PILN Bulletin 03 Dec 07

In this issue:
Update on Foy Judgement; two eminent High Commissioners for Human Rights visit Dublin; European Court of Human Rights finds violation of Article 2 by the UK in five cases regarding police collusion in killings and/or shootings Northern Ireland; Senator Ivana Bacik raises Seanad question on the lack of universality of child benefit on Universal Children's Day; Supreme Court finds actions of mother in G case in breach of Hague Convention on child abduction; South East Asian countries sign Charter committing them to the promotion of human rights and democracy; European Court of Human Rights finds violation with regard to searches carried out at the home and offices of journalist in Belgium, 27 November 2007; Department of Justice calls for submissions with regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); 2010 European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion - ideas sought; European Legal Network On Asylum host course on Cessation and Exclusion Clauses, National Security and Non-Refoulement, Athens, 22-24 February 2008.