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Equality
Social Welfare
- How Safe is the Social Safety Net? Social Welfare Case illustrates how “control” procedures can impede access to Supplementary Welfare Allowance
- The “Value for Money” Argument for Rights-Based Social Welfare Decision-Making
- Continued use of “local connection” tests a concern for FLAC
- When is a Decision not a Decision? Supreme Court finds that the refusal of a Deciding Officer to revise an earlier decision may be subject to a Social Welfare Appeal
- Part 2 – Circular Reasoning: Outcome in FLAC case demonstrates that a non-legislative circular is being applied in a manner that does not accord with social welfare regulations
- New Social Housing Assessment Regulations raise the income limit for larger families applying for housing supports
- Part 1 – Keeping them in Suspense: How confused social welfare decision-making can interfere with claimant’s right to appeal
- Outcome in FLAC case in relation to the entitlement of Direct Provision resident to the Covid PUP with effect from the time they were laid off
Traveller Legal Service
- FLAC’s Traveller Legal Service – A Review for Traveller Pride Week
- FLAC defends Traveller family in High Court proceedings for which Civil Legal Aid not available
- A Barrier to EU Nationals accessing Social Housing Supports: The Impact of Housing Circular 41/2012 on Roma families in Ireland
- High Court: Traveller Accommodation case against a Local Authority and the State must be heard as a single trial
- Traveller Legal Service: Update on recent cases
News & Events
- Season’s Greetings from FLAC
- FLAC Justice Lecture 2024
- Charity Trustees’ Week
- New Strategy for Women and Girls must enshrine Gender Equality and Human Rights in Law
- Meet our FLAC Summer Intern Leah
- Exclusion of blind student from Summer Provision Scheme constituted disability discrimination, WRC finds
- PRESS RELEASE: FLAC Annual Report 2023
- High Court quashes “Unfair” Circuit Court Decision in Traveller Family’s Hotel Discrimination Case
- FLAC is opening our office space for fellow NGOs and organisations to rent for events
- FLAC appears before Oireachtas Committee to discuss legislation to implement the landmark Supreme Court decision in O’Meara
- Pro Bono Week 2024
- National Volunteer Week 2024
- Test News Item
- FLAC (IRELAND) EVENING IN NEW YORK with Professor Philippe Sands
- FLAC Council Update
- FLAC highlights the urgent need for improved Traveller Accommodation and Anti-Discrimination legislation at Oireachtas Committee Hearing
- FLAC Legal and Human Rights Analysis of the Proposed Family & Care Constitutional Amendments
- FLAC welcomes landmark Supreme Judgement on Equal Treatment for Parents and their Children regardless of marital status
- Legal Rights NGO FLAC calls for stronger and clearer ‘Family’ and ‘Care’ amendments to be put to Referendum
- Season’s Greetings from FLAC
- Peter Ward SC delivers annual FLAC Justice Lecture
- FLAC Golden Pin Awards
- FLAC highlights concerns with the proposed ‘Care’ referendum wording and the need for information on the practical effects of the proposed ‘Family’ amendment
- FLAC Justice Lecture 2023
- WRC finds Family refused access to hotel for Confirmation celebration were subject to discrimination on the Traveller Community ground
- Pro Bono Week 2023
- Save the date: FLAC Justice Lecture 2023 – Tuesday 12th December
- FLAC expresses solidarity with the Criminal Bar ahead of planned Withdrawal of Services
- FLAC welcomes the commitment of the Chief Justice on access to Justice
- As data shows 70,000 mortgages in arrears, deals done on loans sold to vulture funds must be honored
- FLAC welcomes Gender Recognition proposals
- Supreme Court sets May 2025 deadline for expansion of electorate in Seanad University Panel elections
- FLAC welcomes publication of conference report by the Chief Justice’s Working Group on Access to Justice and Civil Legal Review
- Legal rights NGO FLAC’s Annual Report shines a spotlight on huge unmet legal need and demand for early legal assistance
- Launch of FLAC Annual Report 2022
- FLAC Launches Research Survey to Address Unmet Legal Needs in Ireland’s LGBTQI+ Community
- National Volunteer Week 2023
- Circuit Court rules that Dunnes Stores discriminated against Roma Women
- Invitation to Tender – Evaluation of Anti-Racism Advocacy Training Programme
- FLAC’s condolences on the passing of our volunteer
- LANDMARK SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT: Laws limiting electorate for Seanad University Panels are unconstitutional; Oireachtas must legislate to expand franchise
- FLAC responds to comments from Taoiseach relating to ‘notices of termination’, the role of the Courts and advising tenants to seek free legal advice
- FLAC: Success of ambitious new Anti-Racism Plan depends on commitment to urgent cross-Governmental implementation
- UN Human Rights Review of Ireland: FLAC welcomes State’s commitment to “comprehensive and independent” review of Civil Legal Aid but expresses dismay at refusal to prohibit Racial Profiling.
- Invitation to Tender for the Review of FLAC Services
- Season’s Greetings from FLAC
- PILA is delighted to be one of the recipients of the #IrelandForUkraine grant from the Community Foundation of Ireland to help Ukrainians in Ireland
- Oireachtas must address lack of recognition for bereaved members of Cohabiting Couples and their families
- FLAC’s Public Interest Law Alliance launches new All-Ireland Legal Guides for NGOs
- FLAC’s Public Interest Law Alliance launches new All-Ireland Legal Guides for NGOs
- FLAC: IRFU Gender Participation Policy may give rise to unlawful discrimination and serious human rights and equality concerns
- WRC finds Bank’s refusal to engage with customer through an ISL interpreter constituted unlawful discrimination
- FLAC annual report indicates access to justice crisis
- FLAC are proud to announce our membership of Trans Equality Together
- FLAC welcomes vital opportunity to advocate for fit-for-purpose civil legal aid system
- Proud to be part of Equal Rights: FLAC officially launches LGBTQI+ Clinic
- FLAC calls for clarity on legal aid review amid increasing demand for services
- Jog for Justice
- WRC finds hotel discriminated against family when it refused them access to emergency accommodation
- Discrimination claims against pubs should be heard in the Workplace Relations Commission and access to legal aid provided, says FLAC
- FLAC welcomes IHREC’s focus on access to justice and calls for Government to begin overdue legal aid review
- FLAC welcomes landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the summary eviction of Travellers and seeks urgent legislative reform
- Official Launch of the Equal Access Project
- The FLAC Interview – Jackie Heffernan
- Season’s Greetings from FLAC
- FLAC Statement on the death of Frank Callanan SC.
- FLAC welcomes WRC decisions in favour of client who suffered discrimination after disclosing his HIV status.
- FLAC Annual Justice Lecture 2021 with Prof Grainne de Burca
- FLAC and INAR Call for Tenders: Equal Access Project
- FLAC Annual Justice Lecture 2021
- Waterford Council Decision not to proceed with halting site quashed today in case taken by the FLAC Traveller Legal Service.
- Irish legal profession to celebrate third Pro Bono Week, calling for increased participation in pro bono.
- FLAC warns that the distress of Covid may be followed by the stress of consumer over-indebtedness, as the cost of living rises and payment breaks and supports are removed.
- FLAC welcomes settlement of Circuit Court Discrimination Case taken by a woman of Romani heritage against An Garda Síochána
- FLAC welcomes increase in legal aid funding as a step in the right direction – Budget 2022
- FLAC highlights barriers to justice and inequality at UN Review of Ireland
- Pro Bono Pledge Ireland: NGO Pitch Event
- FLAC: Housing for All must be built on foundations of Rights and Equality
- New FLAC Telephone Information Line Number
- Support the FLAC Summer Raffle!
- ‘Ten Years and Counting’ – FLAC paper examines the difficult question of family home mortgage arrears
- 44 NGOs and advocates join FLAC’s call on Justice Minister to ensure Ireland’s vulnerable and marginalised individuals, families and communities can access Civil Legal Aid
- FLAC attends Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers
- Now is the time to talk about consumer debt warns Legal Rights NGO, FLAC.
- Access to Justice unattainable for too many – NGO FLAC has 12,468 callers to their legal helpline during 2020.
- New FLAC Chairperson – David Fennelly BL
- Announced review of equality law timely and necessary says legal rights NGO FLAC
- FLAC holds Pop-up LGBTQ Legal Advice Clinic for Pride Week
- Coalition for YES welcomes divorce result
- Realising equal access to justice for all
- “I find volunteering with FLAC rewarding both professionally and personally” – interview with Aoife Masterson, on National Volunteer Week 2019
- “Just a really great chance to offer your specialised skills as a lawyer in a really impactful way” – FLAC celebrates National Volunteer Week 2019
- FLAC welcomes settlement of case regarding eviction proceedings against a Traveller Family by Dublin Airport Authority.
- FLAC welcomes the announcement of Civil Legal Aid System review.
- FLAC criticizes stress and confusion caused by retrospective taxation of Covid PUP
- FLAC welcomes the clarification of ‘genuinely seeking work’ criteria for Covid PUP recipients who have been temporarily laid off.
- FLAC calls on Finance Minister to scrap plans to retrospectively tax Covid PUP in light of his comments endorsing the presumption against retrospective tax legislation
- FLAC seeks full consultation with civil society organisations, State bodies and the public before recommendations of Civil Justice Review are implemented.
- FLAC voices concerns in relation to the Covid PUP Scheme in submission to Oireachtas Social Protection Committee
- Over 70 signatories, representing in excess of 2000 legal professionals, come together to pledge free legal services for those who need it most
- FLAC expresses concerns at the proposed retrospective taxation of the Covid PUP
- FLAC calls for clarity around access to the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment and access to back-payments for those whose applications were improperly refused or suspended
- FLAC project launches impact report on ten years of promoting public interest law
- Virtual Launch of FLAC Annual Report 2019 – Thursday, 1 October 2020
- 26,995 received legal information/advice in 2019
- Meet The Volunteer – Lizzy
- Meet The Volunteer – Sharon
- Meet The Volunteer – Bolanle
- Meet The Volunteer – Pat
- FLAC concerned by Garda Survey highlighting negative view of Travellers
- FLAC calls for review of Department of Social Protection activity at airports following DPC statement
- CJEU strikes down Privacy Shield and finds US law inadequate to protect data of EU residents. EU Court agrees with submissions of US NGO seeking to uphold data privacy rights.
- Flac welcome Minister’s announcement allowing those on Covid Payment and Jobseekers allowance to travel to green list countries.
- Flac say Department’s rules on Covid Pandemic Unemployment Claimants holidays are not legal.
- Flac to launch only dedicated Traveller Legal Service in the State.
- FLAC Examining Access to Justice in the Draft Programme for Government
- FLAC successfully represents a 64 year-old woman in important case of discriminatory dismissal.
- Press Release: FLAC call for new programme for government to include access to justice and root and branch review of civil legal aid.
- Important clarification from the Court on the obligations of housing authorities
- FLAC calls on candidates to support a right to justice for those on low incomes
- FLAC: Welcome for United Nations call to reform civil legal aid to help combat racial discrimination
- FLAC calls for improvements in equality mechanisms at UN ICERD examination in Geneva
- FLAC response to report on the Review of the Gender Recognition Act
- FLAC attended JOC on ‘Access to Justice and Legal Costs’
- FLAC’s 50th Celebration
- Irish legal profession celebrates inaugural Pro Bono Week and calls for increased participation in pro bono
- More Josie Aireys needed to continue to challenge and improve Ireland’s legal system – FLAC
- The EU Charter and the ECHR: Practice and Potential
- FLAC calls for end to age discrimination in welfare payments
- 25,164 received legal information and advice in 2018
- US privacy group informs CJEU on adequacy of US law in protecting EU citizens’ data
- Joyce and the Law
- FLAC@50 Access to Justice Conference
- Leading national NGOs come together to call for a Yes vote in the upcoming Divorce Referendum
- “It gave me the opportunity to use my legal skills to help other people” – interview with Wayne Tyrrell, FLAC Volunteer, on National Volunteer Week 2019
- Lawyers For Yes Divorce Referendum Campaign Launch
- FLAC attends Committee scrutiny of No Consent, No Sale Bill, 2019.
- “FLAC: Potential Tenant found to have been discriminated on the ‘housing assistance ground’ by the Circuit Court”
- President Michael D Higgins opens new FLAC head office in Dublin
- Timeline of key FLAC casework and campaigns:
- President Michael D Higgins speech marking FLAC’s 50th Anniversary and Official Opening of their New Office
- Marc Rotenberg delivers 12th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Speech by Marc Rotenberg to the 12th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- 12th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- FLAC hosts Conference on the legal implications of the Public Sector Duty
- 25,817 received legal information and advice in 2017
- FLAC welcomes Gender Recognition proposals
- FLAC hosts pop-up disability clinic for Carers Week
- “A story of great human proportions” – Lydia Foy and the struggle for Transgender Rights in Ireland
- Launch: “A story of great human proportions” – Lydia Foy and the struggle for Transgender Rights in Ireland
- First use of tactile voting: “I’d been looking forward to this moment for years”
- FLAC supports the repeal of the Eighth Amendment
- National Volunteer Week: I get great satisfaction from the volunteering I do with FLAC
- Sale of mortgage arrears to “vulture funds” a cause of concern
- New Domestic Violence laws a welcome step in protecting abuse victims
- Amicus curiae
- As problem of long term mortgage arrears gets worse, new solutions needed to stave off repossession
- UCD law student wins prestigious legal fellowship
- FLAC welcomes the decision of the Minister for Justice and Equality to abolish the financial contribution requirement for civil legal aid for people affected by domestic violence in the District Court
- Speech by Emily O’Reilly to the 11th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Introduction to 10th Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture by Peter Ward
- 11th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Tenants Welcome European Committee of Social Rights Finding That Ireland Has Failed To Provide Adequate Housing Conditions on Local Authority Estates
- Letter to Irish Times – Max Schrems and Facebook case
- No funds allocated for abolition of civil legal aid fees for victims of domestic violence in Budget 2018
- Housing Minister called on to clarify application of departmental circular where seriously ill man denied emergency accommodation
- ‘Model tenants’ awarded substantial compensation for discrimination by landlord on housing assistance ground
- 25,700 people received information and legal advice in 2016
- FLAC: Welcome for stronger consumer protections in new bill dealing with financial complaints
- UPDATE: Robbie Sinnott case on voting for visually impaired people
- High Court vindicates right to a secret ballot in elections for people with visual impairment
- FLAC: Man unlawfully jailed for failure to pay debt released by High Court
- Welcome for initiative to improve access to justice
- Worrying trends continue in latest mortgage arrears data – repossessions, restructures, longer term arrears
- Welcome for UN call to abolish civil legal aid fees for victims of domestic violence News text
- US privacy group informs High Court on adequacy of US law in protecting EU citizens’ data
- Compensation awarded for excessive delay in determining protection application for family in Direct Provision
- New legal protections on domestic violence require additional resources for legal aid
- Revamped mortgage-to-rent welcome but more detail required for an effective scheme
- Overview: Data Protection Commissioner vs Facebook Ireland Ltd & Anor
- FLAC welcomes High Court judgment finding excessive delay in determining protection application for family in Direct Provision
- Permitting pre-clearance to operate in Ireland may violate Human Rights
- Key role for judiciary in a legal system that safeguards basic rights and dignity for all
- Introduction to 10th Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- 10th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- New legal resource for NGOs on data protection through pro bono legal initiative
- First Free Legal Advice Leaflet Translated to Irish
- Social welfare law must not leave people behind, say legal rights bodies
- Budget 2017: Welcome relief for vulnerable groups but fairer budget process must come soon
- Almost 29,000 people helped with legal advice and information in 2015
- Budget 2017 must be fair and improve the lives of those who have been left behind
- FLAC appoints new CEO
- Ninth Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Changing Ireland, Changing Law: Public Interest Litigation, does it work?
- VHI Women’s Mini Marathon 2015 – Register now to run, walk or jog for FLAC!
- Seminar: “(Trans)Gender Recognition in Germany: The Role of the German Courts”
- Launch of report: Person or Number? 2
- Eighth Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Fair budget, fair society: A human rights analysis of Budget 2015 from Irish civil society
- The right to social security: Thematic consultation for ICESCR Shadow Report
- The right to housing: Thematic consultation for ICESCR Shadow Report
- Dublin Consultation on ICESCR Shadow report
- Cork Consultation on ICESCR Shadow Report
- Galway Consultation on ICESCR Shadow Report
- Time for Human Rights and Equality Budgeting
- Flora Women’s Mini Marathon 2013
- Moving out of Personal Debt: How to use the new legal infrastructure on personal debt and insolvency
- FLAC’s Sixth Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Launch: FLAC Annual Report 2011
- Lecture: Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Foundations
- Team FLAC at Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon 2012
- Conference: Legislating for personal insolvency in Ireland
- Volunteer Training Event on Legal Aid, Mortage and Debt Issues and an update on Employment law
- FLAC’s 5th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Political Commitment, Practical Protection: Using the ECHR North and South
- Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review
- Volunteer Training Seminar
- Law Society/PILA seminar Business, Law and Human Rights
- The Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Public Interest Litigation Seminar
- Join FLAC Team 200 in Flora Women’s Mini Marathon, 7th June
- Launch of Irish Human Rights Law Review
- PILA seminar: Using international law: the European Social Charter & UN treaty body complaints procedures
- Public interest law in action – using the law to face current challenges
- Regional launch of Direct Provision report and DVD
- Launch of Report: ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All’
- Third Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture – FLAC’s annual lecture and reception
- PILA seminar
- Poetry Reading: Voices for Justice
- FLAC Volunteers Training Seminar April 22nd
- ICCPR Follow-Up Conference
- FLAC’s 2nd Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Volunteer Training Seminar
- PIL seminar: Relevance of PIL in society today
- Volunteer training seminar – Dublin
- Volunteer Training Seminar – Cork
- Volunteer Training Seminar
- FLAC’s Inaugural Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Seminar: Structures for Public Interest Law and Litigation in Ireland
- Seminar: Procedural Obstacles to PILL
- Seminar: How Public Interest Law and Litigation (PILL) can address the needs of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
- Roundtable: Public interest law and litigation in Ireland
- Seminar: Amicus Curiae Interventions
- Public Interest Law & Litigation Conference
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Publications
- PILA Project Invitation to Tender updated
- Embedding Access to Justice, Equality & Human Rights in the next National Strategy for Women and Girls
- FLAC Annual Report 2023
- FLAC Procedure for Handling Feedback and Complaints
- Opening Statement of Sinéad Lucey (FLAC Managing Solicitor) to the Oireachtas Social Protection Committee re the General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pensions) Bill 2024
- Analysis & Recommendations concerning the General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension) Bill 2024
- Opening Statement of Sinéad Lucey (FLAC Managing Solicitor) to the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community on 21 March 2024
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
- Recommendations to Strengthen the Proposed ‘Family’ and ‘Care’ Constitutional Amendments
- FLAC Preliminary Response to Proposed ‘Family’ & ‘Care’ Amendments
- Standards & Suggested Wording for Constitutional Amendments in relation to the Equality Guarantee, replacing the ‘Women in the Home’ Provision & the Non-Marital Family
- Report on FLAC Consultation with Academics & Legal Practitioners re Wording for Amendments to Article 40 and 41 of the Constitution
- The Chief Justice Working Group on Access to Justice: Second Conference Report
- Report on FLAC Consultation with Academics & Legal Practitioners on Wording for Amendments to Articles 40 and 41 of the Constitution
- FLAC Annual Report 2022
- Discrimination Law Association Briefings Article: CT & FE v Dunnes Stores Company Unlimited
- FLAC Supplemental Submission to the Inter Departmental Referendum Committee re Non Marital Families
- Submission to the Inter-Departmental Committee
- FLAC Stakeholder Submission to the Civil Legal Aid Scheme Review
- Pro Bono Pledge Impact Report 2022
- Data Protection Guide for NGOs 2022
- FLAC Submission to Joint Committee on Gender Equality
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Committee on Gender Equality re: Constitutional Change
- FLAC Pillar to Post Paper 4
- An NGO Guide to Judicial Review
- An NGO guide for taking individual complaints to UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
- An NGO guide for engaging with UN Special Procedures mandate holders
- An NGO guide to individual non-court complaint mechanisms at European level
- An NGO Guide to being appointed an Amicus in the Irish court system
- All-Ireland NGO Legal Engagement Guide Series
- FLAC Submission to the Housing Commission Consultation on a Referendum on Housing
- FLAC Annual Report 2021
- FLAC Submission on the development of a Youth Homelessness Strategy
- Access to Justice Conference 2021 – Final Report
- FLAC Submission to the Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts
- Eilis Barry – Unmet Legal Needs
- FLAC Pillar to Post – Paper 3
- FLAC Guide: The Review of the Equality Acts, Making a Submission to the Review, & The Key Issues Under Review.
- Request for Tenders_Research_Equal Access Project
- FLAC Equality Fact Sheet
- FLAC Legal Aid Fact Sheet
- FLAC Traveller and Roma Fact Sheet
- Tender for the Redevelopment of the FLAC Website
- FLAC Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, on the General Scheme of the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2021
- FLAC Pillar to Post – Paper 2
- FLAC Submission to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Review of Section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003
- FLAC Submission to the Independent Anti-Racism Committee’s Public Consultation: Towards a National Action Plan against Racism in Ireland
- Opening Statement to Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community Access to housing and accommodation, including Traveller-specific accommodation
- Finance Committee Opening Statement Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018
- FLAC Annual Report 2020
- FLAC Pillar to Post Paper 1
- FLAC Submission to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s Consultation on Ireland’s National UPR Report
- FlacSheet Employment Law Updated
- A Report on the Absence of Legal Aid for Employment Equality Cases in Ireland
- FLAC Submission to the Family Justice Oversight Group
- FLAC Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Third Review of Ireland under the UN UPR Mechanism
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
- FLAC Submission on Retail Credit Firms Bill 2019
- FLAC Submission to the Department of Justice on the Family Court Bill (General Scheme) 2020
- Covid PUP taxation Information Sheet
- Follow up Letter to Minister Pascal Donohoe 09 12 2020
- FLAC Submission to Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands’ Review of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) Scheme
- FLAC Letter to Minister Pascal Donohoe
- Note re s3 of the Finance Bill 2020 – FINAL
- Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee (JOC) on Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, concerning detailed scrutiny of the Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018
- PILA and Trust Law webinars on employment law, charity law and contracts during COVID-19
- FLAC Annual Report 2019
- FLAC Annual Report 2019 – for download
- Invitation to Tender Access All Areas Project
- Challenging Injustice, Championing Change: PILA Impact Report 2009-2019
- FLAC Submission to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID -19 response
- Opening Statement by FLAC to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID-19 response
- Summary of FLAC Submission to Covid19 Committee
- FLAC Submission on Criminal Justice System Strategy Consultation
- Examining Access to Justice in the draft Programme for Government 2020
- FLAC Sheet Rent Supplement
- FLAC Letter to Minister Humphreys
- FLAC Note re Circular 35 20
- FLAC Note re Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020
- COVID-19 FAQs for NGOs
- FLACsheet: Borrowers Rights during Covid-19 outbreak Updated May 6th
- FLAC SUBMISSION TO WRC April 2020
- Update to ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed) May 2020
- FLACsheet Social Welfare Supports during Covid19 outbreak
- FLACsheet Family Law queries during Covid-19 outbreak
- FLAC Preliminary Submission on the General Scheme Of the Housing and Planning and Development Bill 2019
- FLAC Opening Statement to Justice Committee on ‘Access to Justice and Legal Costs’
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality: Access to Justice & Costs
- Housing Rights and Homelessness: lessons from a pro bono partnership
- FLAC Annual Report 2018
- FLAC Submission to ICERD
- Summary Statement: FLAC Submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers
- FLAC Submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers;
- Case Summary: N.H.V -v- Minister for Justice and Equality and ors [2017] IESC 35
- FLAC Supplementary Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the ‘No Consent, No Sale’ Bill 2019
- FLAC Opening Statement to JOC Finance on No Consent, No Sale Bill, 2019.
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, concerning the ‘No Consent, No Sale’ Bill 2019 proposed by Deputy Pearse Doherty, TD, Sinn Fein
- FLAC Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on Reform of the Family Law System
- FLAC Submission to the Review of the Implementation of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2017
- FLAC Submission to inform the Department of Justice and Equality’s consultation on the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy
- FLAC Annual Report 2017
- FLAC Submission to Legal Services Regulatory Authority on the Legal Practitioners Education and Training Review
- Pre-Budget Submission 2019
- FLAC Second Submission to the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice
- ‘A story of great human proportions’
- FLAC Submission on Central Bank Strategic Plan
- The High Court Judgement between The Data Protection Commissioner and Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems
- Submission on the Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017 A submission by FLAC to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality
- FLAC Submission on the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice
- FLAC Submission: Proposals for the Law Reform Commission’s Fifth Programme of Law Reform
- FLAC Submission to inform the proposals of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland
- Submission of FLAC to the Irish Government on the preparation of Ireland’s combined fifth, sixth and seventh periodic reports to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Submission of FLAC to the Irish Government on the preparation of Ireland’s combined fifth, sixth and seventh periodic reports to the UNCommittee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Submission of FLAC to the Review Group on the current operation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015
- Letter to the Tanaiste about Brexit from Human Rights Organisations
- Submission to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government concerning its Strategy for the Private Rented Sector
- The Courts Service Statement of Strategy 2018-2020
- Executive Summary of the Judgement between The Data Protection Commissioner and Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems
- Submission on analysing current developments in the resolution of mortgage arrears & related issue sand the review of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (as amended)
- Case Summary: Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd & Maximillian Schrems
- Case Summary: Merriman & ors -v- Fingal County Council & ors; Friends of the Irish Environment Clg v. Fingal County Council & ors. [2017] IEHC 695
- Case Summary: Max Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner
- FLAC Annual Report 2016
- Case Summary: Persona Digital Telephony Ltd., and Sigma Wireless Networks Ltd. v. The Minister for Public Enterprise, Ireland, and the Attorney General, and by order Denis O’Brian and Michael Lowry; Appeal No. 72/2016
- Guide: The NGO as Amicus Curiae
- Submission to inform the Department of Justice and Equality’s consultation on a new National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2020
- Submission to inform the Department of Justice and Equality’s consultation on a new National Women’s Strategy 2017 – 2020
- Submission to the Department of Justice to inform its review of the Defamation Act 2009
- FLAC Briefing Note: Data Protection Commissioner -v- Facebook Ireland Ltd & Anor 2016/4809 P
- Submission on the General Scheme of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2016
- FLAC submission in advance of the examination of Ireland’s combined sixth and seventh periodic reports under the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
- Peter Ward remarks at 10th Annual Dave Ellis lecture
- Joint Submission: Social Welfare Bill 2016
- FLAC briefing for Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
- Presentation to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform on pre-legislative scrutiny of proposals for reform of financial services & Pensions Ombudsman legislation
- Submission to the Department of Finance concerning its Statement of Strategy 2016– 2019
- Submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform concerning its Statement of Strategy 2016– 2019
- Update to ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed) September 2016
- FLAC Annual Report 2015
- Submission to inform the Department of Social Protection’s consultation on its Statement of Strategy2016 – 2019
- Pre-Budget Submission 2017 A submission by FLAC to the Department of Social Protection
- FAQ on Standing
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- Zimbabwe Moves Towards Abolishing the Death Penalty
- Guest piece by Roisin Putti and Naomi Kenan, Policy and Research Officer, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission “Housing, homelessness and extreme poverty crisis violate economic, social and cultural rights in Ireland, Commission reports to the UN”
- Sam Foley joins PILA
- European Court of Human Rights finds a Violation of the Right to a Fair Hearing for an Individual Disabled from War Injuries
- Recent femicides in Kenya bring about calls for legislative change
- Irish High Court Rules on Interpretation Issues and Scope to Review Detention Orders in Certain Circumstances, for Ward of Court Cases
- International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Prevent Genocide in the Gaza Strip
- Supreme Court Rules That Withholding Widower’s Pension from Unmarried Father Unconstitutional
- Ireland Lodges Interstate European Convention on Human Rights Application against the UK
- European Court of Human Rights Rules Greece Violated Sex Workers’ Right to Privacy by Releasing HIV Positive Status
- CJEU rules that women can claim asylum in EU Member States on the basis they face gender-based violence in their country of origin.
- International Court of Justice hears South Africa’s case against Israel “Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip”
- Irish High Court Ruling on the Responsibility of the HSE to provide Disability Service to Children in Need
- CJEU rules that second Member States have an obligation in asylum applications to provide information but no obligation to consider ‘indirect refoulement’
- Minister for Justice Helen McEntee Publishes Review of the Enforcement of Child Maintenance Orders
- Guest piece by Elizabeth Devine, Policy and Communications Manager, Community Law and Mediation, “Environmental justice in Ireland – the issues presenting at community level, and upcoming legal challenges”
- New CJEU Ruling Allows States to Prevent Employees from Wearing Religious Clothing
- Supreme Court Rules Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 Constitutional
- Court of Appeal rules that child protection legislation does not require historic abuse reporting where no child at risk court rules
- UK Supreme Court Rules “Newcomer” Injunctions Against “Gypsies” and Travellers
- Guest piece by Dr Helen Kehoe, Legal and Public Affairs Manager, Irish Penal Reform Trust, “Ten Years after the Report on Penal Reform by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice – where are we now?”
