residence and Protection Bill 2010 in a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Women's Rights. The … -
European Human Rights Chief welcomes Government's transgender decision
Issued 31 August 2010 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg has welcomed the Government's decision "at long last" to recognise transgender woman Lydia Foy as a …
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FLAC welcomes decision to quash jury ban on deaf woman
Issued 14 July 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
No blanket exclusion of deaf jurors, but state should go further FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), which represented deaf woman Joan Clarke, welcomed the ruling of the High …
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Forced transfer of asylum seekers ignores rights, says legal group
Issued 6 July 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
Legal rights group FLAC today described as "very worrying" recent developments around the announcement that some 150 people living in the Mosney direct provision …
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Joint release: Support groups seek independent complaints mechanism for direct provision
Issued 23 June 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
A number of non-governmental organisations working in the area of asylum and refugee rights today called for the introduction of an independent complaints mechanism for …
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Government drops appeal in historic transgender case
Issued 21 June 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
Taoiseach to tell Dail Ireland is in breach of rights treaty The Government has withdrawn its appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of transgender woman Lydia Foy. It has … -
Launch of Irish Human Rights Law Review
Issued 20 May 2010 |flac-information|human-rights-law|
L-R: Michael Farrell, Emily O'Reilly, Donncha O'Connell. Photo: Derek Speirs. At an event in Dublin on Thursday 20 May 2010, hosted by the Public Interest Law Alliance …
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International bodies can protect rights at home
Issued 7 May 2010 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
uuLegal rights organisation FLAC today encouraged people in Ireland to use international legal mechanisms to protect their rights at home. Speaking at a seminar organised by …
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Deaf jurors plan welcomed by legal rights body
Issued 31 March 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed a proposal to allow deaf and blind persons to serve on juries. FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has taken a High Court case challenging …