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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 … -
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Taoiseach to tell Dail Ireland is in breach of rights treaty The Government has withdrawn its appeal to the Supreme Court in the case of transgender woman Lydia Foy.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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Asylum-seeker exclusion is mean-minded
Issued 10 December 2009 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
The Government's proposal to amend the Social Welfare Act to exclude all asylum-seekers from qualifying for social welfare benefits is mean-minded, petty and divisive, said …