- Legislation Providing Sufferers of Domestic Abuse with Five Days Leave Comes into Effect
- Council of Europe Finds the Practice of Symphysiotomy Violated the Istanbul Convention
- WRC Awards Five Years Salary to Whistleblower
- UK Supreme Court Unanimously finds Rwandan Policy to be Unlawful
- Pro Bono Pledge Ireland launch 2023 Pro Bono Impact Report
- The US Supreme Court Adopts First-Ever Code of Conduct
- High Court Prevents Eviction of Traveller Family
- Canadian Federal Court Rules on Unprecedented $23 Billion Settlement for First Nations Children and Families
- Minister for Justice Releases New Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
- European Court of Human Rights Rules Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech Legislation Does Not Violate the Right to Freedom of Expression
- Legal groups seek immediate halt to UK arms sales to Israel over illegal attacks on Palestinian civilians
- The President Refers the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 to the Supreme Court
- Irish Supreme Court rules that delivery drivers are employees and are entitled to rights
- Australian High Court Due to Consider the Legality of Indefinite Detention of Illegal Immigrants/Asylum Seekers
- ECtHR rules that Hungary’s deportation of asylum seekers to Serbia without an individual assessment of their situation breached the Convention’s prohibitions on torture and collective expulsion
- California Enacts Landmark Climate Accountability Package
- UK Supreme Court Hears Arguments about the Government’s ‘Rwanda Policy’
- High Court rules that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal was entitled to refuse subsidiary protection to an applicant who faced a real risk of serious harm in his country of origin in circumstances where State protection was available
- Guest Piece by Sinéad Mercier, ERC/UCD Sutherland School of Law PhD Researcher: “What would private electricity wires mean for Ireland’s energy system?”
- Workplace Relations Commission rules that the dismissal of a worker for a pregnancy-related illness constituted direct discrimination on the grounds of gender
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission publishes report to assist UN committee in its examination of Ireland’s gender equality performance
- European Court of Human Rights rules that the United Kingdom’s bulk interception of the electronic communications of non-resident persons breached the Convention’s privacy provisions
- JUSTICE Report highlights the degradation of the rule of law in the UK over the past decade
- The Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2023 was signed into law by the President
- European Court of Human Rights rules that Slovenian Justice Minister’s public statements in relation to a criminal trial violated the defendant’s presumption of innocence
- High Court rules that the Minister for Justice was entitled to deport a Pakistani citizen who fraudulently obtained permission to remain in Ireland by impersonating his brother
- Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023 completed the first stage in the Dáil Éireann
- Montana District Court decides in favour of 16 youths, establishing that plaintiffs have a fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment
- European Court of Human Rights rules that North Macedonia’s treatment of detained sex workers breached the Convention’s privacy and prohibition on torture provisions
- GOSHH Ireland CLG is seeking a Board of Management Member – deadline 15 November
- Stellenbosch University: Social Justice Walk through Dublin – Saturday, 30th September @8 am, Henry Street, Dublin
- Irish High Court affirms that the Family Reunification Unit is entitled to refuse to process family reunification applications in respect of aged-out children
- The I-SAVE Project Conference: A Youth Led Initiative Promoting Self Advocacy of Human Rights – Friday, 11 August 2023 @9:30am, The Morrison Dublin
- The Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 is signed into law by the President
- WRC rules that Griffith College discriminated against deaf prospective student by failing to provide her with reasonable accommodations for King’s Inn preparatory course
- Supreme Court rules that legislation expanding the franchise in Seanad elections to institutions beyond TCD and NUI must be in place by 31 May 2025
- Recent Workplace Relations Commission identifies the presumptive ‘judicial immunity’ of statutory adjudicative bodies
- Supreme Court emphasises the ‘exceptional’ nature of the inherent jurisdiction to grant reliefs against persons unknown
- The United Nations is currently accepting applications for an Internship in the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in Hague – deadline Sunday 30 September 2023
- The Wheel is looking for a Director of Advocacy & Research – deadline Sunday, 13th August 2023 @ 5pm
- The Legal Aid Board invites applications for the position of Legal Clerk in Dublin – deadline Wednesday 9th August 2023 @ 4pm
- Sage Advocacy is seeking two Regional Managers in Dublin – deadline Friday 21st July 2023 @ 5pm
- The Department of Rural and Community Development: ‘Our Rural Future’ – Wednesday 26th July 2023 @11am, hybrid event
- DisAbility Legal Network: Pre-Pride Parade Lunch – Saturday 22nd July 2023 @12pm, Morgan Hotel, Fleet Street, Temple Bar
- The Report from the 2023 Access to Justice Conference was presented to the Minister for Justice
- Signatories Adopt the Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations
- The European Parliament and Council to begin negotiations on EU Nature Restoration Law
- Scottish Employment Tribunal rules against Ministry of Defence employee who claimed that he suffered discrimination and harassment on account of his male sex, white race and non-belief in critical theory
- FLAC launches Annual Report
- Concerns over new Garda Powers Bill set to Impact Journalist Privilege
- Chief Justice’s Working Group: Launch of Legal Aid Report – Wednesday 12 July 2023 @11 am, Montague Court Law Centre
- FLAC: Launch of FLAC Annual Report 2022 ‘Bringing Access To Justice Together’ – Monday, 10 July 2023 @9:30am, FLAC Office
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties: Roundtable on Special Criminal Court – Friday 7th July 2023 @10 am, IHREC Offices, Dublin
- Guest Piece by Aoife O’Mahony, Fair Seas Campaign Manager: Fair Seas has produced the Marine Protected Areas Report highlighting the cost to conserve and restore vital marine ecosystems
- European Court of Human Rights rules that Ireland did not breach the Convention’s discrimination provisions by refusing child benefit to mothers who were awaiting a residency status decision
- The Government approves the adoption of 15 State Litigation Principles
- The Court of Justice of the European Union finds that Ireland failed to meet its obligations under the Habitats Directive
- The Irish Supreme Court declares ‘the protection of sources is integral’ to a Free Press
- FLAC: Launch of FLAC Annual Report 2022 ‘Bringing Access To Justice Together’ – Monday, 10 July 2023 @9:30am, FLAC Office, 85/86 Dorset Street
- Guest Article by Aoife Kelly-Desmond, Managing Solicitor, Mercy Law Resource Centre and Áine Hennessy, Paralegal, Mercy Law Resource Centre: Mercy Law, A&L Goodbody and Focus Ireland launch housing clinic report
- European Commission presents the 2023 EU Justice Scoreboard
- Kenyan Employment Court rules that Meta must provide psychological care to outsourced content moderators – Piece by Gavan Mc Laughlin, Arthur Cox Trainee Solicitor
- Gavan Mc Laughlin joins PILA
- Legacy Bill returns for consideration in the House of Lords
- U.S. courts hear climate litigation cases
- Irish High Court Refuses to Grant Consent under European Arrest Warrant and Surrender Procedures
- European Court of Human Rights Hears Climate Litigation Cases
- Irish Circuit Court rules that Dunnes Stores discriminated against Roma Women
- The Ark, One Family: Always the Two of Us – Thursday, 8 June 2023 @6pm, The Ark Theatre
- Fair Seas: World Oceans Conference – Thursday, 8 June 2023 @9.30am, Cork City Hall
- Guest Piece by Dr Fiona Dukelow, University College Cork: In Transit? Documenting the lived experiences of welfare, working and caring for one parent families claiming Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment
- FLAC Launches Research Survey to Address Unmet Legal Needs in Ireland’s LGBTQI+ Community
- Demetra Herdes joins PILA as Legal Officer
- A&L Goodbody LLP, Focus Ireland & Mercy Law Resource Centre: Housing rights and homelessness: Lessons from a pro bono partnership – Tuesday, 30 May 2023 @12.30pm, A&L Goodbody LLP
- Deirdre Malone appointed as new Director to Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
- Guest piece by Liliana Flam, A&L Goodbody LLP: The climate case of the Portuguese Youth – Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Ors
- Opinion of EU Advocate General says a public body may prohibit its employees from wearing any visible sign of political, religious or philosophical belief in their workplace
- UK Supreme Court rules too late for Nigerians to sue Shell subsidiaries for 2011 oil spill
- New Bill to tackle hate crime and hate speech is currently before the Seanad
- Irish High Court dismisses HAP tenant’s appeal over landlord’s entitlement to terminate tenancy
- Law Society of Ireland: Defending The Rule of Law in Europe – 15 May 2023 @5pm, Blackhall Place
- Guest Piece by Mary Heavey, Housing Solicitor, Community Law & Mediation: Ireland’s housing policy, the right to housing and a referendum
- The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 commenced on 26 April 2023
- High Court rules Irish State failed to comply with legal obligations to meet the basic needs of an Afghan refugee minor arriving in Ireland
- Irish Supreme Court may reconsider the law on delay in court proceedings
- Supreme Court clarifies the powers of an Appeals Officer under the Disability Act 2005
- Canada to follow UK in enacting legislation against modern slavery in global supply chains
- ECHR rule on freedom of expression relating to one-year ban imposed on Polish civic movement from protesting inside Parliament
- The Introduction of Consumer Class Actions in Ireland – Incoming Legislation
- Guest piece by Tara Sutton, A&L Goodbody LLP – Ireland ranks top 10 out of 140 countries examined under the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index
- The Introduction of Consumer Class Actions in Ireland – Incoming Legislation
- Irish High Court considers when an individual has a right to work pending determination of an application for international protection
- Centre for Law & the Envrironment, UCC: Law & the Environment – 20 April 2023, UCC Campus
- Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology: Keynote lecture: Prof E. Tendayi Achiume – ‘Race, Justice and International Law’ – 21 April 2023, TSI 028, North Campus, Maynooth University
- Children’s Rights Alliance: Know Your Rights Conference: Remedies and how to use them to support children and families – 17 April 2023, 10am – 1pm, Chartered Accountants House, Dublin
- ECHR ruling safeguards child’s right to regular contact with a parent in detention
- Council of Europe finds Ireland in Breach of Labour Rights Obligations
- Referendum to Remove and Replace the Constitution’s “Women in Home” Clause by PILA’s Intern, Annika Berlin
- Minister for Justice publishes the General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill
- Supreme Court holds that the recognition of foreign adoption orders of children born by commercial surrogacy arrangements is not contrary to public policy
- Supreme Court upholds challenge to constitutionality of laws governing elections for Seanad University Panels
- Guest piece by Sarah O’Malley, Irish Council for Civil Liberties & Fay White, National Women’s Council of Ireland: Legal Barriers Must be Addressed in Abortion Review
- Guest piece by Andrea Higgins, Trainee Solicitor, McCann FitzGerald LLP: Soon-to-be enacted legislation will introduce paid leave for victims of domestic violence
- UN issues condemnation of Poland’s Warsaw Court sentencing of a human rights defender found guilty of supplying abortion pills to a domestic violence victim
- Court of Appeal upholds temporary injunctions obtained by Wilson’s Hospital School against former teacher, Enoch Burke from attending the School
- Guest piece by Adam Long, Board Director, National LGBT Federation (NXF): Human rights NGOs call on EU states to join European Commission court case against Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law
- Constitutional Court of Colombia declares continuous and uninterrupted water supply a fundamental human right
- UK juries convict defendants of rape more often than they acquit
- Irish Court of Appeal holds it would not make wasted costs order in appeal taken without client’s instructions
- Irish High Court rules Bord na Móna must disclose environmental information held by subsidiary company
- Irish High Court refuses protective costs order for disabled individuals seeking extra State schooling
- Guest piece by Fodhla O’Connell-Grennell, Community Law & Mediation: “Climate change carries no passport and knows no national borders” – New cross-border environmental justice initiative launches manual
- IHREC calls for constitutional amendment to enshrine Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
- CJEU Advocate General finds Ireland cannot refuse disability allowance to dependent relative of EU worker due to ‘unreasonable burden’ on the State
- Irish Supreme Court upholds Minister’s refusal to extend working holiday visa despite interference with right to family life
- Irish Court of Appeal concludes that legal aid may only be provided to individuals and not to companies under Irish law
- The Irish Refugee Council (IRC) are recruiting a Policy and Advocacy Officer (maternity cover)
- The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) are recruiting a Director
- The Department of Foreign Affairs are recruiting Development Specialist Officers
- FLAC are recruiting a Solicitor
- MLRC Conference on Mental Health Supports 16 February 2023
- Sage Advocacy: Fortnightly Forum – Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Legislation: Challenges & Perspectives
- Civil Legal Aid Review: An Opportunity to Develop a Model System in Ireland: 24 – 25 February 2023
- Call for Article Submissions!
- The Corruption Perceptions Index 2022 was published by Transparency International on 31 January 2023
- The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 was commenced on 1 January 2023
- The ECtHR ruled that France’s refusal to replace the term “male” by the term “neutral” or “intersex” on a birth certificate did not breach Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights
- The Welsh High Court held that there was no parental right to withdraw children from relationships and sexuality education
- The Welsh High Court held that there was no parental right to withdraw children from relationships and sexuality education
- The Northern Irish High Court refused judicial review for a ‘failed asylum seeker’ following the refusal to provide him with a registration card
- Community Law & Mediation are recruiting Administrator & Accounts Positions (CE Scheme) x 4
- Legal Aid Board are recruiting a Temporary Solicitor Grade III – Tullamore
- Call for Article Submissions!
- Non-Irish workers face a ‘significant’ wage gap according to ESRI report findings
- The UN has criticised legal action taken against judicial officials challenging corruption in Guatemala
- The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill has been blocked by The Scotland Act 1998
- Disability hate crimes rose to record levels in the UK in 2022 by PILA’s Intern Annika Berlin
- ECtHR ruled that labelling a book of fairy tales as harmful to children solely because of LGBTQI+ content breached the Convention
- ECHR right to Shelter Case: Camara v Belgium by Lilly Flam, A&L Goodbody LLP
- The Law Society of Ireland Human Rights Competition – One week to go!
- Measuring the Cost of Living Crisis in Ireland
- Call for Article Submissions!
- Measuring the Cost of Living Crisis in Ireland
- Riots in Brazil: Political demonstration or terrorism?
- The UK Supreme Court ruled that The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill does not infringe on the right to freedom of assembly under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- Riots in Brazil: Political demonstration or terrorism?
- General Scheme of The Marine Protected Areas Bill published
- Are Democratic Freedoms the new ‘Sick Man of Europe’? The health of civil society in Europe
- The UK Supreme Court ruled that The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill does not infringe on the right to freedom of assembly under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
- General Scheme of The Marine Protected Areas Bill published
- Are Democratic Freedoms the new ‘Sick Man of Europe’? The health of civil society in Europe
- Sports & Gender: A range of school policies are alleged to be hindering sports participation and physical activity levels among young girls
- New Family Courts Bill 2022 published on 1st December 2022
- Ratifying the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture: A Review of the General Scheme of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill by Molly Joyce, IPRT
- Should there be a Legal Right to Protection from Destitution?
- Migrant Fishing Workers continue to face Exploitation in Irish Waters
- The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and NGOs by Ciara Dowd BL
- Community Law & Mediation training – 26 January 2023 – An Overview of Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty
- PILA launched the inaugural Pro Bono Pledge Report 2022
- In association with PILA, McCann FitzGerald LLP launched a new data protection guide for NGOs as part of Pro Bono Week Ireland 2022
- Family Reunification and Adopted Children by Brónagh Kennedy, Arthur Cox LLP
- The Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a fine of €265 million and corrective measures on Meta
- Cultural Mediation: Breaking down cultural barriers for migrants
- Northern Ireland’s High Court refused an application for judicial review where it was alleged that a same-sex couple suffered discrimination after being denied access to a publicly-funded IVF scheme
- Right to request remote work to be included in The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022
- Supreme Court rules that Ireland cannot ratify the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) unless changes are made to Irish legislation governing arbitration
- Public Interest Litigation & Class Actions in Ireland
- Civil legal aid review begins with stakeholder consultation
- New Bill to tackle hate crime and hate speech includes clear provision to protect freedom of expression
- High Court overturns IPAT Decision refusing international protection to a Muslim man claiming to have been persecuted for working in the beef trade in India
- Intellectual Property and World Cup Qatar 2022
- Basking Sharks in Irish Waters given legal protection
- European Commission extends protection for Ukrainian refugees into 2024
- Breastfeeding & the Law: Can legislation regulate a $55billion industry?
- PILA Spotlight: Conflict in Ukraine: Is war a crime?
- Budget 2023: How will it affect those living with a disability?
- Litigation Funding: What’s coming down the tracks in Ireland and Europe?
- Workplace Relations Committee awards FLAC traveller client compensation
- PILA Spotlight: One Parent Families in Ireland
- Law & Social Change: PILA reports on The Bar of Ireland Voluntary Assistance Scheme Conference 2022
- Launch of the NGO Legal Guides in Belfast: 21 September 2022
- Human Trafficking and the Transport Industry
- Discrimination claim rejected by the European Court of Human Rights for man who was disqualified from State pension while serving prison sentence
- The ESRI publishes new report highlighting health inequalities among minority groups in Ireland
- Russia ceases to be a party to the European Convention on Human Rights
- Social Media and Politics: A balancing of rights
- Spotlight on Homelessness in Ireland
- PILA Launches New All-Ireland NGO Guides
- Research finds that civil society action is needed to prevent expansion of far right discourse in Ireland
- Foyle Family Justice Centre opens in Derry
- The Data Protection Commission fines Instagram €405 million
- Research suggests 1 in 5 sex workers are exploited by Gardaí
- Education (health, relationships and sex education) Bill 2021
- Afghanistan: one year of the Taliban’s broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence
- Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI) has had its funding suspended
- Singapore to end ban on homosexuality
- ICCL urges Government to include Direct Provision in key legislation protecting people in the care of the state
- Magdalene Laundries: Told, Acknowledged and Not Forgotten
- Blanket ban on trans women in Irish rugby may be unlawful
- Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 passes 1st stage of Dáil Eireann
- Electoral Reform Bill 2022 signed into law by The President
- Legislating for Surrogacy
- Government approves expansion of the Data Protection Commission
- National Women’s Council of Ireland calls on government to increase social welfare rates to support women and lone parents
- The Wheel and The Charities Institute Ireland respond to the General Scheme of the Charities Amendment Bill 2022
- Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Continued Existence of the Special Criminal Court
- Roma Genocide Memorial Day took place on 2 August
- Changes to the law of consent in rape cases forthcoming
- High Court rules that protective costs applications in environmental litigation do not need to be made in advance of substantive hearing
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission publishes its Annual Report 2021
- High Court strikes out a Dublin property developer’s claim of maintenance and champerty
- Statutory Sick Pay Leave Bill Becomes Law
- Public Consultation invites submissions on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland
- Minister McEntee welcomes Ireland’s ranking upgrade in latest ‘Trafficking in Persons’ Report
- Accommodating for Varied Approaches to Child-Rearing in Child Welfare Policy by PILA’s Sophie Langfitt
- Traveller Pride Week 2022
- LGBT Ireland Welcomes the support of the Irish Association of Catholic Priests for a ban on conversion practices
- PILA welcomes Emily Cunningham as new Legal Officer
- Is there Mica in the Government’s building blocks? by PILA’s Jenny Salmon
- Advertisements for short-term rental lettings to be restricted by new Bill
- Discrimination Based on Marital Status Disadvantages Children
- IHREC publishes evaluation report on the implementation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Directive in Ireland
- Average waiting time for citizenship applications now 22 months
- High Court rules dyslexic child did not receive proper educational support from the Minister for Education
- Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 takes effect
- Dept. of Social Protection update on supports for Ukrainian refugees
- Direct Provision v. the Temporary Protection Directive for Ukrainian Refugees in Ireland
- Men significantly out number women in Local Government: we need legislation for gender quotas for local elections – NWCI
- Supreme Court of the United States of America Overturns Abortion Rights Granted Under Roe v Wade
- National Women’s Council of Ireland reports that More than 700 Irish residents have travelled for abortion care since 2019
- Nasc, Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre have been awarded €70,000 from the Toy Show Appeal grants for 2022 by the Community Foundation of Ireland.
- FLAC are proud to announce our membership of Trans Equality Together
- Looking Back: Dáil Éireann reports from Tuesday 29 June 1920
- Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022 completes fifth stage of Seanad Éireann
- FLAC annual report indicates access to justice crisis
- FLAC Launches Annual Report 2021
- FLAC welcomes vital opportunity to advocate for fit-for-purpose civil legal aid system
- Divorcees in England to be given £500 mediation vouchers to help them resolve disputes away from court
- National Women’s Council calls for care referendum in 2023
- Treoir calls for referendum to remove marriage as an exclusive requirement for Constitutional protection of families
- Human Rights Court warns over treatment of Intersex persons
- Looking Back: Dáil Éireann discussions from June 1919
- Circuit Court rules school did not discriminate against father on gender grounds by enrolling child without his consent
- High Court: A provision of the ‘reasonable mistake’ defence in child sexual assault cases is unconstitutional
- Amendment to Part 4 Tenancies Legislation
- FLAC & INAR Equal Access Project – Anti Racism Advocacy blog post by Úna Walsh – Clerical Officer with the Legal Aid Board
- Transfer of the ‘one-stop shop’ reception facility from Dublin Airport to Citywest
- New law proposed to save the native Irish Honey Bee
- National Minimum Wage (Payment of Interns) Bill 2022
- Disability Services (or lack thereof) discussed in recent Dáil sitting
- Data Protection: Court of Appeal rules CCTV footage was unlawfully used to investigate employee discipline matter
- Looking back to May 1919 and the discussions that were taking place in Dáil Éireann then
- Woman takes case against Northern Ireland’s Health authorities after 5 year wait for diagnosis
- Attitudes survey finds adults in NI feel Brexit has increased likelihood of Irish unity
- Proud to be part of Equal Rights: FLAC officially launches LGBTQI+ Clinic
- Time and costs involved in some civil proceedings are mind-boggling – Irish Times Report
- William Fry’s pro bono programme recognised at the 2021 Chambers Sustainable Business Impact Awards.
- Call for lawyers to participate in research on the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Coco’s Law)
- Supreme Court – President is immune from requests for information under European AIE Regulations
- KOD Lyons promotes human rights lawyer Stephen Kirwan to Partner
- European Commission Takes a Stand Against SLAPP Lawsuits
- A Summary of Abortion Laws in the USA
- Sick Leave Bill 2022 passes Fourth Stage of Dáil Éireann
- A Bleak Week for Rights in the UK
- Low Income Puts Older People’s Rights at Risk
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission publishes plan to address human rights challenges
- ‘The saddest journey of my life’: Asylum seekers on navigating Ireland’s immigration process – via TheJournal.ie
- Inclusion Ireland are forming a working group of 6 people with intellectual disabilities who want to speak up about rights and have an interest in the media.
- New Report from IHREC Shows Housing Assistance Discrimination Continues to be Prevalent Despite Being Illegal
- Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 reaches Stage 2 of Seanad Éireann
- NCBI, Irish Wheelchair Association and Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind have prepared a position paper regarding the ongoing Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021
- IHREC Submits Report to the Minister for Justice Regarding the proposed Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill
- Alina Beskrovna: A month in a Mariupol basement
- Irish companies talk about ‘diversity, inclusion. But there’s only one black person on staff’ – Irish Times Report
- All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) are recruiting new volunteers to join their palliative care campaigning team, Voices4Care
- Minister McEntee launches justice sector programme of commemorative events for 2022-2024 as part of the Decade of Centenaries’ Programme
- Bill Connected to Proceeds of Human Rights Violations Entered Dáil Third Stage
- Minister McEntee publishes Bill to implement biggest reform to judicial appointments in decades
- Accommodation of Ukrainian Refugees in Ireland
- Implementation of ECHR judgments: Annual Report 2021 is out
- HRW Reports Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas of Ukraine
- Access to legal system blocked by delays to civil aid reform, campaigners warn
- FLAC calls for clarity on legal aid review amid increasing demand for services
- UN Women reports ‘War in Ukraine is a crisis for women and girls’
- Legal geographies of ‘community’ in South Africa and the Tafelberg case (a children’s story) – Sonya Cotton PhD Researcher at UCD Sutherland School of Law
- Climate Bar Association research finds that people don’t report environmental crimes for fear of upsetting neighbours
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth approves IHREC Code of Practice on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work
- IHREC Submits Contribution to the 4th Progress Report on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings in the European Union
- Courts Service of Ireland publishes new information on attending Court for lay-litigants
- Inclusion Ireland and Down Syndrome Ireland research reveals worrying findings
- US declares Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
- Childcare costs reportedly forcing young women to choose between family or career
- New FLAC LGBTQI+ Clinic
- Independent International Commission of Inquiry was Created to Investigate Human Rights Abuse by Russia
- Pro Bono Pledge Ireland: 28 April 2022 NGO Pitch Event – Applications now open
- The Premiere League Considers Adding Human Rights Component to it Owners’ and Directors’ Test
- Irish Refugee Council publishes Information Page for Ukrainian refugees coming to Ireland
- House of Lords votes to remove Clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill
- PILA is delighted to welcome Shamika Dwarika onboard as Pro Bono Development Officer
- Minister McEntee receives Cabinet approval to reform Irish defamation law
- FLAC to “Jog for Justice” at VHI Women’s Mini Marathon
- WRC finds hotel discriminated against family when it refused them access to emergency accommodation
- Honduran Supreme Court Releases Environmental Activists
- Council of Europe Publishes Factsheet on Cases Regarding Roma and Traveller Communities
- IHREC Launches 2022-2024 Strategy Statemenet
- Free Legal Advice Panel for the Community Sponsorship Programme
- Deloitte and DLA Piper join forces to offer internships to asylum seekers and refugees
- ‘Immediate action needed to tackle family homelessness; we can’t allow progress to reverse’ – Children’s Rights Alliance
- Co-Chair of Turkey’s Oldest Human Rights Organisation Goes On Trial – NGO Branded Terrorist Organisation
- Arthur Cox Pro Bono Update
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warns of increasing violence and human rights violations at European borders
- South African Court Finds School Acted Discriminatorily Through Uniform Code of Conduct – r.e. Religious Attire
- Maskey Review uncovers shocking medical practices in South-Kerry CAMHS.
- NASC Urge Government to Widen SUSI Grant Criteria to Include Migrants and Refugees
- Japan Calls for Monitoring China’s Human Rights Situations
- Irish Penal Reform Trust Publishes Fifth ‘Progress in the Penal System’ Report
- “Try listening to the people who actually know what’s going on”: sex workers in Ireland demand their human rights.
- Amnesty International Accuses Israel of Apartheid in Latest Report
- FLAC welcomes landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the summary eviction of Travellers and seeks urgent legislative reform
- Special Rapporteur on Child Protection Publishes Annual Report
- Undocumented Migrant Regularisation Scheme Paves Road To Citizenship
- Minister for Justice Helen McEntee vows to combat gender-based violence
- Human Rights Watch Claims EU Commitment to Rights Falters Under Stress
- Cryptocurrency and Human Rights
- New UK Nationality and Borders Bill Causes Concern Amongst Minorities
- Launch: Progress in the Penal System 2021
- European Court of Human Rights Says NGOs Cannot Rely on Article 8
- Should The Special Criminal Court Be Abolished? ICCL Believe So!
- FLAC & INAR Launch Equal Access Project
- Annual GDPR Survey Reveals Concerning Stats
- PILA Welcome Demetra Herdes Onboard as Legal Intern from UCD Sutherland School of Law
- A million Irish people at risk of poverty as ‘housing subsidies are not working’ – Social Justice Ireland
- IHREC Submits Wide-Ranging Report to Department of Children and Equality
- Minister McEntee announces further temporary extension of immigration permissions
- Covid Prevents Women From Seeking Help – Mary Crilly, Sexual Violence Centre Cork
- President signs Irish language rights legislation into law
- European Court of Human Rights Rules on ‘Gay Cake’ Dispute
- Undocumented Migrant Regularisation Scheme Paves Road To Citizenship
- Department of Health Preparing Paper on Legal & Ethical Aspects of Mandatory Vaccination
- Inger Stoejberg: Jail for Danish ex-minister for asylum separations
- Baring Foundation Publishes Report on the Efficacy of Civil Society Organisations in Utilising the Law to Combat Social Injustice
- Human Rights Day: Rebuild Trust, Expand Freedoms, Restore Equality – UN
- Minister McEntee confirms opening of Afghan Admission Programme
- CETA Ratification In Ireland: Which Way To Go?
- Minsters McEntee and Harris launch Further Education and Training guide for domestic and sexual abuse victims
- FLAC Statement on the death of Frank Callanan SC.
- FLAC welcomes WRC decisions in favour of client who suffered discrimination after disclosing his HIV status.
- Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community publishes Report
- FLAC Home for Christmas Appeal
- Pro Bono Pledge Ireland: 2022 NGO Pitch Events – Applications Now OPEN
- PILA 2021 Round Up
- ‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan
- Irish abortion rights organisations are urging the UN to hold Ireland to account for “violating the human rights of abortion seekers”.
- Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland has been awarded the Council of the Bar of Ireland’s Human Rights Award for 2021
- The Bar of Ireland is hosting a series of webinars around disability, race and inclusion within the legal profession
- Waterford Council decision not to proceed with halting site quashed in case taken by the FLAC Traveller Legal Service
- Minister McEntee welcomes publication CSO Probation Re-offending Statistics 2017
- FLAC Annual Justice Lecture 2021, in memory of Dave Ellis
- Pro Bono Week 2021 Round Up
- Ethiopia rights commission alleges war crimes and rights violations by Tigray forces in Afar and Amhara regions
- Beijing Winter Olympics sponsors pressured over China’s ‘appalling human rights record’
- PILA launches dedicated Pro Bono Week 2021 Web Page
- Community Law and Mediation December Clinic
- Arthur Cox Pro Bono Update
- Court ruling on access to driving licences ‘significant’ for asylum seekers
- Northern Ireland Secretary urged to move Irish language legislation in Westminster ‘immediately’
- Poland denies journalists access to border with Belarus as thousands remain stranded amid row.
- Irishman accused of people smuggling in Greece says he was si drowningmply trying to save people from drowning
- Justice and mental health systems failing mentally ill prisoners says Report
- ICCL says ‘Discriminatory’ Covid Certs Should Not Be Extended
- Applications sought to join Irish Refugee Advisory Board
- EU ramps up infringement proceedings against Ireland
- Parents of Transgender teen lose custody over “verbal and emotional abuse”
- Abuse at Donegal HSE-run complex ‘could and should’ have been prevented says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
- Minister Browne launches Legal Aid Board 2020 Annual Report
- IHREC and FLAC Launch Equality ACTion: The Review of the Equality Acts
- FLAC Publishes the Third ‘From Pillar To Post’ Paper Examining Prevailing Consumer Debt Issues in Light of Covid19
- Community Law and Mediation is delighted to offer a free legal advice clinic (by Zoom) related to enjoyment of one’s environment
- Obsessive anti-Israel bias: Erdan rips up human rights report at UN podium
- Advocates call for tougher sanctions against Irish companies engaged in abuses abroad
- Pro Bono Week Ireland 2021 Details and Registration Now Available
- FLAC Welcomes Justice Edwin Cameron for Guest Lecture Entitled Social and Economic Rights-What Can Judges Do
- Green Party TD awarded half of legal costs resulting from failed public interest challenge over CETA trade deal
- Coveney ‘concerned’ over Israel’s labelling of Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organisations
- French priest and human rights activists highlight plight of migrants in Calais
- Independent Law Centres Network back Gary Lee for Law Society Council re-election bid.
- World Leaders Must Act On ‘Make Or Break Moment’ For Afghanistan
- Budget 2022 Roundup of Social, Justice and Housing Changes
- IHREC Permitted To Make ‘Amicus Curiae’ Submissions At Mother And Baby Homes Report Challenges
- FLAC Welcomes Settlement Of Circuit Court Discrimination Case Taken By A Woman Of Romani Heritage Against An Garda Síochána
- Supreme Court Judge Warns Against Dividing Law Into Different Cultures
- ‘Environmental Justice, Democracy And Human Rights’ Conference 2021
- UN Child Rights Committee Rules That Countries Bear Cross-Border Responsibility For Harmful Impact Of Climate Change
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) Submits Response To Engagement Paper From The Department Of Justice On Pro Bono Costs Order For 2021
- IHREC Welcomes Conviction of Two Women for Human Trafficking Offences
- Irish Government approves Afghan Admission Programme
- Report launched to mark a 10th anniversary of Istanbul Convention
- Human Rights Panel discussion on Indigenous People and COVID-19
- Mr. Justice O’Donnell named as next Chief Justice
- Council of Europe adds new section on ECtHR Environmental Judgments to website
- Government to engage in ‘comprehensive’ review of Planning and FOI Legislation
- Switzerland votes to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption in referendum
- Migrant women’s networking group, AkiDwA, calls for more support for women forced to undergo female genital mutilation, particular from national hospitals
- Report highlights how vulnerable suffer in growing housing divide
- Ireland extends immigration permissions until January 2022
- Irish government behind schedule in implementing white paper on direct provision
- Denial of one-parent family payment to single mother-of-two with refugee status overturned following a review of all the facts
- The UK Court of Appeal has overturned High Court’s ruling that under-16s who have gender dysphoria were incapable of consenting to medical treatment which would pause puberty
- IHREC publishes report to the Anti-Racism Committee
- Access to Justice Conference to be held 1 – 2 October 2021
- British Government proposed amnesty to be opposed by UNHRC
- Providing greater insight into decisions on social welfare appeals An update on the latest reports added to the Casebase database
- IHREC awarded highest UN accreditation
- New law enables Australian enforcement authorities to compel companies covered by the statute to provide data, regardless of where the data is stored
- China’s Personal Information Protection Law set to come into force
- Government announces Housing for All plan
- PILA supports legal education sessions on immigration for IOM
- FLAC defends Traveller family in High Court proceedings for which Civil Legal Aid not available
- Ecuador marks Day Against Sexual Violence in Schools
- European Court of Human Rights has called on Russia to protect same sex unions
- Government announces €1 million in funding to support people of Afghanistan
- The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have published a report on the submissions received from the consultation on right to request remote working
- Mayo Traveller family say that they are being put through “mental torture” trying to get basic facilities from their local authority who cut contact with the family back in 2004
- Update on Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021
- CJEU has responded to questions by two German national courts regarding neutrality policies in the workplace
- The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has made a number of recommendations to the Oireachtas Justice Committee regarding the new Family Court Bill 2020
- Arthur Cox introduces new trainee rotation in its pro bono practice
- The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has reversed the High Court’s finding that a woman with motor neuron disease suffered discrimination
- NI Department of Justice to begin consultation on pro bono costs orders in civil and family disputes
- McDonagh v Chief Appeals Officer and the Minister for Social Protection
- PILA welcomes Matheson appointment of first Pro Bono Partner
- Death penalty declared unconstitutional by the Malawian Supreme Court of Appeal
- Consultation on IHREC’s next Strategy Statement 2022 – 2024
- ECtHR rules that pre-trial detention of a man was a violation of human rights
- High Court orders HSE pay costs for employee’s successful Labour Courts Appeal
- Irish Government to reopen redress scheme for victims of sexual abuse
- Casenote: Hurbain v Belgium
- European Commission launches new initiative on binding standards for equality bodies
- PILA host first stakeholder meeting for the Pro Bono Pledge
- The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland helps settle sexual orientation discrimination case
- The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill has passed all stages of the legislative process in houses of the Oireachtas
- Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment recognises the burden of childcare on women
- UK Supreme Court hears case for genderless passports
- PILA facilitates partnership between Arthur Cox and FLAC to support FLAC Information and Referral Line
- Equality Reviews Across Local Authorities Recommends Systemic Change
- Human Rights watchdog states that Ireland has failed to provide redress for child abuse victims
- New Legislation aimed at regulating online political ads criticised for not being robust enough
- Throughout Pride Month records relating to Senator David Norris’ landmark case, Norris v Ireland, were exhibited in the National Archives
- Proposals to law to ensure 20% of units in developments to be social housing or affordable homes
- Now is the time to talk about consumer debt warns FLAC
- Announced review of equality law timely and necessary says FLAC
- Status Check: 20 Years of the Equal Status Acts – FLAC Seminar Series
- FLAC welcomes David Fennelly BL as FLAC’s new Chairperson
- Chief Justice applauds FLAC and PILA on its continued work highlighting unmet legal need and promoting access to justice for all
- Zambrano Rights and EU Carers Scheme
- Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory calls for ‘Right to Disconnect’ to be enshrined in law
- UK law firm Duncan Lewis issues JR proceedings over immigration reforms
- New statutory sick pay scheme from 2022
- Do employees have a right to get time off to get vaccinated?
- Rights for children born through surrogacy
- The UK House of Lords Constitution Committee believe that emergency powers enacted during the pandemic impacted legislative scrutiny
- The High Court of Ireland has ruled that section 27(3F) of the Misuse of Drugs Act (mandatory sentencing) is unconstitutional
- Minister welcomes submission by the Citizens’ Assembly of Gender Equality of its report to the Oireachtas
- Secondary school withdraws legal action over Instagram account
- IHREC adds its voice to calls for the members of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to accept invitation to appear before the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties call for rights-impact assessment of the Covid-19 restrictions
- NIHRC brings legal challenge over lack of abortion services in Northern Ireland
- Hague Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030
- Housing Assistance Payment no longer included in the calculation of entitlement to civil legal aid
- NUIG’s Centre for Human Rights urge Government to push for a global ban on fracking at UN
- The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission provides a contribution to the EU on Ireland’s response to human trafficking
- Ombudsman for Children investigates living conditions of children living in halting site
- Belfast Court rules that the requirement for trans people to be diagnosed with a “disorder” is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
- OECD calls for water charges and raised carbon taxes and waste charges in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- New Social Housing Assessment Regulations raise the income limit for larger families applying for housing supports
- The English and Welsh High Court has ruled that injunctions against “persons unknown” prohibiting unauthorised occupation or use of land (so-called “Traveller Injunctions”) cannot include “newcomers” i.e. parties who might access the land in the future.
- ESRI study suggests that because of stagnant wages and expensive housing young people in Ireland face lower living standards than previous generations
- For the first time, wheelchair users in Ireland can now specify their need for wheelchair livable accommodation in their social housing applications
- Guest piece by Dr Rachel Widdis on EU Developments in Sustainable Corporate Governance, and Human Rights Due Diligence
- European Committee of Social Rights finds failure to provide legal assistance to minors in violation of Article 17
- High Court: Traveller Accommodation case against a Local Authority and the State must be heard as a single trial
- French Court of Cassation rules that a company’s image is not an acceptable justification for a difference in treatment in staff
- German Judge rules that the mandatory requirement to wear face masks in school is unconstitutional
- The Administrative Court of England and Wales has found that the UK Home Office was “irrational” and “unlawful” in applying the “good character” requirement for British citizenship to applicants from the Windrush Generation.
- Guest post by FLAC’s Christopher Bowes BL: New Social Housing Assessment Regulations raise income limit for larger families applying for housing supports
- English Appeals Tribunal overturns ruling that person with Asperger’s was not disabled within the meaning of Equality Act
- ECtHR finds compulsory childhood vaccination not in violation of Article 8
- WRC finds civil servant faced unintended indirect discrimination on grounds of age in shortlisting for promotion
- IHREC confirms Bank of Ireland to provide access to bank accounts for asylum seekers
- UK Court of Appeal declares young girl must be reconsidered for drug for rare genetic disorder
- UK Supreme Court holds abducted child in asylum process protected by principle of non-refoulment
- ECtHR finds Croation government discriminated against woman who became pregnant through IVF
- Irish High Court quashes decision to refuse school transport to child with autism
- Irish Supreme Court rejects challenge to constitutionality of Workplace Relations Commission
- Hague Court of Appeal upholds duty of care of parent company in case over Nigerian oil spills
- Council of Europe finds lack of provision for conscientious objection in Irish Defence Forces not in violation of European Social Charter
- Irish High Court quashes Minister’s decision to refuse work permit to non-EU national
- FLAC welcomes settlement of case regarding eviction proceedings against a Traveller family by Dublin Airport Authority
- European Committee of Social Rights highlights ongoing rights violations of local authority tenants and Travellers
- IHREC and TCD research suggests minorities and young people disproportionally impacted by COVID response
- The FLAC Casebook – Keeping them in Suspense: How confused social welfare decision-making can interfere with claimant’s right to appeal
- English court finds up-front costs of Universal Childcare Scheme indirectly discriminate against women
- UK Court of Appeal rules that citizenship fee not in best interest of child
- UK Supreme Court finds Uber drivers are workers and not independent contractors
- Guest piece by Rebecca Keatinge on Community Law & Medication’s new Centre for Environmental Justice
- UK Supreme Court rules Nigerians can bring claims against Shell in the UK
- Irish High Court quashes refusal to grant maternity benefit to employee without valid work permit
- Irish Supreme Court finds new rules for revoking citizenship required
- FLAC welcomes the announcement of Civil Legal Aid System review
- The FLAC Casebook: Update on recent cases of the Traveller Legal Service
- UK Employment Tribunal finds gender-fluid and non-binary employees are protected by equality law
- French Court rules that government has failed on climate change goals
- Activists that protested migrant deportation at Stansted Airport have convictions quashed
- Irish High Court says quality of the decision-making in assessment of LGBT asylum seeker short of ‘moral ideal’
- SCOTUS intervenes to allow federal government to perform an execution despite strong judicial dissent
- ECtHR finds against Switzerland for fining and detaining Roma woman for begging
- Irish Supreme Court dismisses appeal allowing hospital withhold treatment from boy with brain injury
- ECtHR finds refusal to recognise Trans men without gender reassignment surgery in breach of right to private life
- Client of FLAC Traveller Legal Service receives maximum award in discrimination case taken against a wedding venue
- CJEU issues preliminary ruling that military draft evaders should be entitled to asylum
- Trust Law launches guide to legal structures for social enterprises
- UK High Court finds domestic abuse victims should not be denied legal aid due to capital trapped in a home
- Trinity COVID-19 Legal Observatory publishes first response report
- ECtHR deems symphysiotomy cases inadmissible
- European Committee of Social Rights finds the Czech Republic in violation of the rights of vulnerable children including Roma children
- UK Court of Appeal rules failure to consult before removing safeguards for children in care unlawful
- UK practice direction departing from oral hearings during pandemic deemed unlawful
- Irish High Court warns new costs provisions may limit inherent jurisdiction to grant protective costs orders
- Over 90 signatories, representing in excess of 2000 legal professionals, come together to pledge free legal services for those who need it most
- UK High Court rules UK government failed to provide for health and safety of gig economy workers during COVID-19, including the provision of PPE
- UK Court of Appeal considers employer justification of indirect discrimination on the basis of financial concerns
- IHREC granted leave to appear as Amicus Curiae in challenge to wards of court system
- WRC finds in favour of father challenging HAP discrimination of letting agent
- FLAC expresses concerns at the proposed retrospective taxation of the Covid PUP
- Guest piece by Áine Ryall on Climate Change, Human Rights & Public Interest Law
- Arthur Cox named TrustLaw Domestic Law Firm of the Year 2020 and launches Pro Bono Impact Report
- First ECtHR Grand Chamber judgment on Article 1 of Protocol No. 7 on procedural safeguards on the expulsion of aliens
- UK Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by teenage victim of human trafficking against his conviction of aggravated burglary
- WRC holds age restriction on joining the Garda Síochána is discriminatory
- ECtHR finds French authorities did not breach ECHR when ordering the dissolution of extreme right-wing group
- UK Court of Appeal rules temporary postal of abortion pills during COVID-19 is not unlawful
- UK Court of Appeal finds deportation policy unlawful due to real risk of preventing access to justice
- CEPEJ report finds Republic of Ireland has lowest justice spend in Europe
- Irish Supreme Court declares law governing citizenship revocation unconstitutional
- CJEU rules mass surveillance by member states must respect privacy, even in context of national security
- First deaf person to sit on a jury and deliberate on verdict
- FLAC project launches impact report on ten years of promoting public interest law
- Irish Supreme Court finds refusal of information request by public body must be justified
- 26,995 received legal information or advice through FLAC’s services in 2019
- Update to Gerry Whyte’s book, ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed)
- European Court of Justice backs net neutrality in Hungarian case
- Scottish court allows investigation into police officers’ racist and sexist WhatsApp conversations to go ahead
- Irish Supreme Court upholds orders quashing refusal to revoke deportation of two Nigerian nationals in lawful marriages with Irish citizens
- Irish High Court rules civil legal aid can only be granted to ‘natural persons’, not NGOs
- Guest piece by Richard Reynolds, Gerry Liston and Marc Willers QC – ‘An Emergency Like No Other: The Portuguese Youth Case’
- UK High Court dismisses challenge to conditions in immigration removal centre
- CJEU finds long-term residence status cannot be automatically refused on grounds of public policy due to criminal conviction
- FLAC before Oireachtas COVID-19 Committee
- Law Reform Commission publishes discussion paper on implementation of international obligations
- Challenge to pandemic lockdown in New Zealand partially successful
- England and Wales Court of Appeal finds use of facial recognition technology in breach of privacy rights, data protection and equality law
- NI Court of Appeal finds refusal of Bereavement Support Payment to family of severely disabled woman discriminatory
- Irish High Court rules County Council acted intra vires in impounding a horse and levying fees for its return
- Irish High Court orders Minister to establish medical panel to assess refugees
- Irish Circuit Court holds ban on asylum seekers obtaining learner driver permits does not constitute racial discrimination
- ECtHR finds ineffective investigation into forced prostitution in breach of prohibition on slavery and forced labour
- Irish Supreme Court rules Ministerial finding of ‘marriage of convenience’ does not nullify marriage
- Irish Court of Appeal overturns High Court judgment refusing adjournment of wardship inquiry
- Irish Supreme Court quashes Government’s climate action plan
- Irish High Court quashes deportation orders of EU citizen’s relatives having offered voluntary DNA test
- Irish Supreme Court rules Minister for Justice has sole power to decide on transfer of refugee application from another EU state
- FLAC launches dedicated Traveller Legal Service
- New Clinical Legal Education Handbook published on establishing and running a clinical programme
- UK Law Centre Network launches report on access to justice challenges driven by COVID-19
- Canadian Federal Court declares US-Canadian asylum treaty unconstitutional
- French Constitutional Court says legislation tackling online hate speech is unconstitutional
- Guest piece: Litigation in Ireland’s Supreme Court may condemn inaction on climate change
- CJEU rules that Hungary violated EU law with NGO financial reporting requirements
- NI High Court declares different treatment of benefits claimants with terminal illness discriminatory
- Irish Supreme Court finds disability allowance is a special non-contributory cash payment and is therefore non-exportable
- CJEU deems US data sharing arrangement with EU to be invalid
- Law firms invited to complete 2020 Trust Law Index of Pro Bono survey
- US Supreme Court rules Louisiana’s abortion restrictions are unconstitutional
- WRC finds dismissal of cleaner discriminatory on grounds of age and disability
- Irish High Court declares Sectoral Employment Orders unconstitutional
- European Committee of Social Rights finds Ireland in violation of right to equal pay and equal opportunities in the workplace
- FLAC examines access to justice in the draft Programme for Government
- US Supreme Court rules that gay and transgender people are protected by federal discrimination law
- Irish High Court holds Irish Prison Service not exempt from providing reasonable accommodation for prison officers with disabilities
- Irish-born child loses challenge to citizenship refusal where father’s refugee status revoked due to false and misleading information
- Irish Supreme Court finds meaning of ‘child’ does not include non-biological child for the purposes of family reunification
- Irish Supreme Court overturns refusal to grant medical certificates allowing parents of disabled children to avail of tax back scheme
- Irish Supreme Court rules naturalised refugees are entitled to apply for family reunification
- Guest piece by Oran Doyle: Covid-19 Law and Human Rights Observatory
- South African High Court declares Covid-19 restrictions unlawful
- Dutch court finds grandmother in breach of GDPR for failing to remove photos of grandchildren from social media
- Irish High Court orders State to pay half the legal costs of unsuccessful applicant in constitutional challenge to Workplace Relations Commission
- Irish High Court says woman living in “squalor” has capacity to make decisions
- Irish High Court rules dependants of EU citizens entitled to claim social welfare benefits
- Guest piece by FLAC Chief Executive Eilis Barry: A new Sustainable Development Goal on Civil Justice
- CJEU rules that homophobic statements made about recruitment policy fall within EU anti-discrimination laws
- High Court of England and Wales says policy that denies migrants access to welfare payments unlawful
- UK Supreme Court upholds challenge of Palestinian campaigners to pensions scheme policy
- Irish Court of Appeal orders reconsideration of citizenship refusal where applicant deemed not of good character due to road traffic offences
- Irish Supreme Court rules applicant for disability allowance entitled to seek judicial review on point of EU law prior to exhausting all statutory remedies
- Canadian Supreme Court allows case for alleged human rights abuses by Canadian company overseas
- Arthur Cox Recognised at the 2020 Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Awards for FLAC research on victims of domestic violence
- ECtHR declares seizure and retention of server in criminal proceedings against third party violated freedom of expression
- ECtHR finds putting children in care due to mother’s drug addiction not in their best interests
- UK Supreme Court clarifies law on challenging deportation where inhumane due to serious illness under Article 3 ECHR
- ECtHR says excessive delay in Irish legal system violates Convention
- European Committee of Social Rights publishes statement on the right to protection of health in times of pandemic crisis
- UK couple who objected to local council vaccinating their newborn son lose appeal
- English High Court overturns decision of DPP not to prosecute rape
- UN rights expert warns Ireland’s Public Services Card discriminates against the marginalised
- Irish High Court dismisses constitutional challenge to procedures of Workplace Relations Commission
- ECtHR orders French authorities to provide for unaccompanied migrant children during COVID-19 crisis
- Council of Europe issue guidance to governments on respecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law during COVID-19
- UK Court of Appeal clarifies Public Sector Equality Duty test in repossession of social housing granted on false statements
- CJEU says Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic violated EU law by refusing to accept asylum seekers in 2015
- UK Supreme Court finds sharing of intelligence with US authorities which could facilitate death penalty violated data protection laws
- Belfast Court of Appeal rules ban on same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland was ‘unjustified discrimination’
- Guest piece by Doireann Ansbro of ICCL on the rights implications of the COVID-19 emergency legislation
- New report reveals a significant increase in pro bono partners
- ECtHR declares inadmissible complaints from two Swedish midwives who refused to carry out abortions
- Grand Chamber of ECtHR confirms that UK’s Bedroom Tax discriminates against victims of domestic violence
- Irish Labour Court holds migrant workers without valid immigration permissions cannot bring cases to WRC
- Guest piece by Loughlin O’Nolan of Article Eight Advocacy on returning control to individuals over their personal data
- European Court of Human Rights rules UK police’s data retention policy violates right to privacy
- High Court of England and Wales finds application of hate crime guidance breached right to free speech
- Irish Court of Appeal awards costs to recipient of civil legal aid joined in child welfare proceedings
- FLAC welcomes important clarification from High Court on obligations of housing authorities to process housing applications within statutory time limit
- FLAC and PILA are here to help through COVID-19
- JUSTICE launches latest report ’Increasing Judicial Diversity: An Update’
- Report finds ESB imported coal from Colombian mine linked to human rights violations
- Irish High Court finds claim that woman trafficked from Nigeria could ‘sustain herself’ through prostitution egregiously offensive to human dignity
- Irish Supreme Court rules ‘outsourcing’ international protection applications to a panel of independent contractors is lawful
- Canadian Supreme Court allows class action for punitive damages alone to proceed against Volkswagen
- European Committee of Social Rights finds Finland’s childcare coverage scheme discriminates against unemployed parents
- Swiss court finds civil disobedience by climate protesters justified
- UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission sides with government in Begum appeal against deprivation of citizenship
- Dutch court rules that welfare surveillance system violates right to privacy
- UN Committee decision finds human rights violations due to climate change must be considered when deporting asylum seekers
- Lithuania’s refusal to investigate homophobic hate speech in violation of European Convention on Human Rights
- UK Court of Appeal reaffirms the rights of Romany and Traveller communities to live in accordance with their traditional, nomadic way of life
- WRC orders hotel to compensate Traveller family over cancellation of communion
- Homeless woman wins appeal against State’s failure to pay her Jobseeker’s Allowance
- WRC finds indirect discrimination against asylum seeker refused a driving licence
- Guest piece by Áine Ryall: Future of Environmental Judicial Review under Threat
- UK employment tribunal finds ethical veganism a protected philosophical belief
- Advocate General says Hungarian restrictions on financing civil society organisations from abroad are not compatible with EU law
- UK Employment Tribunal dismisses discrimination challenge over views on gender recognition
- UK High Court declares Home Office trafficking policy unlawful due to delay in identification of victims of modern slavery
- Separated father of three given a one-person household by Dublin City Council wins Supreme Court appeal
- Guest piece by Sarah Farrelly of TrustLaw on the first Pro Bono Day Ireland
- UK Supreme Court rules ‘bedroom tax’ a breach of European Human Rights
- Scottish Court rules changing of locks to evict asylum seekers lawful
- Irish Supreme Court finds employees not automatically entitled to legal representation at disciplinary hearings
- New campaign ‘Courting Disaster’ calls for funding for dedicated family court
- FLAC calls for improvements in equality mechanisms at CERD examination in Geneva
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell: Council of Europe to step up struggle for LGBTI rights in Europe
- Irish Supreme Court orders extradition of Polish man accused of drug trafficking
- Irish Supreme Court awards damages of €7,500 to prisoner forced to ‘slop out’ while in Mountjoy prison
- Irish Court of Appeal overturns decision on ‘continuous residence’ for citizenship applications
- Irish Supreme Court overturns Court of Appeal finding of failure to pay child benefit to children in direct provision unconstitutional
- CJEU finds France systematically in breach of air pollution limits since 2010
- CJEU rules Polish laws regarding the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors are contrary to EU Law
- Irish Labour Court awards former mushroom farm worker who worked 80 hour week €21,400
- Irish Supreme Court quashes decision refusing Sudanese woman citizenship on ‘good character’ grounds
- Irish legal profession celebrates inaugural Pro Bono Week
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell: European Racism Watchdog launches new ‘Roadmap’
- UN Special Rapporteur warns of the dangers of a ‘digital welfare state’
- ECtHR finds Hungary interfered with press freedom by refusing to allow journalist access centre for asylum seekers
- UK High Court finds legislation equalising pension ages did not prejudice women
- Irish High Court rejects split trial in pharmaceutical assistants’ case in order to facilitate access to justice
- Irish Supreme Court says absence of legal aid in wardship cases “of real concern”
- Independent Law Centres Network endorses solicitor Gary Lee for Law Society Council
- New IBA-World Bank report argues legal aid as important for economy as hospitals and schools
- Council of Europe publishes guide for NGOs on engaging with the European Social Charter
- NWCI and CLM launch new employment law advice clinic for women
- UK High Court finds Transgender man must be registered as ‘mother’
- CJEU says income obtained from unlawful employment is adequate proof of ‘sufficient resources’
- A&L Goodbody wins for pro bono project with Irish Refugee Council at CSR awards
- World Justice Project launches global report on legal needs and access to civil justice
- CJEU says ‘right to be forgotten’ only applies within the EU
- CJEU clarifies rights of third country nationals where EU citizen spouses leave the State
- Irish High Court rules against challenge to National Mitigation Plan on climate change
- FLAC Annual Report: 25,164 received legal information and advice in 2018
- CJEU affords protection to employees that informally support colleagues who were discriminated against
- Welsh High Court finds use of automatic facial recognition by police lawful
- Irish Court of Appeal rejects challenge to legality of ‘right to reside’ test in social welfare law
- Guest piece by Dr Alison Hosie of the Scottish Human Rights Commission: Making Rights Real – the Role of Human Rights in the Public Budget
- Guest piece by Tuur Desloovere on Transgender Laws in Transition: European Courts on Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- German court finds rent controls not in breach of constitutional property guarantee
- UK Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of anti-abortion protestors to exclusion order
- Magdalene Laundries survivor awarded compensation for six years of unpaid labour
- Irish High Court rejects challenge to refusal of residence card based on ‘marriage of convenience’
- United Nations Human Rights Council recognises Abidjan Principles on the right to education
- UK Court of Appeal finds unmarried surviving partner can access army pension
- High Court upholds revocation of citizenship of British man who joined Islamic State
- IHREC uses legal powers in successful challenge to discriminatory rental adverts on daft.ie
- Irish Labour Court finds mandatory retirement of County Council employee discriminatory
- Irish Labour Court finds embassies cannot claim diplomatic immunity from Irish employment legislation for non-diplomatic staff
- Irish Supreme Court grants leave to appeal ruling that statutory remedies should have been exhausted prior to seeking judicial review
- Irish High Court finds Minister incorrect in assessing a ‘household’ for the purposes of free movement of persons in the EU
- Irish High Court overturns decision rejecting application for naturalisation based on father’s ‘bad character’
- Irish Supreme Court holds redistribution of any task or duty must be considered in reasonable accommodation
- Arthur Cox appoints first Pro Bono Associate
- French Court finds government liable for failing to tackle air pollution
- Irish High Court rules State must make ‘reasonable efforts’ to assign Irish speaking judge in summary District Court criminal trials
- Irish High Court declares unconstitutional refusal of family reunification for marriages entered into after asylum sought
- Irish High Court requires ‘unbroken’ one year residence for Irish citizenship applications
- UK Court of Appeal finds different pay for maternity and parental leave not unlawful
- UK Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of nurse for improper proselytising
- UK Court of Appeal holds sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia unlawful
- Judge finds State scheme misinterpreted ECtHR ruling on child sex abuse in primary schools
- FLAC appears before Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers
- McCann Fitzgerald recognised for pro bono by Women in Business Law Awards
- Guest piece by Damien Walshe of Independent Living Movement Ireland on its campaign for a right to Personal Assistance
- UK Supreme Court rules decision to declare mother ‘intentionally homeless’ unlawful
- Irish High Court quashes residence refusal for lack of evidence of ‘durable relationship’
- FLAC & PILA win at Irish Law Awards
- CAN and NUIG launch submission on Ireland’s implementation of the European Social Charter
- UK Court of Appeal finds Home Office guidelines on determining whether an asylum seeker is a minor unlawful
- Irish Supreme Court overturns finding that ‘withholding of information’ offence breaches ‘right to remain silent’
- Irish Supreme Court declares eviction due to alleged anti-social behaviour in breach of fair procedures
- Irish Supreme Court quashes refusal to grant citizenship on ‘national security’ grounds
- US Supreme Court returns challenge to ‘cy pres’ class action settlements to lower courts
- UK High Court refuses injunction preventing Travellers occupying public land
- UK High Court finds voting device unlawful for failing to allow people with visual impairment vote in secret
- UK Supreme Court rejects ‘benefit cap’ discriminates against lone parents
- ECtHR rules right to access solicitor not violated where overall fairness of criminal proceedings not prejudiced
- Watch Chief Justice Frank Clarke’s Opening Address at #A2Jcon2019
- New strategic litigation resources for NGOs, lawyers and equality bodies
- CJEU holds Member States cannot restrict registration of EU lawyers
- UK Court of Appeal finds housing allocation policy indirectly discriminates against Irish Travellers and refugees
- Non-EEA fishermen to receive enhanced employment protections following settlement of human trafficking case
- Irish High Court finds family reunification not confined to biological children
- Guest piece by Jane O’Sullivan of Community Law & Mediation Northside on Access to Justice for people with intellectual disabilities – are our Courts ready?
- UK: High Court rules Protective Costs Orders not available in Private Law Litigation
- UK Court of Appeal Rules In Favour Of Protestors in “Persons Unknown” Case
- High Court rejects argument that granting of repossession order breached homeowners’ Treaty Rights
- WRC finds hotel discriminated against man who resigned due to HIV status
- Housing Rights and Homelessness: Lessons from a Pro Bono Partnership
- Australian High Court upholds safe access zone laws outside abortion clinics
- UK Supreme Court finds Zambian mining case to be heard in English High Court
- ECtHR delivers first advisory opinion under Protocol No. 16 on legal relationship in surrogacy
- Irish Supreme Court holds man has legal standing to challenge constitutionality of WRC procedures
- WRC finds refusal to open bank for refugee discriminatory
- ECtHR holds right to education of autistic child not violated by refusal to access mainstream school
- UK High Court grants interim injunction suspending deportation without notice
- UK Supreme Court overturns finding that torture of asylum seeker was self-inflicted
- EU Member States may revoke citizenship from dual nationals if compatible with EU law
- International organisations not immune from legal liability in US
- France in breach of ECHR for failure to provide care to unaccompanied minor in Calais camp
- UK High Court declares government guidance on fracking unlawful
- UK High Court finds scheme which required landlords to check the immigration status of tenants discriminatory
- Irish Labour Court clarifies employee without disability not entitled to bring discrimination claim
- Irish Circuit Court finds potential tenant discriminated against on the ‘housing assistance ground’
- UK High Court judge in high praise of pro bono lawyers
- UK EAT finds woman not directly discriminated against when dismissed due to cohabiting outside marriage
- UK Court of Protection approves of limited internet access plan for man under Mental Capacity Act
- Irish Supreme Court clarifies contempt of court and right to a fair trial
- Couple resolve dispute with Dublin City Council following removal from the social housing list
- President Michael D Higgins opens new FLAC head office in Dublin
- UK High Court grants injunction to top law firm over ‘struggle with women in the workplace’
- UK housing policy restricting allocation to Orthodox Jewish community deemed lawful
- UK Court of Appeal declares cost of commercial surrogacy in California recoverable in the UK
- Irish Court of Appeal upholds refusal of access to records containing allegations of child abuse
- CJEU finds person need not be employed in order to receive family benefits in respect of children living in another Member State
- Irish Supreme Court decides mentally ill man lawfully detained as Ward of Court
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell: Scotland to take major human rights initiative in preparation for Brexit
- ECtHR grants interim measure for migrant rescue ship off Sicily
- Dutch Court holds information on medical negligence investigation must be removed from Google search under ‘right to be forgotten’
- UK Supreme Court decides refusal of compensation for miscarriage of justice not in breach of presumption of innocence
- UK Supreme Court finds disclosure of minor convictions to employers infringes ECHR
- WRC finds compulsory retirement of woman discriminatory
- Swedish Equality Ombudsman finds ‘women’s only’ festival to have infringed gender discrimination laws
- ECtHR deems surveillance of man by insurance company not an interference with private life
- ECJ rules ex-policeman to be compensated for loss of pension based on outdated discriminatory sanctions
- UK Court of Appeal refuses damages for child born without consent by IVF
- Irish Supreme Court allows challenge to reactivation of suspended sentence
- IHREC survey shows strong public support for human rights and equality protections
- ECtHR finds right to marry can be restricted by partial lack of legal capacity
- ECtHR holds restriction on early access to lawyer breached only where overall fairness of criminal proceedings are compromised
- CJEU rules WRC entitled to disapply national legislation that conflicts with EU law in discrimination dispute
- Irish Supreme Court allows time extension for applicant to industrial schools redress scheme
- US Federal Court strikes down Mississippi ban on abortions after 15 weeks
- UK EAT overturns decision on disability discrimination due to causation test being applied too strictly
- Irish Supreme Court finds prisoner entitled to pension arrears following successful constitutional challenge
- Irish Court of Appeal declares enforcement order issued in relation to custody invalid
- Irish Data Protection Commissioner finds disclosure of CCTV footage breached rights of direct provision resident
- Irish High Court finds one-bed social housing allocation for single father fair
- Charities Regulator launches new Governance Code
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Guatemala breached right to health, life and integrity of people living with HIV
- CJEU declares right to paid annual leave not lost in death or where worker fails to apply for time off
- UK Court of Appeal rules partner of UK citizen holds derived right of facilitation
- Irish Supreme Court finds teacher not employed by Minister for Education for the purposes of pension benefits
- IHREC considers human rights implications of Brexit withdrawal agreement
- ECtHR finds criminal conviction for comments made regarding the Prophet Muhammad did not breach freedom of expression
- Morrisons unsuccessful in appeal of UK data breach class action
- UK Court of Appeal grants interim injunction on foot of non-disclosure agreements in misconduct proceedings
- UK Supreme Court finds parental misconduct not to be assessed in permitting non-British child remain in UK
- WRC finds breach of obligations to make reasonable accommodation by refusing work from home
- Irish Court of Appeal rules registration of vulture fund as charge owner cannot be challenged
- Dutch court upholds legal obligation to protect citizens against climate change
- UK High Court rejects class action against Google following ‘Safari Workaround’
- Irish High Court dismisses appeal of woman who sought asylum following refusal to join Israeli military
- Irish High Court orders refusal of work permit renewal to be reconsidered
- Irish Supreme Court finds no substantial risk to man’s rights posed by Brexit
- UK Supreme Court finds refusal to provide cake in favour of gay marriage not discriminatory
- A&L Goodbody appoints first Pro Bono Associate in Ireland
- McCann Fitzgerald honoured for pro bono project with Women’s Aid by FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2018
- UK Court of Appeal upholds cap on child refugee numbers but declares eligibility test unlawful
- ECtHR finds UK Government in violation of privacy and freedom of expression over mass surveillance
- Irish Labour Court awards former employee compensation for working 60 hours a week
- Update on restraint and seclusion practices in schools in Ireland and the UK
- Guest piece by Tara Casey, Thomas Addis Emmet Fellow 2018
- ECtHR finds criminal prosecution of Pussy Riot in violation of freedom of expression
- CJEU rules documents used by the European Commission as a basis for decision-making must be made public
- UK Upper Tribunal finds long delay in assessment of a minor’s application for asylum unlawful
- Irish High Court finds interim care order granted without hearing of full evidence not in breach of fair procedures
- Irish High Court rules Article 40 inquiry into unlawful detention moot and refuses costs
- Guest piece by Susan Hansen on The Atlantic Philanthropies’ new report on litigating for social change
- Dublin Rape Crisis Centre launches online survey on sexual harassment as part of pro bono project with A&L Goodbody
- Hungarian Supreme Court not in breach of ECHR for refusal to refer question to CJEU in pension rights case
- UK Supreme Court finds refusal of Widowed Parent’s Allowance to unmarried mother incompatible with the ECHR
- Irish Supreme Court refuses leave to appeal in abortion referendum challenge
- FLAC Annual Report: 25,817 received legal information and advice in 2017
- South African Constitutional Court finds policy to increase diversity amongst insolvency practitioners unconstitutional
- Superior Canadian Court finds restrictions on the ability of charities to engage in ‘political activities’ in breach of freedom of expression
- Spanish Supreme Court declares individual UN Treaty Body decisions are legally binding
- Scottish Court dismisses challenge to women taking abortion pills at home
- UK Supreme Court declares court approval not required to stop treatment of patients in persistent vegetative state
- UK Court of Appeal finds government misled the High Court in Safe Passage proceedings
- Mary Robinson opens new podcast on climate change with focus on taking action through litigation
- Germany’s highest court rules in favour of parent’s right to child’s Facebook content after death
- French Constitutional Court overturns conviction of immigration activist due to constitutional principle of fraternity
- UK Joint Committee on Human Rights report finds legal aid cuts threaten human rights
- CJEU upholds Irish High Court decision on Polish extradition
- Irish High Court quashes SIPO order for Amnesty International Ireland to return foreign donation
- Guest piece by UCD’s Helen Carroll on her Clinical Legal Education placement with FLAC
- Council of Europe launches new website to highlight impact of European Convention on Human Rights
- US Supreme Court finds mandatory public sector union fees unconstitutional
- US Supreme Court rules that warrants must be obtained before mobile phone location data is seized or tracked
- UK Court of Appeal upholds Leicester City Council’s boycott of goods from Israeli settlements
- Age discrimination and employment: WRC orders equality training following successful case against Department of Social Projection, while House of Commons committee publishes report on older people and employment in the UK
- Irish Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of disabled woman seeking to be re-housed due to unsuitability of premises
- Guest piece by Eamonn Conlon of A&L Goodbody on Modern Slavery: Do the 2014 EU Procurement Directives Establish New Routes to Remedy for Victims?
- Hungary passes ‘Stop Soros’ anti-immigration and refugee legislation
- UK Supreme Court upholds ‘worker’ status of former contractor
- UK High Court finds in favour of Law Centres’ challenge to legal aid restructuring
- UK Supreme Court finds exclusion of heterosexual couples from civil partnerships discriminatory
- US Supreme Court upholds Muslim travel ban
- Guest piece by Solicitor Ciaran Moloney on volunteering at a FLAC clinic in Crumlin
- US Supreme Court rules in favour of baker who refused to bake wedding for gay couple
- The CJEU has ruled that same sex spouses of EU citizens can derive residency rights
- UK Supreme Court finds Northern Ireland abortion legislation incompatible with human rights law
- UK Court of Appeal considers issues of costs in public law cases
- Irish High Court finds applicant’s solicitor personally liable for legal costs in deportation case for misleading the court
- Irish Court of Appeal rules failure to pay child benefit to child in direct provision unconstitutional
- Guest piece by Monica Mazzone on pro bono and the road to the Domestic Violence Act 2018
- Launch of Campus Engage guide on measuring the social impact of Higher Education community and civic engagement
- US Supreme Court rules employers entitled to compel employees to use individual arbitration instead of class actions
- UK High Court convicts mother for role in forced marriage of her teenage daughter
- Irish High Court declines to quash refusal to marry following uncertainty as to status of prior Islamic marriage
- Irish Supreme Court grants leave for judicial review of outsourcing of asylum applications
- ECtHR rules banning of play in Malta a violation of right to freedom of expression
- UK Court of Appeal finds humanitarian considerations need not be considered as part of a decision to cease refugee status
- Tenant of Dolphin House awarded compensation for dampness and mould
- Damages awarded to Traveller family subjected to discrimination when applying for the social housing list
- Irish High Court gives HSE six weeks to carry out special needs assessments
- IHREC publishes anti-age discrimination guide on retirement and fixed term contracts
- US Supreme Court rules Alien Tort Act cannot be used to sue foreign companies
- CJEU finds subsidiary protection can be granted where persons face intentional deprivation of physical and psychological care in home country
- UK High Court rules that Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 incompatible with EU law
- NI High Court refuses application to permit Northern Ireland citizens to vote in upcoming referendum
- Irish Court of Appeal finds detention review under Mental Health Act unconstitutional
- The PILS Project produces new guide to Protective Costs Orders in Northern Ireland
- African Court rules State cannot arbitrarily deny citizenship with retrospective effect
- ECtHR finds lawyer has no right to represent himself in criminal proceedings
- Belgium found in breach of European Social Charter over lack of inclusive education for children with disabilities
- CJEU upholds right to family reunification of unaccompanied minor refugee
- UK High Court rules in favour of businessman seeking to exercise his right to be forgotten
- Irish Supreme Court unanimously decides private and family life must be considered in non-EEA ‘change of status’ applications
- Guest piece by Anna Kirkpatrick of Clifford Chance: Lawyers can help companies take human rights seriously
- ECtHR finds criminal prosecution carried out by courts in two different jurisdictions not in violation of double jeopardy
- UK Court of Protection allows blood samples to be taken from unconscious persons for evidence of nerve agents
- WRC fails to uphold complaint to change name to ‘something more Irish’ as discriminatory, but finds victimisation on grounds of race
- Irish High Court rules landlord who reported tenants to Tusla could rely on qualified privilege in defamation proceedings
- FLAC has moved to new offices on 85/86 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1
- Guest piece by Julie Ahern of the Children’s Rights Alliance – Launch of new Access to Justice Initiative
- Irish Court of appeal finds Garda disciplinary procedure can proceed notwithstanding previous GSOC enquiry and criminal trial
- Guest piece by James McLoughlin: Proposal to make ‘disadvantaged socio-economic status’ a prohibited ground of discrimination under Irish law
- ECRI publishes new general policy recommendation for national equality bodies
- UK Court of Appeal overturns earlier High Court ruling which held benefit cap for lone parents was unlawful
- UK Court of Appeal denies stateless child leave to remain
- Policy Statement on Brexit by the Joint Committee of IHREC and NIHRC
- ECtHR reject Ireland’s application for review of ‘Hooded Men’ torture judgement
- Irish Court of appeal finds Garda disciplinary procedure can proceed notwithstanding previous GSOC enquiry and criminal trial
- Guest piece by Sarah Lennon of Inclusion Ireland on ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- ECtHR finds Ukrainian student’s conviction for frying eggs on war memorial not in breach of her freedom of expression rights under the Convention
- CJEU rules EU-Moroccan Agreement not applicable to waters of Western Sahara
- UK High Court finds disclosure of criminal record to employers not required in some cases
- Joint letter to the Irish Times on the rights and equality challenges of Brexit
- Irish Court of Appeal clarifies duty to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability
- Irish High Court refuses request to disclose HIV status to a third party without patient’s consent
- Irish Supreme Court rules constitutional rights of the unborn limited to Article 40.3.3
- Landmark opinion from CJEU Advocate General on right of self-determination of Western Sahara
- ECtHR finds breach of right to education – failure to ensure university building accessible by paraplegic student
- UK Civil Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal on all grounds in assisted suicide case
- UK Supreme Court clarifies the scope of the duty of care owed by police officers to members of the public
- Irish High Court rejects arguments that insolvency reviews are only a matter for PIPs
- Irish Supreme Court refuses Pro-Life Campaign amicus status in ongoing deportation appeal
- Irish Supreme Court rules Garda Representative Authority has no legal right of consultation on sick leave Regulations
- Irish Supreme Court grants leave to consider Brexit implications for European arrest warrant to the UK
- Guest piece by Eilis Barry, CEO of FLAC: Abolition of fees for legal aid in domestic violence cases – a good day for access to justice
- Guest piece by Dr Liam Thornton: Ireland to opt-in to EU Reception Conditions Directive – what will this mean for asylum seekers?
- ECtHR refuses paternity leave for same-sex female couple
- CJEU rules on the legality of psychological tests to determine the sexual orientation of asylum seekers
- UK Employment Appeals Tribunal finds police officer perceived to have hearing difficulties was subject to direct discrimination
- UK High Court quashes new disability welfare payment regulations on grounds of discrimination
- FRA report on challenges facing human rights organisations criticises Ireland’s Electoral Act
- Galway County Council did not breach rights of family refused emergency accommodation
- Guest piece by Chief Commissioner Les Allamby updating on the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- European Commission proposes activation of Article 7 against Poland for rule of law violations
- CJEU Advocate General delivers opinion on free movement rights of EU citizens and same sex spouses
- ECtHR finds employees’ privacy rights breached through use of covert surveillance by employer
- UK High Court finds Home Office policy on removal of EEA national rough sleepers unlawful
- UK Court of Appeal overturns earlier decision denying transgender parent direct contact with children
- The Office of the Ombudsman publishes report on the redress scheme for women who worked in the Magdalen Laundries
- High Court find recognition of Traveller Ethnicity not to be legally binding
- UK Court of Appeal rules gender segregation of pupils amounts to direct discrimination
- CJEU rules EU self-employed workers are entitled to paid annual leave
- ECtHR finds Google’s blog-publishing service not liable for offensive comments
- University of Nottingham and the Human Rights and Equality Commission of Great Britain release resources on ‘Making Economic and Social Rights Real’
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell: Ireland gets first ever deaf juror – 11 years after first attempt
- Irish Court of Appeal finds breach of EU Regulations by Refugee Appeals Tribunal in failing to consider relevant country of origin information
- Irish High Court recognises Constitutional right to an environment consistent with human dignity and well-being
- Irish High Court rules criminal offence of withholding information violates Constitutional right to silence
- Coalition of NGOs’ letter to Brexit negotiators – Brexit and Human Rights in Ireland
- Speech by Emily O’Reilly to the 11th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
- Ireland to opt into the EU Reception Conditions Directive allowing asylum seekers to access the workforce
- US Supreme Court refuses emergency injunction against travel ban
- Department of Foreign Affairs launches National Plan on Business and Human Rights 2017-2020
- IHREC publishes report ‘Who Experiences Discrimination in Ireland?’
- DPP seeks commitment to shorten duration of criminal trials in annual report
- UK Central Arbitration Committee rules Deliveroo riders do not qualify as ‘workers’
- CJEU rules non-EU spouse may be entitled to derived right of residence
- UNHCR criticises Australia for its asylum processing procedure and treatment of refugees
- Council of Europe adopts recommendation on improving access to justice for Roma and Travellers in Europe
- Irish Court of Appeal overrules refusals to allow non-Irish spouses of citizens remain in the State
- Irish High Court dismisses a fund’s objection to proposed personal insolvency arrangements
- Irish High Court overturns District Court refusal of legal costs for homeless mother
- High Court NI quashes PSNI decision not to investigate ‘Hooded Men’
- BrexitLawNI publishes preliminary reports on the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland
- Charities Regulator seeks public opinion on governance of charities
- European Committee of Social Rights finds Ireland has failed to provide adequate housing conditions on many local authority estates
- Irish Court of Appeal grants IHREC liberty to appear as Amicus Curiae in Mental Health Hospital Detention Case
- Irish High Court dismisses appeal for a Constitutional Right to Housing
- UK High Court finds Secretary of State to have unlawfully redefined the meaning of “torture” and detained vulnerable people
- ECtHR finds detention conditions of deaf and mute prisoner amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment.
- Indian Supreme Court has ruled that sex with an underage wife is rape
- Guest piece by Eilis Barry, CEO of FLAC: The Bach Commission Report and the right to justice
- Irish High Court finds debtor has no independent right to appeal Personal Insolvency Arrangement
- Irish High Court makes preliminary reference to the CJEU in Data Privacy Case
- Chief Justice Frank Clarke identifies ‘Access to Justice’ as a key priority in speech at opening of the new legal term
- UK High Court refuses declaration of incompatibility on law against assisted suicide for terminally ill patient
- ECtHR finds collective expulsion of migrants violates Article 4 of the Convention
- Guest piece by Gerry Liston of the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) on their recent climate change work
- Irish High Court finds ‘sloping out’ in breach of constitutional right to privacy
- Irish High Court upholds woman and child not ‘homeless’ due to availability of accommodation outside the jurisdiction
- Challenge to UK Aarhus costs cap rules succeeds
- UK Court of Protection finds court approval not necessary for withdrawal of life sustaining treatments
- ECtHR finds against Belgium in two cases concerning treatment of mentally ill prisoners
- Update to Gerry Whyte’s book, ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed)
- Guest piece by Kate Heffernan, Thomas Addis Emmet Fellow 2017
- House of Commons MPs reject Assisted Dying Bill
- FLAC secures emergency accommodation for seriously ill homeless man
- Irish High Court dismisses application for preliminary ruling by Digital Rights Ireland
- Irish Court of Appeal upholds re-arrest and detention of escaped prisoner
- CJEU dismisses actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the mandatory migrant quota
- ECtHR Grand Chamber finds privacy breached by monitoring of electronic communications by employer
- Eversheds Sutherland wins ‘Excellence in the Marketplace’ award at CSR awards
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell: A ‘Grim Reality Check’ on Disability Rights – UN Disability Committee reviews report by UK
- WRC finds tenants were discriminated against during their tenancy because they were eligible for Housing Assistance Payment
- Social Welfare Appeals Officer reinstates Carer’s Allowance to mother of son with learning difficulties and behavioural issues
- New Regulations implementing EU Directive on CSR Reporting introduced in Ireland
- Courts Service of Ireland invites input into three-year strategy
- High Court dismisses challenge to Northern Ireland Same Sex Marriage Ban
- Indian Supreme Court suspends rule allowing Muslim men to instantly divorce their wives
- Indian Supreme Court finds all citizens have a Fundamental Right to Privacy
- Irish Supreme Court finds non-payment of pension to prisoners unconstitutional
- UN Committee Against Torture publishes Second Periodic Report on Ireland
- Irish Supreme Court rules Minister for Justice must reconsider decision to deport man with alleged links to Islamic terrorism
- Irish High Court finds State Work Placement Scheme not open to judicial review
- UK High Court dismisses challenges to guidance aimed at preventing extremism in universities
- FLAC Annual Report – 25,700 people received information and legal advice in 2016
- WRC rejects complaint that a Bakery’s refusal to make an Anti-Gay Marriage Cake was religious discrimination contrary to the Equal Status Act
- UK Family Court judgement delivered as letter to 14 year old applicant
- UK Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees are unlawful
- CJEU finds data transfer agreement between Canada and the EU incompatible with EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- International Bar Association launches new guidance for lawyers advising businesses on human rights risks
- State will not appeal High Court decision on right to a secret Ballot for visually impaired
- FLAC welcomes stronger consumer protections in new Bill dealing with financial complaints
- UK Supreme Court finds exclusion of same-sex partner from benefits paid into private pension fund discriminatory
- ECtHR finds Russia’s ‘gay propaganda law’ discriminatory
- ECtHR upholds Belgian ban on wearing facial coverings in public
- Irish High Court finds lack of review mechanism during lengthy detention under Mental Health Act incompatible with ECHR
- Irish Supreme Court makes preliminary to the CJEU on jurisdiction of the WRC in age discrimination case
- Irish Supreme Court rules that Polygamous marriages not valid under Irish law
- Irish Court of Appeal rules regulators do not owe a general duty of care to private litigants
- WRC finds Disability Charity’s recruitment process discriminated against applicant on the disability ground
- NI Court of Appeal overturns ruling that Northern Ireland’s abortion law incompatible with the ECHR
- UK High Court finds Benefits Cap on Lone Parents of Children under two unlawful
- UK High Court rules pension divestment ban unlawful
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Executive Order Travel Ban
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission launches 2016 Annual Report
- ECtHR confirms that victims of hate-crime ‘by association’ are protected by the ECHR
- UK Supreme Court allows withdrawal of life-support for critically ill baby
- UK High Court finds journalists’ right to protect their sources can be outweighed by the right to privacy
- UK Supreme Court rejects free abortions for UK citizens in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland High Court quashes decision to refuse legal recognition of humanist marriage
- ECtHR finds Irish law on damages for defamation not compatible with right to freedom of expression
- UK High Court rules in favour of Government over sale of arms to Saudi Arabia
- ECtHR finds Russia’s ‘gay propaganda law’ discriminatory
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell on the recent conference: Using the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- CJEU Advocate General delivers opinion on free movement rights of people with dual citizenship and their family members
- UK Supreme Court finds female prisoners directly discriminated against for lack of suitable ‘approved premises’
- Irish Supreme Court clarifies duty owed by State to make reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities
- Irish High Court finds two Magdalene women excluded from redress scheme were denied fair procedures
- Irish Supreme Court rejects professional third party litigation funding
- Irish Supreme Court finds absolute prohibition on asylum seekers earning a livelihood unconstitutional
- Guest piece by Paul Joyce on personal insolvency arrangements following Re: Callaghan
- Guest piece by Jane O’Sullivan of Community Law and Mediation on ESC Rights Conference – Making Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Meaningful
- Guest Piece by Dr. Shane Darcy: Ireland dragging its heels on national business and human rights action plan
- ECtHR finds no violation of rights of disabled man prevented from choosing place of residence by Finnish authorities
- CJEU clarifies status of EU law rights of third country parents of EU citizen children
- UK Supreme Court rejects homeless person’s appeal on issue of provision of suitable local authority accommodation
- WRC finds participation in public consultation process is a ‘service’ for purposes of the Equal Status Acts
- New resource on using the law to secure social change
- ECtHR rules against local Slovenian court for the sale of family home
- UK Court of Appeal finds criminal record disclosure scheme breaches right to privacy
- UK Government ordered to publish new plan to tackle air pollution
- High Court finds against woman with disability seeking more appropriate housing
- State ordered to pay costs of visually impaired man in High Court case on right to secret ballot
- ECtHR finds Russian laws on media coverage of election campaigns violated Article 10
- ECtHR finds breach of Article 8 by requiring transgender applicants undergo surgical procedure before registration of change to birth certificate
- UK High Court fast-tracks environmental charities’ challenge to prohibitive litigation costs in environmental cases
- UK Court of Appeal rules in favour of terminally ill man’s fight against the assisted dying ban
- UK Court of Appeals rules cut to legal aid for prisoners unlawful and inherently unfair
- WRC finds Traveller family discriminated against by council in accessing maintenance services
- WRC orders letting agent to pay compensation for discriminating against single mother
- ECtHR orders Greece to pay damages to trafficked fruit pickers
- CJEU rules on administrative procedures under Aarhus and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- UK Supreme Court delivers judgment on two cases involving indirect discrimination
- Northern Ireland High Court upholds decision of the Attorney General to refuse a fresh inquest due to lack of evidence
- Irish Court of Appeal rules on parallel proceedings in employment law case
- Man unlawfully jailed for failure to pay debt released by High Court
- Irish High Court vindicates right to secret ballot for voters with visual impairment
- Australian Pro Bono Centre’s 5th National Law Firm Survey reports on unmet legal need of asylum seekers and refugees
- UN Committee rules against EU in access to courts in environmental cases
- ECtHR rules Hungary’s ‘send back’ legislation violates human rights of Asylum seekers
- The Social Change Initiative Launches New Resource on Litigating for Change
- Tánaiste Announces Review of Civil Justice System
- WRC finds refusal to show house to man on rent supplement in breach of Equal Status Act
- Irish High Court clarifies its jurisdiction on approval of insolvency arrangements in the absence of estranged husband
- CoE Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Irish government to promote equality of Travellers, women and children
- Guest piece by FLAC’s Ciarán Finlay: CEDAW Committee publishes comprehensive blueprint for government action to advance gender equality in Ireland
- German court finds Facebook not responsible for pre-emptively blocking offensive content under EU law
- European Grand Chamber rejects violation of respect for family life in surrogacy case
- CJEU rules no obligation on EU Member States to issue humanitarian visas
- CJEU finds religious symbols may can be prohibited in the workplace as part of neutrality policy
- US privacy group informs Irish High Court on adequacy of US law in protecting EU citizens’ data
- IHREC appears before Court of Appeal as amicus in discrimination case
- Irish government recognises Travellers as a distinct ethnic group
- Guest piece by Denise Roche of the NWCI on Ireland’s recent examination under CEDAW
- ECtHR finds Russia in breach of Article 11 and 5 –Right to Liberty and Freedom of Assembly
- CJEU provides clarification on right to be heard in context of subsidiary protection application in Ireland
- UK Ministry of Justice announces changes to legal aid rules for domestic violence victims
- Developments on the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ – Updates from Japan and Ireland
- UK Supreme Court rules ‘Minimum Income Requirements’ for Non-EEA Spouses is not a breach of human rights
- UK Court of Appeal finds no breach of human rights in limiting civil partnership to same sex couples
- Guest piece by Rebecca Keatinge of MLRC: Family unlawfully refused emergency accommodation accommodated following High Court proceedings
- CJEU rules that persons who facilitate terrorist groups can be excluded from refugee status
- ECtHR creates State obligation to identify and assist victims of human trafficking
- UK Supreme Court holds unmarried partner unlawfully refused survivor’s pension
- Scottish court rules non-compliance with time limits under Dublin III not in breach of ‘take back’ transfer
- Irish High Court finds excessive delay in determining protection application for family in Direct Provision
- Guest piece by Chief Commissioner Les Allamby updating on the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- ECtHR finds Article 3 does not prohibit ‘Whole Life Sentences’
- UK Supreme Courts allows appeal based on discrimination against wheelchair users
- UK Supreme Court rules Parliamentary authorisation required to effect UK’s withdrawal from the EU
- Maternity Benefit changes benefit non-EU migrants
- New Code of Ethics for the Garda Síochána launched by the Police Authority
- Irish Human Rights bodies say US government order on immigration pre-clearance may breach human rights
- Government agrees to give sexual consent statutory definition under Irish law
- Court of Appeals rules the Minister for Justice must consider Article 8 ECHR before determining change of immigration status
- Supreme Court finds no automatic right for solicitor to be present during Garda station interviews
- Guest piece by Lisa Taggart of ECNI on the Ashers Baking case
- ECtHR gives precedence to children’s obligation to follow full school curriculum over right to freedom of religion
- ECtHR decides Hungarian anti-terrorist legislation lacks safeguards against abuse
- CJEU finds UK legislation unlawfully allowed for general and indiscriminate retention of data
- Oxfam releases major report on global economic inequality
- Irish Court of Appeal grants IHREC liberty to appear as amicus curiae in Oberstown proceedings
- Irish High Court rules courts must examine contracts for unfair terms under EU law
- Peace Brigades Ireland International: Orientation Day – 30 January, Dublin
- FLAC: Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship 2016 – deadline 15 January
- ICI: Legal Research & Information and Legal Support Internships – deadline 15 January
- CLM Limerick collaborate with HP Enterprise to launch information leaflet on voluntary care for parents
- Guest Piece by David Hawkins the PILS Project – Bank of Scotland and other lenders called to account by the UK Financial Conduct Authority for unilateral consolidation of mortgage arrears
- Denmark’s Supreme Court sets aside CJEU preliminary ruling in employment age discrimination case
- ECtHR finds breach of Article 3 for expulsion of seriously ill migrant from Belgium
- ECtHR rules Turkey’s seizure of LGBT magazine violated Article 10 freedom of expression
- High Court declines application by IHREC as amicus curiae in Oberstown detention case
- Supreme Court rules local authority tenant entitled to damages for unlawful eviction
- Guest piece by Moya de Paor on new cases added to CLM’s social welfare ‘Casebase’ in 2015
- McCann FitzGerald and PILA collaborate on new data protection handbook for the not-for-profit sector
- Guest piece by Niall Crowley on the new Workplace Relations Commission: Name, accessibility, procedures and agenda
- ECtHR extends limited right to public interest information under Article 6
- ECtHR holds Greece in breach of positive obligation to examine asylum applications within a reasonable time
- UK Court of Appeal holds witnesses have right to appeal under Human Rights Act
- Northern Ireland High Court finds unnecessary information on marriage certificate violates transgender man’s right to privacy
- CJEU rules TCD pension scheme does not discriminate against same-sex couple
- Irish Government announces monetary reparations following UN abortion ruling
- Book Release – Legal Cases that Changed Ireland, Professor Ivana Bacik and Dr Mary Rogan
- Conradh na Gaeilge & FLAC launch free legal advice services through Irish in Galway, Dublin, Donegal, Cork & Belfast
- US District Court allows constitutional challenge proceed to protect future generations from climate change
- ECtHR finds Belgian internment policy violates article 3&5 of the ECHR
- UK High Court finds Government Air Quality Plan in breach of earlier Supreme Court ruling
- UK High Court finds segregation in faith schools not in breach of Equality Act
- UK Supreme Court finds cap on housing benefit discriminatory
- Irish Supreme Court clarifies meaning of consent in rape cases
- Guest piece by Gerry Liston of GLAN: Universal jurisdiction invoked before Dublin District Court in Bahrain torture case
- UK High Court grants Care Order where child forced to live as ‘gender variant’
- UK Tribunal finds Uber drivers must be treated as employees for the purposes of employment legislation
- Irish High Court refuses order for Caesarean section without consent
- Digital Rights Ireland enters challenges to the Privacy Shield agreement and the independence of the Data Protection Commissioner
- UK courts rule on the UK’s departure from the EU
- Guest piece by Ciara McDermott, Arthur Cox secondee to the Immigrant Council of Ireland
- Guest piece by Ben Christman: An Aarhus-ted development in Northern Ireland
- Legal developments in abolition of life sentences for children in US & France
- EU adopts new rules to guarantee legal aid in criminal proceedings
- CJEU finds Ireland’s procedure for subsidiary protection incompatible with EU Law
- UK Supreme Court rules denial of citizenship in violation of Article 8 ECHR
- First award granted under the Protected Disclosures Act for penalisation of a whistle-blower
- Irish High Court grants leave for judicial review in repossession proceedings
- Irish High Court finds no breach of prisoner’s right to autonomy where medical necessity shown
- Guest piece by Charles O’Sullivan on benefit sanctions and coercion in the Irish welfare system
- Guest piece by Susheela Math of Transparency Legal Advice Centre: No more whistling in the dark
- CAN launches film on Collective Complaint process brought by tenants of Local Authority estates
- Australian lawyers reach National Pro Bono Aspirational Target for first time in 5 years
- UK Military announces plans to derogate from ECHR
- Legal challenge mounted against UK Home Office over unaccompanied children in Calais
- Irish Court of Appeal upholds reversal of burden of proof in corruption cases
- SWAI releases legal opinion finding Sexual Offences Bill “likely to violate the human rights of sex workers”
- Legal aid scheme launched for those in long-term mortgage arrears
- FLAC helps almost 29,000 people and 95 social justice organisations in 2015
- Pro bono under the spotlight – Mapping Disability Legislation – Disability Federation of Ireland & Arthur Cox
- Guest piece by Pia Janning, Project Manager – Your Rights, Right Now UPR Campaign
- Update to Gerry Whyte’s book, ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed)
- The ICC widens its remit to include environmental cases
- ClientEarth commences new proceedings challenging air pollution levels in Europe
- Lancashire County Council v M and Others – Use of Plain English in Family Court Judgment
- Law Reform Commission publishes Report on Harmful Communications and Digital Safety
- Guest piece by Jim Winters on the importance of the PILA Pro Bono Referral Scheme to the work of a national voluntary organisation: The case of Inclusion Ireland
- Arthur Cox wins at Chambers Ireland CSR Awards for its pro bono work with ICI
- Canadian charity launches constitutional challenge to restrictions on charities to engage in ‘political activities’
- Victim of human trafficking denied access to ECtHR on grounds of no written consent
- ECtHR refuses NGO legal standing to represent deceased persons lacking capacity
- South African Constitutional Court orders ‘meaningful engagement’ in urgent forced eviction
- Irish High Court re-examines test for habitual residence under the Hague Convention
- Guest piece by Eithne Lynch, Legal Officer with PILA on the 39th FIDH Congress, ‘Fighting Back for Human Rights’
- State Council in France upholds legal challenge to the French ban on burkinis
- Human Rights Centre seeks leave of the ECtHR to intervene in case concerning LGBTI rights activism
- ECtHR clarifies jurisprudence on criteria for pre-trial detention
- Workplace Relations Commission finds primary school in breach of its obligations under the Equal Status Act
- High Court finds Data Protection Commissioner no jurisdiction to conduct oral hearings
- Guest Piece by UCD’s Naomi Clarke on her Clinical Legal Education placement working with FLAC and PILA
- UK introduces new social investment power for charities
- US Supreme Court temporarily suspends ruling on use of bathroom by trans student, while UK Supreme Court refers question to CJEU on refusal of state pension for trans women
- High Court Judge criticises ‘enormous’ legal fees
- UK Court of Appeal upholds appeal in landmark ZAT case on Dublin III rules
- Guest piece by FLAC’s Legal & Policy Officer, Ciarán Finlay: Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always.
- FLAC appoints Eilis Barry as new CEO
- Annual Trust Law survey finds pro bono practice growing globally
- ECtHR finds Greek bond debt exchange agreement is proportionate interference with private property rights
- UK Supreme Court rules Scottish child protection proposals in breach of family and privacy rights
- The Law Society of Ireland and Bar of Ireland support migrant crisis free legal aid initiative
- Irish High Court considers wider constitutional rights of unborn child in deportation proceedings
- Government Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness published
- Pro bono under the spotlight – Make a Will Project – LinkedIn, Inclusion Ireland and Mason Hayes and Curran
- Guest piece by Jamie McLoughlin, FLAC Intern – Case commentary on US Supreme Court decision in Voisine and the right to bear arms
- EU Fundamental Rights Agency launches Handbook on European law relating to access to justice
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues statement on debt
- ECtHR finds France in breach of the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression
- ECtHR finds Lawyer-client privilege is not absolute
- ECtHR holds that gay couples must not be refused residency rights
- UK Supreme Court upholds challenge to residency requirement in civil legal aid applications
- Northern Ireland Court of Appeal finds right to a fair hearing breached
- Irish High Court grants amicus curiae status to applicants in digital rights case
- Guest piece by Les Allamby, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioner: Leaving the European Union – the rights implications
- Community Law and Mediation publishes Irish Community Development Law Journal Volume 5 Issue 1
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission launches first annual report
- US Supreme finds Texas abortion law unconstitutional
- ECtHR finds Turkey’s failure to provide an effective response to domestic violence in breach of right to life
- High Court of South Africa grants certification for largest class action mining case in history
- Fathers to receive two weeks leave and benefit under new Paternity Bill 2016
- Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness publishes its final report
- Advocate General of the CJEU finds Trinity College pension scheme rules in breach of EU Law
- Update to Gerry Whyte’s book, ‘Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland’ (2nd ed)
- Class action settlement gives detainees fighting deportation reliable access to phones
- New EU data protection framework strengthens rights of data subject
- First ruling under UK modern slavery act finds in favour of trafficked victims
- CJEU grants right of appeal to asylum seekers under Dublin III Regulation
- UK Supreme Court dismisses Article 8 rights in repossession against private landlord
- ECJ upholds ‘right to reside’ test for UK child benefit and tax credits
- Minister Fitzgerald accepts recommendations on role for Ombudsman in prison complaints
- Clann project launched to provide pro bono witness statement assistance before Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
- UN Human Rights Committee calls on Ireland to reform restrictive abortion legislation
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell on CPRD finding against Australia on rights of deaf jurors and potential implications for Ireland
- UN Human Rights Committee finds Australia’s rules of indefinite detention illegal
- ECtHR finds Turkey in breach of ECHR following phone tapping investigation
- ECtHR finds Danish family reunification legislation in breach of Article 8
- ECtHR finds Article 5 does not require maximum time limits for detention pending deportation
- Scotland’s Student Loan Scheme in breach of ECHR and public sector equality duty
- CJEU finds imprisonment solely on grounds of illegal entry to a Member State in breach of EU Law
- New UK legislation provides anonymity to victims of forced marriage
- Commencement of Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act 2015 Completed
- UN criticises Ireland over increase in Cork homelessness
- Irish High Court refuses judicial review of prisoner temporary release rules
- Guest piece by Ciarán Finlay from FLAC on intensifying the glare of the United Nations’ spotlight
- Eversheds International produces new report on progressing Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- ECtHR finds children taken into care due to poverty in breach of Article 8
- Irish Supreme Court deems life sentencing in the UK unconstitutional, yet grants European Arrest Warrant
- Irish High Court finds law allowing activation of suspended sentences unconstitutional
- Irish High Court affirms prohibition on third party litigation funding
- Irish Court of Appeal finds no ‘fixed policy’ on domiciliary care allowance
- Landmark decision by Greek tribunal overturns asylum seeker’s deportation to Turkey
- European Committee of Social Rights finds Government in violation of Travellers rights
- Guest piece by Maria Corbett, Legal and Policy Director, Childrens’ Rights Alliance on Ireland’s examination by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
- NI High Court rules widowed parent’s allowance discriminates against unmarried mothers
- Scottish Court rules that law regarding assisted suicide not contrary to Article 8 of ECHR
- Irish Supreme Court upholds High Court decision regarding sentencing in abstentia
- Irish Supreme Court appeal withdrawn in Pullen & Ors v Dublin City Council
- ECtHR rules no breach of Article 7 in case of juror found in contempt of court
- UK Court of Appeal rules restrictions on access to legal aid for domestic violence survivors unlawful
- Investigatory Powers Tribunal rules in favour of UK Government over hacking powers
- UK Supreme Court finds that the ‘Joint Enterprise’ test incorrectly interpreted
- Guest piece by Sarah Lennon of Inclusion Ireland on the new Assisted-Decision Making legislation
- ECtHR affirms positive obligations concerning victims of trafficking under ECHR
- DCA Warriors launches General Election policy document in partnership with KOD Lyons
- UN panel on detention ‘rules in favour’ of Julian Assange
- Challenge to gender quotas for political parties dismissed
- UK Court of Appeal declares bedroom tax discriminatory
- Advocate General rejects deportation of non-EU national with criminal record who is a parent of EU citizen
- Syrian refugees in Calais given permission to join family members in Britain
- Introduction of new legal aid scheme for troubled borrowers announced
- Commencement of key sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission launches its first Strategy Statement 2016-2018
- Prisoner’s internet access ban breached human rights law
- ECtHR rules search of employee’s phone not in breach of privacy rights
- UK Court of Appeal issues Certificate of Incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights
- US Supreme Court rules ban on mandatory death-in-prison sentences for juveniles must apply retrospectively
- UK Government’s criminal records disclosure scheme incompatible with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act
- Guest piece by Les Allamby Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission – Human Rights News Round-Up
- FLAC Director General Noeline Blackwell to step down
- FLAC Guide: Follow up to ICESCR Examination January 2016
- Access Europe: EU Funding in 2016 for Human Rights organisations – 18 February
- Community Law and Mediation: Irish Community Development Law Journal Submissions – 8 April
- The International Law Association (Irish Branch): “The Right to Truth: should it be time-barred?” – Professor William Schabas, 18 February
- Carmichael Centre Public Lecture Series: Irish Civic Society 100 years on from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic – 18 February
- UCD Sutherland School of Law: Walsh Lecture: Children’s Rights and Views – Challenges Facing the Courts– 28 January, Dublin
- Irish Women Lawyers Association: 1916: What did the women do anyway? – 1 February, Dublin
- Law Commission UK: Research Assistants – deadline 1 February
- Irish Traveller Movement: Director – deadline 29 January
- Community Law and Mediation: Accounts Technician – deadline 29 January
- Galway Rape Crisis Centre: Executive Director – deadline 29 January
- ECtHR intervenes in deportation of alleged IS recruiter
- International Protection Bill and Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill signed into law
- CJEU upholds validity of Tobacco Products Directive
- ECtHR rules inconsistent case law not in breach of fair trial rights
- UK Court rules Article 5 ECHR duties do not extend to local authorities
- Justice sub-Committee calls for ‘human rights’ to be included as charitable purpose in Charities Act
- Watch Michael Farrell’s lecture on ‘Using the Law to Achieve Social Justice’
- Guest piece by Dr. Áine Ryall: An Environmental Court for Ireland?
- Call for pro bono lawyers and law firms – volunteer with PILA!
- SAGE: Call for Submissions on Long Term Care of Older People – deadline 26 February
- VOICES Project: Opening Conference – 26 February, Dublin
- IHREC: Strategy Statement 2016-2018 Launch – 26 January, Dublin
- Fair Trials: Practitioner Training on New EU Directives – 15-17 April, London
- IWLA: Communication Skills Lecture – 21 January, Dublin
- Action Aid: Table Quiz – 14 January, Dublin
- Transparency International Ireland: Advocacy and Legal Executive Internship – deadline 22 January
- Irish Rule of Law International: Desk Officer – deadline 29 January
- Irish Penal Reform Trust: Policy and Advocacy Internship – deadline 22 January
- Ombudsman for Children’s Office: Policy & Human Rights Officer – deadline 26 January
- EXTERN Ireland: Southside Youth Initiative Youth Justice Coordinator – deadline 18 January
- UNHCR Ireland: Head of National Office – deadline 8 January 2016
- Treoir: Chief Executive Officer – deadline 18 January 2016
- Charities Regulatory Authority: Chief Executive Officer – deadline 16 December 2015
- The Thomson Reuters Foundation: Trust Law UK Programme Officer – deadline 4 January 2016
- FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres): Managing Solicitor – deadline 11 January 2016
- Candlelit Vigil for Children in Direct Provision – 16 December, Dublin
- NUI Galway Legal and Political Theory Workshop Series – 29 January, Galway
- Law Society Certificate in Human Rights Law – commencing 25 February 2016
- Guest piece by Michael Barron on new PILA partner, EQUATE – Introductions, and thanks to William Fry Solicitors
- Guest piece by Jane O’Sullivan of Community Law and Mediation on 40 years of service to the community
- Ireland implements ban on use of force in disciplining children
- UK government scraps mandatory criminal court charge
- Religious-run, state-funded institutions to be subject to equality law protections
- UK High Court rule refusal of British citizenship to deter future extremism unlawful
- Private rental reforms introduced to stabilise rents in Ireland
- UK government ends lifetime security of tenure for council housing tenancies
- ECtHR upholds Swiss Authorities’ refusal to recognise marriage of 14-year-old girl
- Irish High Court rules imprisonment for non-payment of child maintenance unlawful
- Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship in Public Interest Law 2016 – deadline 15 January 2016
- SUAS: Volunteer Programme Coordinators – deadline 4 December 2015
- University of Ulster: Potential Northern Ireland Bill of Rights roundtable – 14 December, Belfast
- ICEL Employment Law Conference – 11 December, Dublin
- Irish Aid and the Irish Forum for Global Health: Annual Professor Michael Kelly Lecture on HIV and AIDS – 10 December, Dublin
- ATD and Misean Cara: ‘Make Human Rights Work’ launch – 8 December, Dublin
- ISPCC Hosting Hands Up for Children Event – 4 December, Galway
- Carmichael Centre Public Lecture Series: Irish Civic Society 100 years on from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic – 3 December, Dublin
- Oireachtas Justice Committee hears findings from public interest law seminar series
- Book Release: International Human Rights: Perspectives from Ireland, General Editor Suzanne Egan
- Guest article by Maria Hennessy of the Irish Refugee Council on the single procedure in the proposed International Protection Bill 2015
- ECtHR upholds France’s ban on face-covering veils for public servants
- Irish Courts system labelled ‘fearfully expensive’ and ‘truly accessible to increasingly few’ by High Court Judge
- Specialist Family Courts to be established through new legislation
- Pre-entry English language test for UK family reunification not in breach of ECHR
- UK High Court rules that benefit cap breaches the rights of disabled people under Article 14 ECHR
- Belfast High Court rules Northern Ireland abortion legislation in breach of ECHR
- Children’s Rights Alliance: Turning Wrongs to Rights, Using Remedies to Vindicate Children’s Rights – 26 November, Dublin
- IPRT: Securing Accountability Conference – 27 November, Dublin
- Women’s Aid: International Day Opposing Violence against Women Conference 2015 – 25 November, Dublin
- Irish Refugee Council: Masterclass on Asylum Claims & Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – 25 November, Dublin
- FLAC: 9th Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture – 3 December, Dublin
- FLAC announces Public Interest Litigation Disbursements Grant for law firms
- A&L Goodbody and Irish Refugee Council win European award for pro bono partnership
- Guest piece by Maria McDonald BL of the Victims’ Rights Alliance on the transposition of the Victim’s Directive into Irish law
- Guest piece by 2015 Thomas Addis Emmet Fellow Mahmoud Abukhadir
- Guest piece by Pia Janning of ICCL on the Universal Periodic Review – Round Two for Ireland
- US Supreme Court hears challenges to class action proceedings
- Facebook’s tracking of non-users in breach of Belgian law
- Limited assisted suicide legalised in Germany, Canada and California
- ECtHR rules French conviction for hate speech not contrary to Article 10
- UK Supreme Court rules removal of Disability Living Allowance from child in breach of ECHR
- Chinese NGOs win landmark environmental case, while UK seeks reform of environmental cost-capping rules
- UK enacts new law on transparency in supply chains for large companies
- Irish Courts reach judgment on two important debtor-related cases
- Minister for Justice to address loopholes in asylum deportation through legislation
- Mental Disability Advocacy Centre: Project Manager – deadline 1 December 2015
- Fragomen: Immigration Solicitor – deadline 4 December 2015
- Reprieve: Death Penalty Caseworker – deadline 27 November 2015
- AkiDwa: Migrant Women’s Health in Ireland, Issues and Experiences – 26 November, Dublin
- ICEL: Employment Law Conference – 11 December, Dublin
- Irish Rule of Law International: Fundraising Concert – 26 November, Dublin
- Irish Society of International Law: Seán Lester Lecture ‘The Future of the European Court of Human Rights’ – 1 December, Dublin
- Government publishes Roadmap to Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- ECtHR confirms conviction for genocide denial breaches freedom of expression
- UK judge permits article concerning proceedings involving children in family court
- ECtHR upholds lawfulness of secret hearings in anti-terror investigations
- UK High Court denies extradition to US due to risk to human rights
- Right to a family life not breached by prohibition of inter-prison visits
- UK Law Society launches toolkit on developing a pro bono programme
- Civil society analyses new judicial review procedures in the UK
- IPRT/ICBA: Bail Reform ~ Rights & Risks – 11 November, Dublin
- ICCL: Webinar Training Series on The Right of Access to a Lawyer
- Victim’s Rights Alliance: Transposition of the Victims Rights’ Directive into Irish Law – 16 November, Dublin
- The Law Society: The Refugee Crisis, A Challenge for Europe – 11 November, Dublin
- Ulster University/Law Centre NI: The Future of Access to Justice – 6 November, Belfast
- Hibernia Law Journal Annual Lecture: World Wide Web or Wild Wild West? The Rule of Law in a Digitised Society – 12 November, Dublin
- OxHRH Webinar: Is There a Refugee Crisis or Just a Crisis in Protection? – 11 November
- Ruhama: Communications and Policy Officer – deadline 12 November
- ECJ upholds prisoners’ indefinite voting ban where proportionate to offence
- UK Supreme Court rules unauthorised solitary confinement breaches human rights
- UK Tribunal rules Government can monitor MP’s communications
- UK Court of Appeal upholds government policy on deportation of foreign prisoners
- ‘Zambrano’ Parents’ – New application process for permission to remain in the State
- Lydia Foy awarded European Parliament’s European Citizen’s Prize
- FLAC/PILA commissioned Clinical Legal Education report launched at NUI Galway
- Guest piece by Ciarán Finlay – Greece under the spot light – UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Pro Bono in action: Nasc and David Rickard BL examine Garda powers and begging
- Screening, ‘Prosecuting Genocide: The Case for Guatemala’ – 28 October, Dublin (Note change of venue)
- Maynooth University Half-Day Conference on ‘Employment Status and Undeclared Work’
- Community Law & Mediation Limerick: Administrator – deadline 22 October 2015, Limerick
- School of Law at NUI Galway and Child Care Law Reporting Project: PhD Opportunity – deadline 20 November 2015, Galway
- European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership: Legal Officer – deadline 10 November 2015, the Hague
- Irish Rule of Law International: Judiciary Program Officer – deadline 26 October 2015, Dublin
- European Court of Justice declares Safe Harbour Principles invalid
- ECtHR upholds Portuguese pension levy following austerity measures
- Magistrate resigns over payment of asylum seeker’s court charges
- UK High Court orders injunction and damages in libel against ‘Solicitors from Hell’ website
- Shatter Introduces Bill to expedite referendum legal challenges
- Guest Piece by Jane O’Sullivan on Community Law & Mediation’s pre-Budget submission
- Report finds legislation needed to ensure energy efficient houses in private rental sector
- Guest piece by Les Allamby updating on the work of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Changing Ireland, Changing Law: Public Interest Litigation, does it work? – 16 October, Dublin
- Launch of Report on Clinical Legal Education in Ireland – 16 October
- PILnet: 9th Annual European Pro Bono Forum – 11-13 November, Rome
- Law Centre NI: Why Fight Poverty? – 19 October, Belfast
- Law and Religion: Irish Context; International Perspectives – 6 November, Dublin
- Law Society’s Human Rights Committee: Annual Human Rights Essay Competition – deadline 10 December 2015
- Threshold: Legal Officer – deadline 16 October 2015
- Future Voices Ireland: Volunteer Opportunities – deadline 23 October 2015
- Call for nominations: Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders 2016 – deadline 6 November 2015
- UN Committee issues historic recommendations on right to housing
- UK High Court rules Article 8 rights lost on adoption
- EU Court rules unemployed EU migrants may be refused social welfare benefit
- Government announces establishment of ‘Irish Refugee Protection Programme’
- Landmark agreement ends indeterminate long-term solitary confinement in California
- FLAC: Volunteer Legal Advisor Opportunities – rolling deadline, nationwide
- OSCE Secretariat: Programme Officer – deadline 5 October
- Equality and Rights Alliance: Campaign Coordinator – deadline 8 October
- Open Society: Disability Rights Scholarship Program – deadline 2 November
- Trócaire and Christian Aid Ireland: Talk with Raji Sourani, Director of Palestinian Centre for Human Rights – 29 September, Dublin
- BCLC: Learn at Lunch – a talk on civil legal aid – 5 October, Dublin
- PILS NI: Legal Aid Cuts: Challenges for NI – 14 October, Belfast
- UK Supreme Court rules withdrawal of disability living allowance to children in hospital could amount to a breach of the European Convention of Human Rights
- Commencement of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015
- Students in UK Overturn 95% of DWP Decisions against 200 People Declared ‘Fit for Work’
- President Signs Same-Sex Marriage Amendment into Constitution and Tánaiste Commences Gender Recognition Act 2015
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Issues Guidelines for Dealing with Europe’s Refugee Crisis
- UCC School of Law: Lecture by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, “Securing Justice in an Unjust World” – 10 September, Cork
- ‘Changing Ireland, Changing Law’ series: Immigration, Asylum & Legal Change in Ireland – 18 September, Dublin
- Law Society of Ireland: Annual Human Rights Conference 2015 – 10 October, Dublin
- Sage: National Conference 2015 & Launch of the Quality Standards for Support & Advocacy Work with Older People – 16 October, Dublin
- National Disability Authority: Annual Gold Medal for disability research related to policy, practice or the social inclusion of people with disabilities – deadline 30 October
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission – Public Consultation on the Strategy Statement 2016-2018 – submissions by 9 October
- FLAC: Volunteer with FLAC promoting equal access to justice for all – rolling deadline, nationwide
- Screening, ‘Prosecuting Genocide: The Case for Guatemala’ – 28 October, Dublin
- Guest piece by Aoife Rock on her recent clinical legal education placement with PILA
- ECtHR overrules exclusion of father following termination of paternity
- New online resource on establishing a law firm pro bono practice
- Guest piece by Gráinne Weld on the cost of a minimum essential standard of living 2015
- Supreme Court permits GSOC investigation outside six month time limit
- Nepal recognises a third gender on official documentation
- Court of Appeal rules solitary confinement not in breach of constitutional rights
- Connecticut Supreme Court rules death penalty unconstitutional
- ‘Changing Ireland, Changing Law’ series: Immigration, Asylum & Legal Change in Ireland – 18 September, Dublin
- Europe’s Shared Burden: Collective Responsibility for Migrants at Sea – 9-10 October, Dublin
- National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities: Regional Advocacy Manager – 4 September 2015
- Law Centre (NI): Apprentice Solicitor – 15 September 2015
- Coram Children’s Legal Centre: Legal and Policy Officer – 7 September 2015
- Debt and Development Coalition Ireland: Co-ordinator – 9 September 2015
- Human Rights Consortium: Human Rights Officer – 7 September 2015
- Transparency International Ireland: Advocacy & Legal Executive (Volunteer) – 11 September 2015
- Supreme Court rejects Nigerian family’s deportation appeal
- Validity of ATE Insurance upheld by Court of Appeal
- Petition to challenge marriage equality referendum dismissed by Court of Appeal
- Role of ECHR Act 2003 examined in new report
- Pro Bono in Action – Comhlámh and A&L Goodbody examine residency requirements in third level grants
- Inclusion Ireland: Roundtable for People and Families Affected by Wards of Court – 27 August, Dublin
- UCC Centre for Criminal Law and Justice: Annual Lecture ‘Securing Justice in an Unjust World’ – 10 September, Cork
- GOAL: Legal Counsel – Rolling Deadline
- Courts Service of Ireland: Judicial Assistant Roles – 25 August
- European Court of Justice divorce ruling to impact non-EU nationals
- FGM protection orders enforced to protect women in Northern Ireland and the UK
- Gender Recognition Act 2015 is signed into law
- Northern Irish woman loses action on abortion under NHS
- Irish Supreme Court refuses retrial following changes to ‘exclusionary rule’
- UK Supreme Court rules ‘no win, no-fee’ costs regime compatible with ECHR
- High Court rules use of temporary release for the purposes of deportation unlawful
- Guest article by FLAC’s Senior Solicitor Michael Farrell: Foy case highlights need to strengthen European Convention on Human Rights Act
- ICCL Universal Periodic Review Consultation – 30 July, Dublin
- Victims’ Rights Conference: An Agenda for Change – 11 September, University of Limerick
- CLM Northside seeks submissions for its Irish Community Development Law Journal – deadline 18 September
- BeLonGTo: Executive Director – 21 August 2015
- Advocates for International Development: LASER advisor – 5 August 2015
- Liberty UK: Policy Assistant – 14 August 2015
- Law & Development Partnership: LASER Project Sierra Leone Resident Adviser – 5 August 2015
- US Supreme Court decision paves the way for national recognition of same sex marriage
- Austerity and Inequality: A threat to peace? – 15 October, Belfast
- Central European University, Legal Empowerment Leadership Course – 30 November, Budapest
- Austerity and Inequality: A threat to peace? – 15 October, Belfast
- TASC: Senior Policy Analyst – deadline 24 July 2015
- DLCM Solicitors: Immigration Caseworker – deadline 24 July 2015
- European Human Rights Advocacy Centre: Lawyer – deadline 9 August 2015
- Ethnic Minorities Law Centre: Deputy Principal Solicitor – deadline 31 July 2015
- PILnet: President – rolling deadline
- Irish Government publishes Working Group report on Direct Provision and the Protection Process
- Australia introduces new ‘secrecy laws’ for detention centres
- Guest article by Héilean Rosenstock–Armie on early legal intervention for victims of trafficking
- Australian Firm Clayton Utz reaches 500,000 pro bono hours
- Irish deportation order quashed under UN Convention
- High Court refuses maternity benefit for mother of surrogate baby
- Law Reform Commission calls for new insurance legislation
- Changing Ireland, Changing Law: LGBT Right and the Law – 10 July, Dublin
- European Commission Public Consultation on the EU Blue Card and the EU’s labour migration policies – 21 August
- Community Law and Mediation Annual Fundraising Event – 10 July, Dublin
- ICCL: Tender for training manual on the Right to Access a Lawyer – 10 July 2015
- UNHCR: Protection Assistant – 2 July 2015
- Central European University, Legal Empowerment Leadership Course – 30 November, Budapest
- Judicial Review Court in Northern Ireland finds Executive in breach of anti-poverty duty
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights publishes concluding observations on Ireland’s performance under the International Covenant
- Irish Supreme Court upholds Mohammed Younis award by Labour Court
- President of the ABA promotes technological and creative solutions to improve access to justice
- UK Justice Secretary calls on successful law firms to contribute more to access to justice
- Cork City Council conduct first widespread rent review since 2008
- Oireachtas Committee discusses implications of repeal of UK Human Rights Act
- Book Release – Social Inclusion and the Legal System: Public Interest Law in Ireland, 2nd Ed, G Whyte
- Guest article by FLAC’s Michael Farrell: Important Decisions on Habitual Residence Condition for Social Welfare
- UK Justice Secretary calls on successful law firms to contribute more to access to justice
- Last remaining places: PILA Seminar – 7 July, Dublin
- UK Supreme Court rules indefinite retention of DNA profile does not violate ECHR
- Ireland welcomes changes to Gender Recognition Bill
- UK High Court finds delay in PIP disability payment unlawful
- UK High Court finds delay in PIP disability payment unlawful
- ECtHR upholds right to die in Lambert case
- Berlin pioneers ‘rent control’ law, while Ireland proposes ‘rent certainty’ legislation
- CrowdJustice brings crowdfunding of public interest litigation to the UK
- Guest piece by Claire Cumiskey of Nasc on respecting the rights of asylum seekers
- Guest piece by Dr. Mary Rogan and Prof. Ivana Bacik on Changing Ireland, Changing Law
- Irish Supreme Court finds moratorium must be adhered to in repossession proceedings
- Guest article by Eamonn Tansey on Ireland’s examination under the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- PILA Seminar: ‘The Duty of the State in Constitutional Cases’ – 7 July, Dublin
- Join the Friends of FLAC
- TEDxYouth@TheSpire, Future Voices Ireland – 20 June, Dublin
- Make Rights a Reality: Post-2015 agenda and the lives of children and young people – 18 June, Dublin
- Training on EU funding and on how to build EU partnerships, Access Europe – 2 July, Dublin
- Live Webinar: The Right to Strike – 30 June, online
- IHREC: Various posts – 2,3 July 2015
- Pavee Point: Expressions of Interest, National Roma Needs Assessment – 29 June 2015
- FLAC Volunteer Legal Advisors
- Irish Refugee Council: Education and Training Grants Scheme – 30 June 2015
- Barnardos: Head of Development, Guardian Ad Litem Service – 30 June 2015
- EU may move towards mandatory business and human rights regulation
- Reforms to the student immigration system for international education announced
- Wales introduces ‘Wellbeing of Future Generations’ legislation
- Guest piece by Claire McGettrick of Justice for Magdalenes on continued advocacy for survivors
- Guest piece by Kevin McCague on ensuring Ireland’s right to education for all
- Pro bono under the spotlight – MRCI’s Labour of Love Campaign
- One Resolve, First Thursday – 4 June, Dublin
- NWCI, ‘Feminist Futures’ – 11 June, Dublin
- IHREC NGO Briefing – 18 June, Dublin
- ICCL 7th Annual Human Rights Film Awards –18 June, Dublin
- International Criminal Court Summer School – June 15-19, Galway
- TASC Annual Conference – 19 June, Dublin
- Transparency International: Programme Manager – 12 June 2015
- NASC: Legal Intern – 5 June 2015
- UNHCR Ireland: External Relations Intern – 15 June 2015
- Irish Rule of Law International: Programme Lawyer – 22 June 2015
- Belfast bakery found guilty of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation
- JD Wetherspoon found to have racially discriminated against Irish Travellers
- Oxford Human Rights Hub launches its Human Rights podcast
- Government deploys naval flagship LE Eithne to humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean
- UK Supreme Court clarifies and broadens ‘vulnerability criteria’ for homeless housing applicants
- New UK Justice Secretary Gove to draft new UK Human Rights Act
- EU Criminal Justice Conference – 21/22 May, Limerick
- 5th Annual Countess Markievicz School – 23 May, Dublin
- Cultural Rights as drivers for change in Communities – 26 May, Galway
- Cultural Rights as drivers for change in Communities – 26 May, Galway
- Legal Representation of Vulnerable Clients – 26 May, Dublin
- The Law Society of Ireland Human Rights Lecture – 5 June, Dublin
- Children’s Ombudsman: Director of Investigations – Deadline 28 May, Dublin
- FLAC: Legal and Policy Officer – Deadline 5 June, Dublin
- University College Cork: Law Lectureships (X3) – Deadline 11 June, Cork
- ICCL Deputy Director – Deadline 22 May, Dublin
- ERA publishes new papers on human rights & equality standards and infrastructure
- Guest Piece by Les Allamby on his role as the new Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
- Assisted-suicide updates: from Ireland to South Africa
- ECJ rules ban on gay men giving blood only justified in limited circumstances
- Guest piece from Caroline Counihan on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill
- Irish Supreme Court upholds Children’s Referendum
- Guest Piece by Jennifer Kline on access to justice for children with cognitive disabilities in Ireland
- ‘Women Changing Ireland, Changing Law’ – 8 May, Dublin
- Mercy Law Resource Centre, 2014 Annual Report Launch – 7 May, Dublin
- Lawyers for Yes Screening of ‘The Case Against 8’ – 7 May, Dublin
- IPRT ‘Turnaround Youth’ Launch – 12 May, Dublin
- ILGA: Litigation Officer – 12 May 2015
- Thomas Reuters Foundation: Head of TrustLaw Connect – 1 June 2015
- Thomas Reuters Foundation: Head of TrustLaw Connect – 1 June 2015
- Irish Supreme Court departs from ‘exclusionary rule’
- UK Supreme Court delivers landmark decision on local authority housing
- Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Human Rights work programme announced
- High Court rules Irish implementation of EU Directive on Trafficking inadequate
- EU Directive to advance maternity rights may be withdrawn by May 2015
- Guest Piece by Stephen O’Flynn of ICI on family reunification and disability payments
- UK Court of Appeal finds for non-economic loss under EU data protection law
- Women Changing Law, Changing Society – 8 May 2015, Dublin
- Launch of the report on ‘Access to Justice for Children with Mental Disabilities’ – 23 April 2015, Dublin
- Lady Hale on ‘Diversity in the Judiciary’ – 15 May 2015, Limerick
- PHD Symposium 2015 & Call for Papers: Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights
- Venice Summer School of Human Rights 2015 – 26 June – 4 July 2015
- Innocence Project International Wrong Convictions Conference: Last call for early bird registration – 30 April 2015
- Mercy Law Resource Centre: Locum Solicitor – 24 April 2015
- UNHCR: Protection Intern – 26 April 2015
- Irish Rule of Law International: Programme Manager – 29 April 2015
- Irish Rule of Law International: Programme Lawyer – 29 April 2015
- Guest Article by Yvonne O’Sullivan of FLAC: State Response to List of Issues- All Talk but Awaiting Action
- New UK Modern Slavery Act includes life sentences for traffickers
- UNHCR study outlines impact of long term stay in direct provision
- TII Speak UP report documents cross-sectoral corruption in Ireland
- Child Care Law Reporting Project publishes latest volume of reports
- Maltese Parliament passes comprehensive Gender Recognition Act
- Prisoner’s decision to go on hunger strike must be respected rules High Court judge
- Guest Piece by Michael Farrell: European Anti-Racism Body Follows Up on Ireland
- Guest Piece by Rachel Power: Report on PILA’s Pro Bono Survey 2014
- Guest piece by Eithne Lynch: Collective Complaint on Housing Conditions in Ireland Deemed Admissible by European Committee of Social Rights
- UK Supreme Court reverses ‘Sidaway’ on informed consent
- UK Supreme Court dismisses ‘benefits cap’ appeal
- Supreme Court rules grandmother cannot return to Ireland to care for family
- Advocate General says Ireland in breach of Working Time Directive
- Irish Supreme Court upholds statutory duty in Traveller accommodation case
- Guest Article from Natasha McAleese: Access to justice for native Irish speakers in the Irish courts system
- Two successful challenges to UK legal aid rules
- UK High Court grants first town-wide ban on illegal traveller sites
- UK civil court fees hiked by up to 600%
- Court of Appeal upholds protective costs order in planning case
- Guest Article from Kevin McCague: A Matter of Survival: Ireland’s Health System in the Age of Austerity
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission issues its policy position on access to civil marriage
- Supreme Court dismisses Traveller challenge to school admissions policy
- Online court no longer science fiction for UK
- End to discrimination for tenants on rent supplement
- Prison lock-up regime breaches constitutional rights
- New legislation to modernise family law and protect the rights of children
- Guest article from Liz O’Malley: Civil Legal Aid Is Necessary to Truly Uphold ICESCR
- Canadian ban on assisted suicide violates human rights
- ECtHR: Lack of emergency healthcare is Article 2 violation
- ECtHR finds violation of 1,015 UK prisoners’ right to vote
- UK’s Whole Life Orders are compatible with ECHR
- Diplomatic immunity cannot shield embassies from employment law
- Woman in direct provision challenges Child Benefit refusal
- Guest Article: TENI Director Broden Giambrone on the Gender recognition Bill 2014
- US Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage
- Ireland’s minimum wage and labour laws do not protect workers’ rights
- Omagh bombing inquiry challenge
- Dáil considers Bill introducing free healthcare for Magdalene survivors
- Government publishes wording on Marriage Equality Referendum
- Equality Tribunal case: discrimination on the basis of age, religion and sexual orientation
- Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission challenges Northern Ireland’s abortion laws
- Palestine joins International Criminal Court
- Grand Chamber dismisses two appeals under Aarhus Convention
- European Court presents legal obstacles for EU accession to ECHR
- Northern Ireland High Court bid for marriage equality
- Irish government intervenes in Microsoft data centre search warrant case
- Guest article from Yvonne O’Sullivan – A life of dignity: Why the UN has 28 questions for the Irish government
- UK Court of Appeal rules legal aid exceptional funding guidance unlawful
- Guest Article from Yotamu Chaonaine: President Higgins in Malawi
- ECtHR finds no violation of fair trial rights in London bombers case
- UK High Court overturns prison book ban
- UK Court of Appeal overturns protective costs order, finds violation of Aarhus
- Government approves settlement scheme to school child abuse survivors, following ECHR case
- Guest Article from Anne Driscoll: Irish Innocence Project’s Be the Key campaign
- Atmospheric trust litigation
- ECtHR considers complaints relating to situation in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine
- UK civil and criminal legal aid update
- Irish and European rulings on credibility of declared sexual orientation of asylum seekers
- Supreme Court upholds refugee’s family reunification rights
- Reminder: PILA Pro Bono Survey 2014 – deadline today
- Irish Government has decided to reopen torture allegations against the UK
- PILA attends PILnet 2014 European Pro Bono Forum
- PILA Pro Bono Survey 2014
- Guest Article by Colin Lenihan – High Court finds some Direct Provision house rules unlawful & in breach of ECHR
- Conscientious objector can claim asylum where war crimes are suspected
- CJEU issues decision rejecting practice of ‘welfare tourism’
- Changes to Britain’s criminal justice obligations under EU rules
- High Court upholds complaint against Financial Services Ombudsman
- Surrogacy “quintessentially a matter for the Oireachtas”, rules Supreme Court
- Guest Article: Jim Winters – Disability, Human Rights and the Law
- Guest Article: Michael Farrell – Transgender woman’s 17-year legal battle ends with commitment to Gender Recognition legislation
- ECtHR rules on two cases under EU ‘Dublin’ Regulation
- UK Ministry of Justice launches new supports for litigants in person
- UK legal aid cuts leave vulnerable parents unrepresented
- House of Lords scraps proposed judicial review reforms
- IHREC expresses human rights concerns over Irish Water
- Supreme Court caseload transferred to new Court of Appeal
- High Court rules against Department for refusing benefit to separated father
- FLAC and PILA coordinate civil society response to Budget 2015
- Scottish civil courts reform “major step forward” but concern raised in relation to judicial review proceedings
- Australia’s immigration powers examined in asylum seekers test case
- Access to Justice in Australia: rulings on pro bono costs and on standing for class actions
- Supreme Court of Canada declares court hearing fees a barrier to justice
- Equality Tribunal finds direct discrimination in refusal to repose traveller child at funeral home
- New guidelines now allow simultaneous applications for subsidiary protection and refugee status
- Government outlines priority areas for new working group on direct provision
- Guest article from Yvonne O’Sullivan – Government consults civil society on system of protection and Direct Provision in Ireland
- Guest Article by Deirdre Malone – Current issues in Irish penal reform
- Community Law & Mediation Launches Annual Report 2013
- Unaccompanied minors in USA to receive funding for legal assistance
- US and UN updates on LGBTI rights
- UK Conservatives announce proposals for human rights overhaul
- High Court challenge to Irish Water
- Chief Justice welcomes new Court of Appeal; Dublin court closures cancelled
- Children and Family Relationships General Scheme gets Government approval
- Guest Article by Catherine Cosgrave – Advancing Access to Justice for Children in Ireland
- Guest Article by Edel Quinn – Ireland to ratify complaints mechanism under UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Human Rights Council holding their 27th session
- UK Law Society launches Access to Justice Campaign
- ECtHR considers the UK’s extra-territorial jurisdiction over Iraqi detainee
- UK High Court rulings on civil legal aid for domestic violence victims and on criminal legal aid reform
- Minister for Justice announces closure of Mountjoy Separation Unit
- Former Central Criminal Court Judge seeks return to court room as a barrister
- New streamlined asylum application process due early next year
- Guest Article by Jenny Knox – The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill: a shift from passive to active hostility towards public interest litigation?
- Australia’s asylum detention policy challenged in class action lawsuit
- Domestic violence developments in international law
- Strasbourg court says extradition to US for irreducible life sentence violates ECHR
- Recent developments on UK legal aid reforms
- UK Supreme Court: Victims of trafficking have a right to claim damages from traffickers despite immigration status
- 2014 Small Grant Programme – Direct Provision Centres
- Bahrain NGOs remind Irish Medical Council of human rights obligations in advance of visit
- University of Limerick launches report on Hate Crimes in Ireland
- Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan presents her final annual report
- €16m renovation planned for Dublin City Council’s Dolphin flats
- Guest Article by Community Law & Mediation Director Rose Wall – Name change, new website and new search facilities for Casebase
- Hackcess to Justice winners continue expanding reach of legal apps
- US Vice-President calls for pro bono legal assistance for Central American children; Ohio taskforce tackles access to justice issues
- Strasbourg court continues to find UK prisoner voting ban violates ECHR rights
- UK Law Society granted special consultative status by United Nations
- Irish Council for Civil Liberties publishes Annual Report 2013
- Ireland’s Equality Tribunal rules no discrimination in surrogacy case due to gap in law
- Irish High Court rules on right to work of mother of EU citizen
- Ulster Law Clinic releases annual report for Clinical Legal Education programme
- ICLEA Report – International Clinical Legal Education Conference
- ECtHR rules Poland violated human rights by stationing CIA prisons
- Lack of human rights impact assessment by EU Commission leads to complaint to EU Ombudsman
- Hackcess to Justice 2014 seeks tech solutions to improve access to justice
- Campaigning organisations can register as charities following New Zealand Supreme Court Ruling
- Increase in US lawyers doing pro bono work in foreign communities
- Ombudsman investigates how complaints are handled by acute public hospitals
- Irish housing charities call on Government to reform Rent Supplement Scheme
- Garda station revised legal aid scheme gets seal of approval from Minister for Justice
- Alliance Updates – new pro bono alliance & human rights resource websites, call for nominations for PILnet pro bono project awards
- Strasbourg court says it’s not unlawful to require change of marital status as part of official gender recognition process
- UK High Court says legal aid residency test is unlawful & discriminatory
- Changes to Irish judicial review rules applicable to asylum cases
- Irish Supreme Court says English courts to decide on parental responsibility of child
- Legal Aid fee unaffordable for some people according to Limerick judge
- Update on Ireland’s first Protective Costs Order – europe v. facebook.org
- Breaking news – Ireland grants first Protective Costs Order
- New Class Actions resource published by PILA
- Guest article by the PILS Project’s David Hawkins – Department of Education must ‘facilitate and encourage’ integrated education in Northern Ireland
- Guest Article by Northside Community Law & Mediation Centre’s Moya De Paor – 6 new cases added to Casebase
- French burka and niqab ban upheld by Strasbourg court
- House of Lords criticise proposed judicial review and protective costs orders changes
- Irish High Court declines child’s application to have Irish passport cancellation overturned
- Irish Cabinet approves plans to merge and reform employment relations structures
- Irish Chief Justice launches FLAC Annual Report; new legal information resources available
- Highlights of Ireland’s questioning before UN Human Rights Committee
- Guest Article by Northside Community Law Centre’s Clare Naughton – judicial review case highlights the importance of the right to a home
- Guest article by Transparency International’s Susheela Math – Fair play for whistleblowers? The Protected Disclosures Act 2014
- Irish Ombudsman for Children gives her opinion on new legislation
- UK Supreme Court upholds assisted suicide ban, says matter is for Parliament to decide
- UK Supreme Court says laws on spent convictions are incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights; Irish position set to change soon
- Solicitors criticise plans to close Dublin courts
- Irish High Court drops legal requirement for Adoption Authority to notify biological fathers
- UK judges concerned by moves to restrict judicial review challenges
- Irish Spent Convictions legislation & the National Vetting Bureau – an analysis
- Heads of Irish law schools meet to discuss trajectory of clinical legal education in Ireland
- US Removes the Exclusion of Gender Reassignment Surgery from Coverage under Medicare Health Insurance
- Irish Times successful in District Court challenge to report on child law case
- Legal rights bodies issues note concerns around Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014
- UK launches first video-based online Free Legal Advice Centre
- High Court ruling on ATE insurance identifies important access to justice and costs considerations
- Magdalene Commission Report gave rise to largest pro bono project conducted by the Bar Council of Ireland
- Disposal of a stillborn child as clinical waste violates European Convention on Human Rights
- New Irish social welfare legislation to be debated just days after publication
- European Commission puts pressure on Ireland to enact the Legal Services Regulation Bill
- New Hong Kong pro bono referral system providing support to NGOs
- FLAC holds national consultations on Ireland’s economic, social and cultural rights record
- ECtHR says London borough’s withdrawal of night-time care breaches fundamental human rights
- Irish High Court rules that an anorexic woman can be force-fed without giving her consent
- Removal of Hungarian Supreme Court’s President violates the European Convention on Human Rights
- Guest Article by Age Action Development Officer Lianne Murphy – Human rights and older people
- Irish Government ‘Guarantees’ Transgender Rights at European Conference
- Guest Article by Dr Charles O’Mahony – Report Into the Death of Gary Douch & the Provision for Mentally Ill Prisoners in Ireland
- Belfast docker who suffered homophobic abuse wins damages
- High Court ‘fast track’ procedures could lead to Article 6 ECHR violations
- Potential for age discrimination in proposed Irish surrogacy legislation
- Irish High Court refuses elderly man’s bid to stay in council-owned home
- Judges criticise impact of UK legal aid cuts
- Guest Article by ICTU’s Esther Lynch – Regulating for Decent Work – Combating Unfair Terms in Zero-Hour Employment Contracts
- First certified South African class action settles
- Appeal withdrawn against legal aid ruling on children taken into care
- Strasbourg Court expands tolerance for criticism of xenophobia to criticism of homophobia
- European Court of Justice rules on third-country national spouse residence rights
- New bill to enable undocumented migrants in Ireland to better access justice
- Northern Ireland rejects the motion calling for the introduction of same-sex marriage
- UK Parliamentary committee criticises govt’s judicial review legal aid reforms
- Vulnerable witnesses allowed to give evidence pre-trial as part of England pilot scheme
- FLAC to lead shadow reporting process under International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Guest Article by FLAC’s Michael Farrell – Protecting Human Rights Another Way – Using the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Guest Article by Amnesty International Ireland’s Rosalind McKenna – Constitutional protection for economic, social and cultural rights
- Update on the establishment of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
- New pro bono legal service supporting British crime victims overseas
- Report urges Irish Government to officially recognise Traveller ethnicity
- New EU Directive on discrimination against migrant workers
- India’s Supreme Court creates ‘third gender’ status for transgender people in landmark ruling
- Irish Supreme Court overrules High Court grant of judicial review leave outside time limit
- Ireland’s Department of Justice recognises migrant’s gender change
- PILA holds housing law and family law legal education sessions for Cork NGOs
- PILA Pro Bono Litigation Referral – State challenged on the right to vote in secret
- South African freedom fighter and other public interest law heavyweights speak at PILA’s annual conference
- Guest Article by Ceartas – human rights obligations of Irish Medical Council’s planned visit to Bahrain
- UK’s first same-sex marriages take place following law change
- Litigation success for Irish NGO – European Court of Justice declares Data Retention Directive invalid
- President of Ireland’s High Court raises concerns over judicial appointments to new appeals court
- England & Wales criminal solicitors and probation officers stage walkout to protest against UK legal aid cuts – but barristers call off their walkout after cuts suspended⇥
- Pope appoints Marie Collins to church group on sex abuse
- Ireland’s membership of the Human Rights Council praised by Human Rights Watch
- Irish High Court ruling opens door for carers allowance reapplications
- Guest Article by ICCL’s Deirdre Duffy – UN Human Rights Council Legacy Project
- High Court clarifies residence test for Irish citizen’s spouse
- Assisted suicide could be legalised in UK; Government allows free vote
- Irish High Court Judge says Refugee Appeals Tribunal decision “unfair and irrational”
- Mothers of children born via a surrogate not entitled to maternity leave or its equivalent under EU law – CJEU
- Summary of FLAC’s report by Paul Joyce on Consumers of Credit and other Financial Services in Ireland
- UN Human Rights Council’s Annual Day on Children’s Rights
- Irish symphysiotomy victims make a submission to the UN about cruel and barbaric childbirth operations
- Unanimous Irish Supreme Court ruling bars questioning a suspect until they receive requested legal advice
- Guest Article by Anne-Marie O’Sullivan BL – New Scheme for Advance Healthcare Directives and the Mental Health Act 2001
- Malaysian court opens door for increased public interest litigation
- CJEU clarifies Member State obligations about asylum-seeker family housing
- Uganda passes drastic anti-homosexuality Bill into law
- Irish transgender people to obtain legal status at 16 following ministerial proposal
- English High Court rules against David Miranda in Heathrow airport detention case
- New UK legislation could mean changes to judicial review processes and protective costs orders
- Irish politician awarded 75% of costs in promissory note constitutional case
- Irish Constitutional Convention votes to protect economic, social and cultural rights
- TD Joan Collins awarded 75% of costs in promissory note constitutional case
- Guest Article by UCC’s Professor Ursula Kilkelly & Dr Conor O’Mahony – The Louise O’Keeffe Case: Success in Strasbourg with the help of UCC’s Child Law Clinic
- Lawyers to stage full-day walkout over legal aid cuts in England and Wales
- US Judge declares Virginian ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional
- UN Special Rapporteur calls for concerted efforts to reduce North Belfast housing inequality
- UN Report critical of Catholic Church failure to acknowledge the extent of abuse committed
- UK Supreme Court president wades into debate over European courts
- Swiss voters narrowly back plan to limit EU migration
- Romanian anti-discrimination watchdog fines president for Roma comments
- Belgium legalises euthanasia for terminally ill children
- PILA holds roundtable for NGOs on youth social welfare cutsIrish Justice Minister circulates final amendments to Legal Services Regulation Bill
- Guest Article by NUI Galway’s Larry Donnelly – NUI Galway hosts inspiring and informative Legal Aid & Access to Justice event
- UK charity to challenge legal aid residence test
- UK Supreme Court says UNCHR grant of refugee status not enough to get UK refugee status
- Strasbourg court says Moldova violated ECHR by not protecting domestic violence victims
- Man granted residency after 37 years living in Ireland
- Irish Justice Minister circulates final amendments to Legal Services Regulation Bill
- Strasbourg court says Ireland liable for child abuse because of lack of mechanisms
- European Committee of Social Rights publishes report on Ireland’s compliance with the European Social Charter
- Amnesty International launch pan-European report on legal gender recognition for transgender people
- Guest Article by Mercy Law Resource Centre’s Maeve Regan – High Court housing decision emphasises importance of openness and fairness
- Equality Tribunal awards transgender woman €5k in bank gender equality case; new report on gender recognition legislation
- Minister Shatter announces increase in limit for mental distress awards in fatal injury cases
- Homeless couple lose High Court bid for custody of their baby
- Reporting of Irish family law and child care court cases now allowed under strict conditions
- New Nigerian anti-homosexuality law denounced by UN Human Rights Chief
- European Court of Human Rights Omnibus
- UN condemns detention of Lampedusa boat tragedy survivors
- District Court rules in favour of two Traveller women in discrimination case
- Guest Article by FLAC Senior Solicitor Michael Farrell – Comment on Social Welfare Case Update
- CJEU Advocate General gives opinion in Irish digital rights case
- Lawyers protest over legal aid cuts in England and Wales
- UK High Court judge authorises publication of judgment in ‘forced caesarean’ case
- UK housing benefit claimants evicted; potential government breach of international human rights law
- Irish Social Welfare Law Case Update
- New Guide to Children’s EU Rights in Ireland Published
- New PILA Progress Report showcases big achievements in 2013
- UK Protective Costs Order Procedural Update – Supreme Court applies CJEU “not prohibitively expensive” guidelines
- Fourth volume of Irish child protection case reports published
- IRA membership trial ruled fair by the European Court of Human Rights
- Oxford Cambridge boat race protester wins appeal against his deportation from the UK.
- England & Wales High Court says local council must provide Down’s Syndrome Traveller boy with supports even when outside relevant area
- Guest Article by Northside Community Law & Mediation Centre’s Moya De Paor – 15 new cases added to Casebase in 2013
- Australian top court repeals same-sex marriage law; Indian Supreme Court reverses homosexuality decriminalisation
- CJEU rules that employees in same-sex civil partnerships must be granted the same benefits as married couples
- FLAC Video Guides to Court Procedures; Important changes to rules concerning individual applications to ECtHR
- PILA Pro Bono Referral Scheme – Pro Bono in Action – Crosscare and solicitor Claire McCarthy connect
- New PILA Progress Report showcases big achievements in 2013
- FLAC Video Guides to Court Procedures; Important changes to rules concerning individual applications to ECtHR
- Australian top court repeals same-sex marriage law; Indian Supreme Court reverses homosexuality decriminalisation
- Guest Article by Northside Community Law & Mediation Centre’s Moya De Paor – 15 new cases added to Casebase in 2013
- England & Wales High Court says local council must provide Down’s Syndrome Traveller boy with supports even when outside relevant area
- Oxford Cambridge boat race protester wins appeal against his deportation from the UK
- IRA membership trial ruled fair by the European Court of Human Rights
- Fourth volume of Irish child protection case reports published
- UK Protective Costs Order Procedural Update – Supreme Court applies CJEU “not prohibitively expensive” guidelines
- Belfast court says ban on poppy-wearing family from entering pub was discrimination
- Pro Bono Update – new international pro bono index & innovative lawyer volunteer training initiative
- Confusion about whether EU Charter on Fundamental Rights applies to UK
- New law outlines single procedure for subsidiary protection applications
- UK Government attempts to deport dying asylum seeker following 90 day hunger strike
- Irish Travellers protest at accommodation programme failure
- Guest article by Crosscare’s Noel Neenan – Challenging social welfare claim decisions and proper application of the ‘genuinely seeking employment’ criteria
- Guest article – Q&A with Clifford Chance Pro Bono Director Tom Dunn, Part 1
- UK Supreme Court rules in favour of gay couple in discrimination case
- Guest article – Q&A with Clifford Chance Pro Bono Director Tom Dunn, Part 2
- Guest article by Crosscare’s Noel Neenan – Challenging social welfare claim decisions and proper application of the ‘genuinely seeking employment’ criteria
- Irish Travellers protest at accommodation programme failure
- UK Government attempts to deport dying asylum seeker following 90 day hunger strike
- New law outlines single procedure for subsidiary protection applications
- Confusion about whether EU Charter on Fundamental Rights applies to UK
- Pro Bono Update – new international pro bono index & innovative lawyer volunteer training initiative
- Belfast court says ban on poppy-wearing family from entering pub was discrimination
- Graduate Studies opportunities at the National University of Ireland Galway – 1 February 2013 (rolling application process)
- “A matchmaker for the cause of social justice” – PILA profiled by the Irish Times
- Guest Article by Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice’s Eoin Carroll – launch of report examining Irish Prison Service’s Three Year Strategic Plan
- Guest Article by Clifford Chance Pro Bono Director Tom Dunn
- One year following its launch, child law reporting project reveals the inner workings of family law cases
- France in violation of ECHR after eviction of Travellers
- UK judge refers government’s private immigration contractors for prosecution
- UK Court refuses to grant declaration of non-recognition of 14-year old’s forced marriage
- UK NGO report reveals that undocumented migrant children cannot access basic services
- European Parliament, Irish Language Lawyer Linguist – deadline 10 December
- UK Solicitor General discourages mandatory pro bono call
- Complaint lodged with UN Human Rights Committee regarding Ireland’s abortion laws
- Attempt to have Children’s Referendum result annulled fails in the High Court
- IPRT Seminar & Launch – Dublin, 4 December
- IPRT Seminar & Launch – Dublin, 4 December
- Hibernian Law Journal Annual Lecture – Dublin, 26 November
- Front Line Defenders and UCC Public Lecture with Yara Bader, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media & Freedom of Expression – Cork, 27 November
- Northside Community Law Centre Free Talk – Dublin, 3 December
- TASC Annual Lecture 2013 – Dublin, 27 November
- DFAT and UCC Public Lecture with Ms Fatou Bensouda: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court – Dublin, 16 December
- Law Centre (NI) Launch of Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young people Project – Belfast, 6 December
- FLAC’s Seventh Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture: Martin O’Brien – Dublin, 5 December
- Beyond Proof- Credibility Assessment in EU Asylum Systems – Dublin, 28 November
- EMN Ireland Conference on Challenges and Responses to Identifying Victims of Trafficking – Dublin, 29 November
- FLAC’s Seventh Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture: Martin O’Brien – Dublin, 5 December
- Amnesty International Ireland: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Team Intern – deadline 11 November
- Aegis Trust, Project Coordinator – Global Parliamentary Network for the Prevention of Mass Atrocities – deadline 13 November
- Mercy Law Resource Centre, Volunteer Befrienders
- Legal Counsel, GOAL
- Human Rights Officer, United Nations
- US Court upholds Obamacare contraception mandate
- Guest Article by TENI’s Broden Giambrone – Gender Recognition Bill is concrete progress, but there are 3 key roadblocks
- UK court upholds public authority’s ECHR property rights despite lack of victim status
- Australian barristers set up pro bono scheme following legal aid cuts
- ECHR rules on discrimination against HIV positive employee
- UK Supreme Court says “Back to Work” welfare scheme is unclear
- Decision to place newborn in emergency care raises mootness issues
- Irish Ombudsman to investigate Garda decision to place Roma children into care
- PCO granted in UK case on the basis of claimants’ membership of wider legal organisation
- Litvinenko case highlights difficulty of securing protective costs order based on assets
- PILA helps Irish NGOs call for Human Rights and Equality Budgeting
- Proposed Irish transgender legislation to be considered by Joint Oireachtas Committee this week
- Third volume of Irish child protection case reports published
- Guest Article by Ceartas’ Fergal Mawe – Update on Ceartas’ Complaint to the International Association of Prosecutors against Bahrain Attorney General
- European Court accuses British media outlets of misleading reports
- UK Supreme Court says ECHR & Strasbourg case law can’t be exclusively considered in case where domestic law also applies
- UK publishes new Immigration Bill
- UK NGO reveals almost 800 children per week are detained overnight
- Northern Ireland High Court judge rules ban on gay male blood donors is irrational
- Direct Provision – High Court allows asylum seeker family’s challenge; off-shore registered suppliers cost Irish government €800 million
- Guest Article by UCC’s Dr Aisling Parkes and Dr Fiona Donson – New Network for Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Irish High Court grants protective costs order under planning convention
- UN expert warns that criminalising irregular migrants may lead to more migrant boat disasters
- Swedish police hold illegal Roma database
- New court ruling adds to growing German circumcision debate; Swedish children’s ombudsman says circumcision violates human rights
- Conservative Party announces it will consider UK ECHR withdrawal
- Irish Equality & Human Rights bodies tackling less cases ahead of merger
- ECJ says Irish surrogacy mother not entitled to maternity or adoptive leave; but opposite result in British mother’s case
- Guest article by Oxfam’s Jim Clarken – Land Grabbing and Public Interest Legal Services
- Guest article by Emma McCarron of PILA – the Equality Budgeting Campaign
- Mental health experts warn of systematic discrimination in Irish prisons
- New Zealand Law School introduces innovative clinical legal education pro bono initiative
- Japanese Supreme Court rules non-marital children have equal inheritance rights
- German court rules Muslim girls must take part in school swimming lessons with boys
- Spain strengthens Freedom of Information law
- Council of Europe calls for accountability regarding CIA torture
- FLAC criticises Irish government’s civil legal aid reforms
- Retiring Strasbourg court president criticises UK government attitude to ECHR
- Guest article by Saoirse Brady of Children’s Rights Alliance – The Call to Ban Corporal Punishment of Children
- California court upholds ban on gay aversion therapy
- Saudi Arabia finally criminalises domestic violence
- Concern about chilling effect of UK charities lobbying bill
- UK continues to detain migrant children despite 2010 Government pledge
- UK Justice Secretary revises controversial legal aid cuts
- Unsuccessful applicant in Irish home birth case to pay her own costs only
- Irish Financial Services Ombudsman will only investigate procedural mortgage arrears complaints
- Germany becomes first European country to recognise intersex children from birth
- US public interest developments omnibus
- Council of Europe warns UK Miranda detention may violate freedom of expression rights
- UK High Court orders vasectomy for disabled man
- Irish High Court rejects pregnant woman’s challenge to HSE home birth policy
- N. Ireland High Court quashes UK Border Agency decision
- Guest Article by William Sampson Fellow Kendra Rychlick: US Supreme Court restricts scope for international human rights claims
- Ugandan Parliament passes restrictive public order legislation
- Austria allows same-sex second-parent adoption
- UK Court overturns refugee convictions for using false travel documentation
- UK Court of Appeal rejects right to die challenge
- UK ‘Bedroom tax’ challenge on disability grounds rejected
- Child abuse reported in Irish asylum seeker detention centres
- Irish NGOs say migrants in abusive relationships fear deportation
- ‘Zambrano’ parent eligible for social housing
- Ombudsman criticizes lack of democratic accountability in Irish political system
- Guest Article by Immigrant Council of Ireland’s Hilkka Becker: Immigration and the right to an effective remedy – Article 13
- Australia to redirect asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea
- New Common European Asylum System enters into force
- England & Wales legalise same sex marriage
- Irish mental capacity legislation published
- New Irish fines Bill rehashes earlier legislation
- Irish Transgender Bill finally published
- Irish High Court says 23 hour lock-up doesn’t violate Constitution
- Guest article by Susan Fay, Managing Solicitor of Irish Traveller Movement Independent Law Centre: Successful Challenge to Unlawful Eviction
- Plans announced for new Irish Independent Charities Regulator
- UK government opens migration law consultations
- Guest article by KOD Lyons’ Elizabeth Mitrow: High Court judgment establishes right of parent and child to have correct information on birth certificate
- Australia introduces legislation to prohibit gender identity discrimination
- ECtHR recognises right to access documents held by public authorties; life sentence with no release breaches Article 3
- Report: Over 25,000 people accessed FLAC services in 2012
- Ireland adopts EU Directive on human trafficking into domestic law
- Family law court reforms will allow media access
- Irish Justice Minister confirms St. Patrick’s young offenders institution to close
- Irish Ombudsman condemns treatment of asylum seekers
- Irish Special Rapporteur on Child Protection publishes sixth report
- Irish Supreme Court dismisses application for protective costs order
- Mairead Healy appointed as PILA Project Officer
- Change in ECHR rules regarding Rule 47 – individual application
- Guest article by Maria McDonald BL – Overview of new Victims’ Rights Directive
- Landmark US rulings for same-sex marriage
- Migrant boat survivors sue French & Spanish military
- Conference report: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance
- ECtHR finds Bulgarian institution violated right to life
- UK watchdogs criticise overuse of prison for people with mental illness
- UK Court of Appeal quashes criminal convictions of trafficking victims
- IHRC calls for statutory inquiry into Magdalene Laundries
- EU figures show Ireland rejects high number of asylum applications
- The Irish Review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy, Volume 1 Issue 4, is now available
- Egypt: 43 NGO workers convicted by Egyptian court
- Ukraine’s guardianship laws violate ECHR
- Guest piece by David Hawkins, the PILS Project – Successful hospital patient resettlement case
- Greece violates ECHR by segregating Roma children in education
- Germany court backs tax equality for same-sex couples; Denmark introduces progressive law on ‘rainbow’ families
- UK outcry in response to Government legal aid consultation paper
- UK Migration Update
- Ombudsman report criticises HSE over failure to pay basic income to asylum-seeker family
- Council of Europe approves progress on Irish abortion legislation
- Irish Law Reform Commission publishes report on mandatory sentences
- Report: Conditions in Cork Prison “archaic and Dickensian”
- Guest piece by Katie Dawson BL, Domestic Violence – The need for reform
- Ceartas urge Irish Medical Council not to accredit RCSI-Bahrain
- US Immigration Reform Bill moves to full Senate vote
- Moldova breaches ECHR by failing to prevent domestic violence
- Changes to European Court of Human Rights procedures
- Recent UK migrant domestic workers’ rights cases: “a blow” for civil rights
- ECtHR refuses workplace discrimination appeal by UK employees
- UK Court rules Work Capability Assessments disadvantage people with a mental disability
- Ireland’s housing policy challenged before European Committee of Social Rights
- Sinn Féin publishes Gender Recognition Bill
- Circuit Court Judge orders costs of enforcement proceedings against respondent in Traveller discrimination case
- Guest piece by Michael Farrell, Senior Solicitor at FLAC – Australian Challenge to Ban on Deaf Jurors
- New Australian legislation weakens protections for asylum seekers
- Transgender woman wins right to marry in Hong Kong
- ECtHR Swiss suicide case finds Article 8 breach; UK right-to-die case before Court of Appeal
- UK immigration reforms announced in the Queen’s speech; leave to remain policy found to be unlawful
- Amnesty publishes information note on the campaign for ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
- Seanad Reform Bill seeks to give voting rights to Irish expats; UK expat loses ECtHR attempt to secure voting rights
- Penal report shows Irish trend of high number of short prison terms
- Seanad reform Bill seeks to give voting rights to Irish emigrants; UK expatriate fails in ECtHR attempt to secure voting right
- UK High Court rules 17-year-olds in police custody must be treated as children; Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announces a number of prison reforms
- Case study: On the work on the campaign for signature of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
- Amnesty International publishes Report on Death Sentences & Capital Punishment
- Guest piece by Séan O’Connell, Ceartas – Ceartas submits complaint to International Association of Prosecutors urging expulsion of Bahrain Attorney General
- Guest piece by Alan D.P Brady BL – Social assistance, socio-economic rights and the rule of law
- New CJEU ruling on disability discrimination
- First report on trafficking in human beings in Europe published; Protection of victims of human trafficking in Ireland addressed by the EU’s Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator
- Launch of Limerick Community Law and Mediation Centre
- Extensions to work permit requirements announced by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- High Court ruling on legal costs in childcare proceedings
- Law Reform Commission publishes report on juries
- Constitutional Convention votes on same-sex marriage
- Death of Gay Rights and Equality Campaigner Chris Robson
- Tri-City Project launches report and website for advisors
- UN approves International Arms Trade Treaty
- EU Commission launches ‘Justice Scoreboard’; Draft legislation on EU accession to the ECHR
- England and Wales: First ever review on sex in prison;Targeted support for women offenders
- NCLMC Mobility Allowance Scheme Case
- Minister for Education plans to overhaul school admission policies
- Barnardos and the HSE launch report on separated children in Ireland
- Oireachtas Justice Committee publishes report on penal reform
- Child Care Law Reporting Project’s website goes live
- IRC Masterclass, The Right to an Effective Remedy in Asylum Cases – 9 April, Dublin
- Workshop, Amnesty International Ireland and Pavee Point – 6 April, Dublin
- Launch of Website, Child Care Law Reporting Project – 4 April, Dublin
- Court of Justice of the European Union rules that Spanish evictions violate EU consumer protection laws
- High Court of England and Wales rules ban on ‘gay cure’ advertisements to be lawful despite being procedurally flawed
- Strasbourg Court seeks to strengthen enforcement of International child abduction laws
- Huge cuts to legal aid in the UK due to come into force
- Guest piece by Marieanne McKeown, PILnet – Unlikely Bedfellows? NGOs Partner with Corporate Lawyers for Pro Bono
- Guest piece by Dr. Shari McDaid, Mental Health Reform – The need for an independent complaints mechanism for mental health services in Ireland
- Criminal Justice update: Ireland and the UK
- Marriage Equality Update: Ireland, Scotland and the US
- Publication of Courts Bill 2013 – Minister Alan Shatter includes proposal to modify the in camera rule
- Court of Justice of the European Union rules that Spanish evictions violate EU consumer protection laws
- High Court of England and Wales rules ban on ‘gay cure’ advertisements to be lawful despite being procedurally flawed
- Strasbourg Court seeks to strengthen enforcement of International child abduction laws
- Huge cuts to legal aid in the UK due to come into force
- Guest piece by Marieanne McKeown, PILnet – Unlikely Bedfellows? NGOs Partner with Corporate Lawyers for Pro Bono
- Guest piece by Dr. Shari McDaid, Mental Health Reform – The need for an independent complaints mechanism for mental health services in Ireland
- Marriage Equality Update: Ireland, Scotland and the US
- Criminal Justice update: Ireland and the UK
- Publication of Courts Bill 2013 – Minister Alan Shatter includes proposal to modify the in camera rule
- Program Coordinator with International Network of Civil Liberties Organisations (INCLO) – deadline 26 April
- Solicitor in Charge, Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC)– Deadline 14 April
- Social Media and Marketing Intern, Immigrant Council of Ireland – Deadline 3 April
- Research Assistant, Mental Health Reform –Deadline 2 April
- Legal Researcher Internship, Respond! Housing Association – Deadline 29 March
- Launch of Volume 3 of the European Yearbook on Disability Law & Research Colloquium – 9 April, Galway
- Legal Director, European Roma Rights Centre, Budapest – Deadline 27 March
- Research Assistant, Queens University Belfast – Deadline 22 March
- Research Assistants, Department of Law, University College Cork – Deadline 15 March
- The Human Rights, Migration and Globalization Summer School 2013, 8 – 12 July, Galway
- Law Centre (NI) One Day Training Course, ‘Children and Young People in the Immigration System’ – 27 March, Belfast
- Celebration Event to Mark the Life and Work of Inez McCormack – 23 March, Belfast
- IRC Masterclass, ‘First Instance Decision Making in Asylum Cases: Meeting International Obligations’ – 15 March, Dublin
- NUI Galway, 5th International Disability Law Summer School – 22 June, Galway
- TENI Book Launch, ‘Equality & Identity: Trans and Intersex Experience in Ireland’ – 15 March, Dublin
- Canadian Supreme Court upholds hate speech laws
- European report highlights the need for more protection against unequal treatment in healthcare
- Canadian Supreme Court upholds hate speech laws
- European report highlights the need for more protection against unequal treatment in healthcare
- Louise O’Keeffe’s abuse case opens in European Court of Human Rights
- Louise O’Keeffe’s abuse case opens in European Court of Human Rights
- FLAC issues new proceedings on behalf of Dr Lydia Foy
- UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders delivers report on Ireland
- Landmark surrogacy case gives genetic mothers new legal status
- Irish legislative developments
- Update on the Constitutional Convention; Referendum on abolition of the Seanad
- IHRC acts as amicus curiae in assisted suicide appeal case
- FLAC issues new proceedings on behalf of Dr Lydia Foy
- UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders delivers report on Ireland
- Landmark surrogacy case gives genetic mothers new legal status
- Irish legislative developments
- Update on the Constitutional Convention; Referendum on abolition of the Seanad
- IHRC acts as amicus curiae in assisted suicide appeal case
- Call for Papers: North South Criminology/CCJHR Postgrad Conference – Deadline 28 March, Cork
- Irish Rule of Law International Fundraiser, Malawi by the Sea – 22 March, Dublin
- Northside Community Law Centres Courses – February and March, Dublin
- The Equality Authority Seminar, ‘Gender Pay Gap: European Perspectives’ – 27 February, Dublin
- Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence Lecture – ‘Gender Equality and the Post-2015 Development Framework’ – 20 February, Dublin
- UK Court of Appeal rules that unpaid work schemes were legally flawed
- Guest piece by Rosalind McKenna, Amnesty – Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to come into force
- UK Court of Appeal rules that unpaid work schemes were legally flawed
- Guest piece by Rosalind McKenna, Amnesty – Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to come into force
- Report on CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition
- UK Court of Appeal rules that a blanket disclosure requirement for minor past convictions breaches the ECHR
- UK magic circle law firms take steps to draw up Human Rights policies
- Report on CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition
- Asylum updates from the UK and Belgium
- UK High Court rules that sperm donors can apply to seek a role in the lives of their biological children
- Denise McDonagh v Ryanair: CJEU comes down in favour of consumer protection
- Magdalene Laundries Report finds direct State involvement
- Ireland breaches European Social Charter on workers’ rights
- UK magic circle law firms take steps to draw up Human Rights policies
- UK Court of Appeal rules that a blanket disclosure requirement for minor past convictions breaches the ECHR
- Legal Volunteer, Hong Kong Refugee Advice Centre – Deadline 16 February
- Legal Intern, Doras Luimní, Dublin – Deadline 14 February
- Conference on the Future Role of the European Union Structural funds to Advance Community Living for Older People and People with Disabilities, ‘Community Living for all’ – 3 May, Galway
- Asylum updates from the UK and Belgium
- UK High Court rules that sperm donors can apply to seek a role in the lives of their biological children
- Denise McDonagh v Ryanair: CJEU comes down in favour of consumer protection
- Magdalene Laundries Report finds direct State involvement
- Ireland breaches European Social Charter on workers’ rights
- Advocate General Kokott clarifies standing in direct applications to the CJEU
- Guest piece by Rob Walls, Threshold – New minimum standards for private rented accommodation
- Michael Farrell pays tribute to Inez McCormack
- Changes to Indian surrogacy guidelines to affect same-sex couples and Irish couples; Irish High Court allows media reporting in surrogacy case
- ECtHR rules that a blanket ban on the right to marry for persons under guardianship is incompatible with ECHR
- Strasbourg Court finds treatment of mentally disabled in Belgium “inadequate”; New prisoner complaint procedures introduced in Ireland
- UK Court of Appeal considers the impact of Zambrano
- Equal Marriage Bill published in the UK
- Roma and Traveller rights update: UK and Ireland
- Irish immigration update: the subsidiary protection system & naturalisation decisions
- Government publishes Bill which seeks to criminalise forced labour
- Group Leaders and Mentors, Future Voices Ireland
- Fundraising Officer , Irish Refugee Council – Deadline 25 January
- Programme Lawyer, Irish Rule of Law International, Access to Criminal Justice, Malawi – Deadline 22 January
- Business Development Intern, Africa Diaspora for Trade, Enterprise and Development (ADTED) – Deadline 18 January
- Caseworker Internship, Irish Refugee Council – Deadline 18 January
- Respond! Education Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH UK): Certificate in Housing Practice – 8 April, Dublin
- PILA Practitioner Seminar ‘Using the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU – from theory to practice’ -7 February, Dublin
- ICCL and Irish Centre for Human Rights, Ireland and the Human Rights Council- ‘Where to From Here?’, School of Law, NUIG Conference – 1 February, Galway
- Irish Refugee Council: Refugee & Immigration Practitioners’ Network ‘Citizenship & Naturalisation: Recent Legal Developments’ – 23 January, Dublin
- PILA Legal Education ‘Habitual Residence Condition and the Social Welfare Appeals Process’ – 23 January, Dublin
- Irish Refugee Council Master Class ‘The Law and Practice of Subsidiary Protection Claims’ – 17 January, Dublin
- Our Social Networks- PILA Facebook Competition
- Recent Developments in Irish Clinical Legal Education
- Historic ECtHR ruling against CIA torture
- Law and religion: ECtHR considers religious freedom in the UK; Scientology chapel ruled not to be a place of worship
- ECtHR calls on Italy to resolve overcrowding in prisons
- UK Court approves arrangements for safeguarding Article 8 rights of detained man; Croatia extends voting rights
- Volunteers not entitled to protection of disability discrimination law in the UK
- UK Bill of Rights Commission
- Irish High Court finds absolute ban on assisted suicide is fully justified; the Court of Appeal in UK gives permission to widow to continue right-to-die test case
- UNHCR’s Recommendations to Ireland for its EU Presidency
- Irish Supreme Court dismisses Minister’s appeal in Irish Nationality case, Sulaimon v Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform
- Recent Developments in Irish Clinical Legal Education
- Historic ECtHR ruling against CIA torture
- Law and religion: ECtHR considers religious freedom in the UK; Scientology chapel ruled not to be a place of worship
- ECtHR calls on Italy to resolve overcrowding in prisons
- UK Court approves arrangements for safeguarding Article 8 rights of detained man; Croatia extends voting rights
- Volunteers not entitled to protection of disability discrimination law in the UK
- UK Bill of Rights Commission
- Irish High Court finds absolute ban on assisted suicide is fully justified; the Court of Appeal in UK gives permission to widow to continue right-to-die test case
- Irish Supreme Court dismisses Minister’s appeal in Irish Nationality case, Sulaimon v Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform
- UNHCR’s Recommendations to Ireland for its EU Presidency
- Irish Civil Partnership legislation extended to recognise marriage and partnerships in Denmark and a number of US States
- Irish Civil Partnership legislation extended to recognise marriage and partnerships in Denmark and a number of US States
- Class Action Litigation: Developments in South Africa
- US Senate fails to ratify Disability Convention; China adopts first mental health law
- Common European Guidelines on deinstitutionalisation launched by European Expert Group
- The European Court of Human Rights publishes its Guide to Case-law on specific Articles of the Convention
- Strasbourg Court finds the UK in breach of Article 4 ECHR in modern slavery test case
- UK Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) finds that unmarried domestic violence survivors have EU law rights
- GLEN launch case study on Civil Partnership in Ireland; US Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases
- COE Human Rights Commissioner demands action on transgender rights and asylum reform
- CJEU ruling on the Subsidiary Protection System in Ireland; Supreme Court refers a question on Subsidiary Protection to the CJEU
- Irish High Court considers the compatibility of mental health procedures with the Constitution and the ECHR; UK Supreme Court examines “conditions of excessive scrutiny” mental health legislation
- Irish High Court refuses to make a protective costs order in an environmental case
- PILA’s pro bono register discussed in this month’s Bar Review
- Report of the expert group on the judgment in A, B and C v Ireland
- Memorial for Professor Kader Asmal
- Indefinite retention and disclosure of criminal record data infringe Article 8 ECHR Rights
- UK Upper Tribunal examines new immigration rules
- Prisoner Voting: Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Draft Bill presented to UK parliament
- Report on the child protection system in England
- Personal Insolvency Bill debated in the Seanad
- UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders visits Ireland; Ireland elected to UN Human Rights Council
- IPRT report highlights the difficulties faced by prisoner’s families; Nasc launches its report into racism in Cork
- Protective costs orders – significant judgment for Singapore
- UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty has published her report on the right to access to justice
- Human Rights Court repeats call for transgender recognition but fails to back married trans couple
- National Pro Bono Week takes place in the UK
- The ECtHR rules against Poland in abortion rape case; ECtHR rules against Poland for its “dangerous detainee” regime in Polish prisons
- ECtHR reviews domestic violence case from Northern Ireland; New UK report on child contact proceedings in the aftermath of domestic violence
- UK Upper Tribunal rules that a Catholic charity cannot exclude same-sex couples from its adoption service
- Update on Ireland’s Constitutional Convention: Tom Arnold appointed as Chairperson; date for first meeting announced
- Motion for reform of social welfare appeals system debated in the Seanad
- Child Care Law Reporting Project launched
- Calls for the Ombudsman’s powers to be further extended
- UK Asylum Update: Detention of child asylum seeker and mentally ill asylum seeker held unlawful; UK grants permission to remove refugees to Italy
- ECtHR upholds the rights of people with psycho-social disabilities
- Northern Ireland’s High Court rules as unlawful a ban on adoption by unmarried and same-sex couples
- IPRT launches position paper recommending reform of early release mechanisms for prisoners
- FLAC launches report on Social Welfare Appeals System
- UK Supreme Court clarifies Scottish Law on standing
- CJEU Advocate-General Kokott delivered her Opinion on the meaning of “prohibitive expense” in environmental legal proceedings
- UN Security Council holds debate on the rule of law and the International Criminal Court (ICC); New ICC ruling on victims’ participation rights
- Male-dominated inheritance law struck down by Botswana High Court
- Marriage equality and LGBT update
- ECtHR finds for the State in Stardust Inquiry case
- Canadian Judge condemns the Freemen on the Land Movement
- Asylum omnibus: ECHR rules on credibility issues; CJEU rules on minimum reception conditions; Scottish report reveals that asylum seekers are living in poverty
- London High Court rules that Mau Mau torture claims are not time barred
- Cultural pluralism and religion, European updates
- ECHR decision on Gay and Lesbian Human Rights; Marriage Equality update: Northern Ireland and Australia
- UK High Court rules that Government acted unlawfully in failing to establish and consult a Child Poverty Commission when implementing its Child Poverty Strategy
- Criminal Justice updates, UK and California
- ICCL’s Submission to Council of Europe on delay in implementing ECtHR judgement on abortion where woman’s life at risk
- Irish Immigration Law update: Guidelines for migrant victims of domestic abuse updated; High Court and Supreme Court updates
- New law allows UK Supreme Court to make pro bono costs orders
- Irish High Court refuses application that judicial review applicant not be exposed to prohibitively high costs
- Irish High Court clarifies rights of people seeking housing support
- Canadian Supreme Court grants standing in prostitution law case
- South Africa’s Supreme Court orders Zimbabwean property to be sold to uphold Tribunal land reform ruling
- UNHCR releases revised guidelines on detention of asylum seekers; Arizona – immigration update
- Guidelines on taking a case to the ECtHR
- Sri Lankan asylum seekers’ deportation from UK halted at last minute
- ECtHR orders payout to woman evicted from Welsh caravan site
- Prisons Omnibus: Penal reform & prisoner rights updates in Ireland & UK
- Irish NGO report says asylum seeker accommodation leads to child poverty & social exclusion; new UK report on children & asylum process
- Recent European Transgender Council in Dublin prompts Minister update on transgender legislation
- China amends civil procedure laws making public interest litigation more accessible
- ECHR publishes new edition of admissibility criteria guide; ‘Justice Scoreboard’ for EU Member States
- Free Movement Directive – CJEU considers free movement of other family members
- New UK legislation criminalising squatting; homeless people’s possessions protected by US constitution
- New Irish public petitions system established
- Irish High Court refuses judicial review of stateless person citizenship application
- New Irish research on Minimum Income Standards
- Report on child trafficking launched; Irish children’s rights referendum date announced
- Justice Minister defers closure of asylum-seeker accommodation in Galway; Habitual Residence Condition Guide updated
- Somali constitution bans FGM
- Mexican Supreme Court rules military code unconstitutional
- Disability Convention: developments in Ghana, US and Ireland
- UK legal funding & legal aid cuts Omnibus
- New UK report on religion, belief, equality and human rights
- Irish Social Housing Rights booklet now available online!
- Ruhama notes increase in demand for services; new report published in UK on trafficking
- Victim support group says Irish government gave inadequate response to UNCAT Magdalene Laundries recommendations
- Unpublished Irish child protection audit; improvements for aged-out UK asylum seekers
- High Court ruling leaves undocumented migrant workers unprotected under Irish Employment Law
- International Criminal Court gives first Lubanga decision on reparations for victims
- South African Legal Practice Bill proposes compulsory community service for law graduates
- Australian plan to revive offshore processing of asylum seekers widely criticised
- English High Court holds that it cannot grant applicants the ‘right to die’
- Crosscare reports that Irish migrants to Britain are unaware of welfare rights
- Irish Immigration updates – deportation not incompatible with right to family life; bullying of migrant children
- Hungarian surrendered by Irish High Court under European arrest warrant despite concerns of inhuman and degrading treatment
- Irish Govt announces new Prisoner Complaints system
- “Obama-care”: an overview of US health care reform litigation
- Two new Public Law LL.M. modules at NUI Galway
- International immigration developments: the right not to hold a belief; South African death penalty extradition and Hisséne Habré
- ECtHR discusses State obligations when dealing with disability hate crime
- Traveller European Social Charter case; new eviction notices for Dale Farm
- UK Supreme Court strikes down immigration rule changes and upholds Scottish adoption law
- Access to justice update – UK, Canada & Australia
- Irish Immigration Omnibus: end of Romanian & Bulgarian worker restrictions; INIS domestic violence guidelines & much more!
- Irish Courts Restructuring Referendum announced
- New Community Law & Mediation Service for Limerick
- Pro Bono Omnibus: public service vs private sector lawyer uptake of legal clinics; free legal help for those not paying Irish household charge; Australian state quickly implements measures for in-house lawyers doing pro bono
- New Israeli “Anti-Infiltration” law punishes asylum seekers
- Human Rights High Commissioner issues report on strengthening of treaty body system;
- Immigration Omnibus: wasted costs; Zambrano requirement “exceptional”; Refugee Appeals Tribunal statistics; UK Home Office on Article 8 ECHR balancing factors
- 3 Irish High Court decisions confirm that generally deportation decisions can be delegated by Minister
- Equality Tribunal fines property management company for Traveller discrimination; new Traveller publication sponsored by Garden Court Chambers
- Irish Supreme Court says failure to deport in time makes detention unlawful
- FLAC’s Annual Report Launched by Irish Minister for Justice
- PILA/PILS Project conference gives practitioners & NGOs innovative examples of how to use international law
- Judicial inquiry opened against company Amesys following complaints of its complicity in Libyan torture
- UK Supreme Court rules that payment made to disabled person was rational; South Australian law to be passed that will enshrine rights of disabled persons
- ECtHR rules that pre-trial detention by Russia amounted to ill-treatment
- Human Rights Watch expresses concern over Russian candidate selection process for ECtHR
- UK Supreme Court gives guidelines on time limits for extradition proceedings
- Irish mental health organisation welcomes introduction of Directorate system to the HSE
- Immigrant NGO welcomes cross-border operation to tackle organized prostitution & brothels
- NGO calls for political will to back Irish asylum reform; European survey shows wide support for asylum-seekers; 2 judicial review attempts against RAT
- Irish Constitutional Convention will be established next month; consultation on child rights
- Irish govt publishes draft legislation about merged human rights & equality body
- New PILA Resources on Class Actions, & RIPN Resources on Immigration & Children!
- Pro Bono news & development roundup from England & Wales, Australia, New York & the Cayman Islands
- ECtHR clarifies position on prisoners’ right to vote
- Right of residence for third-country national parent under EU law
- Report published on interim measures of the ECtHR
- Liberty intervenes in French face coverings case
- Torture victims, detention and deportation – upcoming UK court challenges
- English High Court says local authorities have duty to support vulnerable people’s housing needs
- PILA & Barnardos host Aftercare Seminar
- New Prisoner Rights booklet, Irish Prison Inspector’s Annual Report, IPRT event TONIGHT
- New Protection of Workers Legislation creates new rights for agency workers
- Justice Delayed – New Law Summary on ECtHR Delay Decisions by FLAC Senior Solicitor Michael Farrell
- View to Zimbabwe as South African court states duty to investigate & prosecute crimes against humanity
- UN warns that human rights must be integrated into upcoming sustainable development conference
- ECtHR says eviction of Roma from municipal land would violate Article 8
- Strasbourg Court rules that detention of mentally ill man without adequate medical care breached ECHR
- Violation of EU Free Movement Rights in Ireland and UK
- English Court of Appeal considers whether expert evidence amounts to independent evidence of torture; FCO human rights report
- Guest Piece by Ross Maguire SC – Laura White, Debt Settlement Arrangements & Pro Bono
- UK Home Secretary compelled to bring back deportee; Upper Tribunal says decision to deport not justified
- Update on EU Migrant Rights Project & Developments at EU level – incl. resources
- Mothers by surrogacy not entitled to maternity leave
- Oireachtas Committee publishes report on Mental Capacity Bill
- Irish High Court rules that deportation order breaches ECHR and Constitution
- Equality Tribunal says redundancy packages caused age discrimination & 2 UK employment age discrimination decisions
- Report Back – Annual Law Society Human Rights Lecture and IHRC/Equality Authority Merger
- Irish report says that businesses should comply with human rights standards
- Working group reports on the merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority
- Irish Labour Party proposes measures to increase migrants’ integration into society; new factsheets
- Northside Community Law Centre success against hospital in healthcare debt case
- Video recordings of presentations at March UCC Child Law Conference – available now!
- Irish investigation of deaths in prison custody
- Mercy Law Resource Centre – First Annual Report Published
- Irish government publishes draft Children First Bill
- FLAC Personal Insolvency Conference – materials available online now!
- English High Court says prison authorities acted unlawfully in restricting childcare resettlement
- CJEU rules that third-country nationals have equal rights as EU citizens to social assistance
- Hungary to revoke new law criminalising homelessness; London borough may move housing benefit claimants to central England
- Recent Brighton Conference makes Declaration on Strasbourg court
- Connecticut repeals death penalty
- New legislation passed in Australia to provide free legal services to Victorian community
- Repeal of death sentences of alleged Sharm-el-Sheik resort bombers in Egypt
- Guidelines adopted on the selection of judges for the European Court of Human Rights
- UK Supreme Court awards first Protective Costs Order in Scottish case
- UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights responds to courtroom secrecy proposals
- Prison rights in England and the ECHR and indefinite detention in Greece
- ECHR says claimants may proceed direct from District Court to Strasbourg
- UK Government issues new planning policy for Travellers in the UK
- UK Court of Appeal rules that detention of deportee is unlawful
- Irish Minister announces his commitment to enshrining victim’s rights in law at recent conference
- Irish Constitutional Convention’s remit may be too narrow
- Intellectually disabled man brings challenge over detention at Irish mental hospital
- Bias case taken by child asylum seeker; challenge to secrecy and unfairness of Irish Refugee Appeals Tribunal
- Obama’s healthcare reforms in US Supreme Court challenge
- ECtHR rules on same-sex adoption within a civil partnership
- Strasbourg court issues judgment in long-running kettling case
- Brighton Conference could undermine Strasbourg Human Rights Court
- English Court of Appeal sets threshold for immigration appeals, Tribunal defines “extended family member”
- English Court says Argentinian prison conditions breach ECHR rights
- English Court of Appeal rules on Traveller accommodation; ERSI figures reveal few Travellers live beyond 50
- Foy compensation decision welcome but FLAC says legislation still needed
- Prisoner’s ill-treatment claim fails
- Irish Seanad passes Female Genital Mutilation Bill
- Ireland appears again before the United Nations Human Rights Council
- Book review! The Irish Association of Law Teachers: 30 Years of Legal Scholarship
- Universal Periodic Review⇥
- The Registry of the ECtHR publishes new and updated factsheets on certain areas of the case law of the court
- ECtHR finds that placement of person with schizophrenia in social care institution violated Convention
- US Supreme Court will rule on human rights liability of corporations
- Asylum developments in Ireland
- UK Supreme Court says that an appellant can use secret evidence in the same way the Secretary of State can
- Irish Human Rights Commission appears as amicus curiae in inquest case
- Legislation to streamline employment rights and industrial relations bodies to be published this autumn
- Constitution convention proposals – responses from NGOs
- Access to Irish labour market for Romanian and Bulgarian nationals
- Department of the Environment confirms change in qualifying age for social housing applicants
- New PILA Website (including mobile Bulletin access) Launched!
- English Court of Appeal upholds religious hotel discrimination against same-sex couple
- Strasbourg Court says France’s asylum process violates ECHR obligations, UK’s fast-track procedures condemned
- UK Court of Appeal dismisses two discrimination claims from disabled passengers
- Disabled people face unlimited work cuts to benefits in UK
- Irish students in legal action over cuts; Poor not singled out by university hike
- Mental health – IHRC appears as amicus, Hammarburg calls for rights-based approach in Ireland
- Irish NGOs’ report highlights failure to protect migrants under social protection system
- Irish High Court refuses judicial review to allow remand prisoner physical contact during family visits
- Irish social welfare law expert says appellants should get access to relevant decisions
- Irish Supreme Court issues declaration of incompatibility in social housing case
- Irish transgender woman enters civil partnership, meaning de facto legal recognition of new gender
- FLAC says proposed legal services reforms do not reduce legal costs
- US Court says California’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional
- Litigation over Los Angeles judge’s decision to open juvenile courts to media
- Spanish human rights judge banned from judicial office
- ECtHR rules that criminal conviction for homophobic material not contrary to freedom of expression
- Secretary-General of Council of Europe says that ECtHR Qatada ruling is excellent outcome
- No win, no fee agreements back on UK agenda
- UK Tribunal says best interests of children most important in deportation cases
- Irish social welfare appeal applicants face 16 month wait
- New Irish equality & mental health guides published!
- International report reveals Ireland neglecting human rights commitments
- Irish mental health capacity Bill to be published
- Irish High Court rules that HSE not obliged to provide aftercare for Congolese girl
- Turkey has highest number of ECHR violations in 2011
- Rwandan genocide suspect deported from Canada after 20 year appeal process
- “Gay Panic” defence to be removed from Queensland’s criminal code
- Notional pro bono costs awarded in healthcare judicial review
- Sharia law compatible with human rights law, says leading English barrister
- English High Court rules in favour of City of London in Occupy London protests case
- Child’s school attendance establishes parent’s right to reside in NI jobseeker allowance appeal
- Draft personal insolvency legislation published
- Experts caution that new aftercare policy efforts still not effective
- Sixth anniversary of policy shows mental health services overhaul still needed
- Questions on digital data & human rights referred to CJEU by Irish High Court
- Irish High Court rules on Traveller boy’s right to attend school
- Denial of education constitutes persecution, says Irish High Court
- UK Supreme Court comments on Scots law standing rules
- Public interest litigation case brought by NGOs a first for China
- Australian & French courts rule on wheelchairs & low-cost airlines
- European Court of Human Rights says torture-based evidence violates Article 6 ECHR
- India’s new National Biometric System raises civil liberties & privacy concerns
- CJEU rules on EU post-accession residency rights
- UK Ministry of Justice considering Protective Cost Order proposals
- UK Court of Appeal says kettling is lawful
- FLAC in new EU migrant rights partnership project
- Reform of Irish Employment Rights bodies – new website, complaint form & contact
- Irish High Court says injunctions restraining deportation need credible evidence of real & current risk
- Irish NGO welcomes Troika call to protect most vulnerable
- Irish expert group named for dealing with 2010 ECHR abortion ruling
- Successful Irish local authority housing settlements for Traveller couple and intellectually disabled man
- Australian Thalidomide victims get right to launch class action in domestic courts
- UK Court Martial Appeal Court says ECHR does not protect conscientious objector
- UK High Court rules on “slopping out”; IRPT comment on Irish prison conditions
- Ross Maguire SC for New Beginning – Challenges to Laws Affecting Distressed Homeowners
- Irish legal aid restructuring could equal means-testing & reduced access to justice
- Update – PILA pro bono referral for NASC leads to fairer access to social housing for immigrants
- Fall in number of asylum seekers coming to Ireland; Irish Refugee Council launches project for Young Asylum Seekers
- European Court of Justice rules on transferring asylum seekers under Dublin Regulations
- European anti-racism bodies to visit Ireland next month; increase in racial abuse towards migrants
- ECHR Judge claims Turkey’s press freedom record is worst in Europe
- Nigerian government outlaws same-sex marriage; Human Rights Watch reports on South African gay community fears
- New admissibility checklist for applicants for European Court of Human Rights
- UK legal aid cuts postponed for six months
- Maeve Regan appointed as PILA Legal Officer
- UK legal move to prevent non-EU nationals getting benefits
- Immigrant support group says non-EU workers kept off Irish housing lists
- Irish Budget 2012: government cautioned on cutting child and youth disability benefits; €35 million increase for mental health services
- Irish High Court says “door cannot be shut” by deportation; also quashes Tribunal asylum application rejection
- New secrecy law passed by South African parliament
- Global quest to decriminalise homosexuality starts with test case in Belize court
- Iraqi soldiers win case in English Court of Appeal
- Irish Equality Tribunal awards Traveller compensation over wedding booking; UK pub faces investigation over Traveller discrimination
- Irish High Court rules on third-party litigation funders; England introduces voluntary code for litigation funders
- Irish High Court orders reconsideration of child refugee female genital mutilation case; Irish refugee law centre launches
- Evidence of ever-growing demand for pro bono legal services in Irish Bar Council Report
- Success for European Roma Rights Centre housing case against Portugal
- CJEU rules on rights of residence for third-country nationals
- European Court of Human Rights says sterilisation of Roma woman breaches Convention
- UK litigants in person report as increase expected following legal aid cuts
- UK council abandons plans to criminalise homeless soup runs
- Irish consultation on new human rights and equality commission deadline 23 November 2011; Equality & Rights Alliance makes submission
- NI Court of Appeal quashes decision to deport convicted EU citizens
- PILA pro bono lawyers in the news!
- PILA & PILS European Convention on Human Rights CPD Conference materials online!
- New book on practical legal skills for Irish law students
- PILA talks pro bono to President of American Bar Association William (Bill) Robinson III
- US execution in Alabama despite mental health concerns
- Strasbourg rules deportation infringes right to family life
- UK leading commercial law firms assist riot victims pro bono
- UK coalition says legal aid cuts put domestic abuse victims at risk
- UK charity loses challenge to reduction in housing benefit; UK charity cautions disabled people risk losing welfare support
- UK consultation on environmental protective costs orders
- Deported Nigerian father of Irish born child successful in court challenge
- Clinical Legal Education Spotlight: University of Ulster
- Australian pro bono organisation has an economic impact of over AU$4 million
- Iraqi citizen challenges hooding of suspects
- Transgender Australians win landmark case
- Disability groups challenge New York City during disasters
- Challenge to Medicaid cuts in the United States
- Visa ban on British citizens ruled illegal
- The latest on the Dale Farm evictions
- Statutory inquiry into institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland
- Guest Piece: Amnesty International Ireland’s Katie Mannion talks about mental capacity legislation
- Irish High Court says no right to access social welfare decisions
- NGO report reveals unequal rights for Irish same-sex couples
- Increase in number of applicants for legal aid
- Irish Human Rights Commission intervene in O’Keefe child abuse appeal to Strasbourg court
- Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review – Outcome
- Inter-American Human Rights Commission rules USA violated duty to protect family from violence
- ECJ rules on asylum-seekers and Greece; UN guidance for asylum systems; Irish roadmap for asylum launched
- US death penalty case as appeal for clemency rejected
- First French fines under veil ban to be challenged legally
- English Court refuses withdrawal of treatment to brain-damaged woman & criticises lack of legal aid; Legal challenge to legal aid cuts
- Amnesty International describes child abuse in Ireland as torture under international law
- PILA free legal education materials online!
- Irish District Court dismisses Traveller Facebook hate speech case
- PILA talks pro bono to Susie Hoffman, Partner at International Law firm Crowell and Moring
- Strasbourg considers kettling for first time; English High Court rules kettling of children in tuition fee protest lawful
- Inter-American Human Rights Court hears indigenous discrimination case
- England & Wales to legalise civil marriage for same sex couples by 2015
- UK Dale Farm Traveller evictions: the latest
- Scottish soldier convicted of first transgender prejudice offence; anti-LGBT crimes rise in UK
- Northern Ireland pro bono pilot scheme announced; Alternatives to Court Booklet launched
- English case compels rethink on funding cuts to deaf children’s organisation; Human Rights Commissioner warns Ireland budget cuts jeopardise human rights
- Irish Minister for Justice announces Human Rights Commission merger with Equality Authority
- Irish Equality Authority intervenes in Traveller school admissions case
- ICC hears Congolese national conscripted child soldiers under 15
- US trial sheds light on extraterritorial rendition practices; UK Supreme Court rules secret evidence cannot be used to hide torture claims
- Amnesty International alleges war crimes in Syria and Libya
- Australian High Court overrules removals of asylum-seeker adults & children to Malaysia
- Finland challenged over elderly care before European Social Committee
- Lawyers – note Strasbourg’s new instructions on interim measures!
- Scottish and Irish governments sued on education fees and grants
- Irish High Court ruling on treatment for mental health patients incapable of consent; submissions on Ireland’s Mental Health Capacity legislation
- UK Court of Appeal grants failed asylum seeker residential accommodation
- UN says UK Traveller evictions ‘could breach human rights’
- UK Equality and Human Rights Commission launches online library resource
- ICCL publishes annual report and celebrates 35th birthday
- New Northern Ireland human rights blog
- UN releases Ireland’s UPR stakeholder report
- Irish High Court says UN refugee guidance on relocation not to be interpreted rigidly
- Irish Traveller wins discrimination case against retailer
- Death of Irish High Court Judge & founding member of FLAC Vivian Lavan
- Court of Appeal in England changes costs rules where State settles judicial reviews
- Clinical Legal Education Spotlight – The Innocence Project at Griffith College Dublin
- ECJ rules on permanent residence rights; English Court denies residence right to pregnant former worker & permanent residence right to non-EU national widow
- Shell admits liability for massive Nigerian oil spills in international class action
- Strasbourg declares challenges to minaret ban inadmissible
- Death penalty debate re-surfaces in the UK
- English High Court case challenges rule on English language test for spousal visas
- English Court refuses human rights healthcare claim; Law Society conference on socio-economic rights
- Irish child protection services struggling to meet demand as new guidelines launched
- Huge increase in calls to Irish immigrant helpline since Zambrano
- FLAC launches report on rights in a recession; EAPN urges European leaders to put human rights at centre of efforts against poverty
- Irish Equality Authority launches annual report
- Irish High Court Clarifies Rules on Termination of Hire Purchase Agreements
- Human Rights Commissioner says European court judgments cannot be ignored
- Legal compensation in UK for acquitted defendants to be axed, while pay parity in Ireland for criminal barristers is removed
- UK Peers call for clearer constitutional rules
- Northern Ireland’s police seek extradition of trafficking gang as forced labour report is launched
- PILA talks to Nicolas Patrick, International Head of Pro Bono at DLA Piper
- Irish NGOs call for improved complaints system to be put in place for asylum seekers
- Oireachtas seeks submissions on new mental capacity law
- One in eight people in Ireland have experienced discrimination
- Irish secondary school wins Traveller discrimination case
- Irish Gender Recognition Group launch report
- Wal-Mart not a discouragement to class action model
- Clinical Legal Ed Programme Spotlight – University College Cork
- UN report highlights barriers to justice for women globally
- Strasbourg finds right to home applies regardless of legal right
- UK Supreme Court says right to legal representation doesn’t apply to school disciplinary proceedings
- Strasbourg rules Convention applies to UK military operations in Iraq
- UK Supreme Court considers elderly care; meanwhile Age UK and Age NI launch reports
- Book Launch – Prison Policy in Ireland by Dr Mary Rogan
- Irish Court awards Dolphin House resident damages for living conditions
- Fast food operators successfully challenge wage-setting mechanisms
- Irish refugee status rates at record low
- A Unified Charter of Rights for the North & South; and Ireland’s first UPR National Report
- High Court case calls for access to Social Welfare Decisions
- Gender recognition legislation – Minister to launch report TOMORROW
- Clinical Legal Ed Programme Spotlight – NUI Galway
- Launch of TrustLaw online network
- US Supreme Court stops women’s Wal-Mart class action
- ECJ issues important decision on standing for environmental NGOs
- EU Agency for Fundamental Rights launches its Annual Report
- UK High Court rules against prohibition on Afro-Caribbean cornrows
- New Legal Aid and Criminal Defence Website launched
- UN Special Rapporteur says legal aid cuts will affect business-related human rights harms
- Mental Health Commission disappointed at lack of progress since 2006
- Limits of judicial review for fundamental human rights
- Tribute to Kader Asmal by Michael Farrell
- Review: “A Student Guide To Clinical Legal Education and Pro Bono”
- Liberty Group call for removal of ban on food for homeless
- Housing law – Pinnock and Powell lead to backlog of ECtHR cases
- Third Party Intervention Strategies – A PILS Project Presentation
- Using the law to protect care home residents & whistleblower staff
- UN Committee against Torture calls for independent investigation into Magdalene Laundries
- FLAC & European Anti-Poverty Network welcome UN Poverty Expert Report
- PILA Manager publishes article on Clinical Legal Education in US journal
- Council of Europe Convention on violence against women opens for signature
- Public Law Project to challenge UK reform to civil litigation costs
- Irish Bar Council conducts survey of Bar including pro bono; English court makes pro bono costs award
- UN calls Irish refugee acceptance rate “extreme”; IPRT & ICCL launch joint report under Torture Convention
- IHRC calls on Irish Government to provide diversity in religious education
- Congolese war crimes trial opens in Germany; Rwandan genocide sentence
- English Court quashes legal aid cuts to public interest cases; asylum-seeker legal aid cuts
- UK Supreme Court rules on “miscarriages of justice”
- Ireland recognises permanent jurisdiction of International Court of Justice
- Group in Chechnya win Front Line Human Rights Defenders Award
- Immigrant Council of Ireland on McCarthy & Zambrano
- UN condemns Syria killings as Amnesty urges ICC referral; ICC finds grounds for Libyan prosecution
- Kenyan survivors of colonial detention sue UK for alleged human rights abuses
- English High Court rules unlawful detention of G20 protesters
- Irish government issues guidance post-Zambrano
- Transgender equality success; TENI urges Irish government to extend equality legislation
- Minister Kathleen Lynch TD launches first Irish Universal Periodic Review report
- PILA welcomes Legal Information & Communications Officer; PILA in social media!
- Minister commits to legislation recognising transgendered persons
- First arrests under burqa ban as leading lawyer says legislation won’t survive Strasbourg
- Budget cuts could render Equality and Human Rights Commission defunct
- Traveller Law Centre wins discrimination challenge
- Irish Human Rights Commission says Ireland fails to comply with international law on torture
- Wal-Mart sued in discrimination class action; IPC seeks plaintiffs for representative action
- PILA on clinical legal education
- Why do lawyers do pro bono?
- Will Supreme Court rule on NAMA procedural rights?
- Spanish judge prosecuted for investigating Franco crimes takes case to Strasbourg
- Minister for Justice takes action post-Zambrano; ICI welcomes judgment; DIT seminar on Zambrano 14 April 2011
- President Irish Human Rights Commission says housing conditions breach international law
- Irish High Court says non-national ID law unconstitutional; MRCI finds systemic ethnic profiling in Ireland
- Strasbourg says refusing residency to HIV-positive person violates Convention
- Strasbourg rules crucifixes in classroom compatible with Convention
- EU Agency urges Greece to improve asylum seekers’ conditions; issues discrimination guide; issues access to justice report
- UPR reports say asylum seeker system needs reform
- Congratulations to PILA evaluation winners!
- Interights call on African Commission to impose measures on Libya; UN refers Libya to ICC
- CJEU rules insurance companies prohibited from differentiating on gender ground
- Foster parents opposed to same-sex relations lose legal challenge
- UK students claim decision to treble university fees breaches equality & ECHR law
- IHRC criticises Ireland’s failure to combat racial discrimination; CERD findings due 11th March
- EU national claims right to reside & destitution before Irish High Court; landmark EU ruling on rights to reside for 3rd-country nationals
- Bingham Centre for Rule of Law has launched
- ECtHR says prison rules on Easter Lily comply with right to freedom of expression
- ECtHR rules New Age Traveller has no case under Article 8; UN Committee questions Ireland on Travellers
- Tensions between UK and ECtHR amidst law reform proposals on DNA retention; sex offender registration; prisoners’ right to vote
- UNHCR call for overhaul of Irish asylum system
- Ireland’s prisons heavily criticised in Council of Europe report
- Chilling effect of costs on public interest litigation highlighted in Law Society Gazette
- Murder of Ugandan lawyer David Kato, who fought for rights of sexual minorities
- UK Supreme Court says best interests of citizen child paramount in deportation case; Irish High Court grants leave for mother to appeal deportation
- Northern Ireland High Court DNA case highlights tension between domestic courts and ECtHR
- Universal Periodic Review campaign launches
- Have your say and be in with a chance to win half a case of wine!
- ECtHR finds Belgium violates ECHR returning asylum seeker to Greece; ECJ asylum seeker cases; Ireland has lowest EU rate of asylum acceptance
- ECtHR says 100% success fee violates newspaper’s freedom of expression
- Same-sex couple win hotel discrimination case
- FLAC launches mortgage code of conduct factsheet
- School but not State appeals Traveller education case
- Irish Human Rights Commission to intervene in parent deportation cases
- NGOs petition ECtHR against introduction of Court fees
- Human Rights Group urge prosecution of US legal advisors for alleged involvement in torture of Guantánamo detainees
- UK Supreme Court rules disallowing unmarried father from participating in children’s hearing breaches ECHR; ECtHR rules court’s refusal to allow biological father access rights without considering children’s best interests breaches ECHR
- UN Representative Business and Human Rights consultation until 31 January 2011; 86% Irish CEOs believe Corporate Responsibility has role to play in rebuilding corporate Ireland
- Lawyers help defend Ireland’s communities; Pro bono group starts legal advice service in Scotland
- Tribute to Professor Kevin Boyle by Michael Farrell
- New Year’s Resolution – join the PILA lawyers’ register!
- Aarhus finalises costs findings against UK; UK Supreme Court asks ECJ what is meant by “prohibitively expensive”; UK government publishes report on litigation costs for consultation
- The Public Interest Law Institute (PILI) changes name
- ECtHR rules UK immigration law discriminatory and in breach of right to marry
- IHRC says cuts to equality infrastructure have negative impact on combating racial discrimination
- ECtHR rules Ireland’s failure to implement constitutional right to abortion where woman’s life at risk breaches Article 8
- FLAC calls for dynamic debt settlement system as Law Reform Commission issues report
- PILI awards inaugural European Pro Bono Award to Lord Andrew Phillips of Sudbury
- Equality Tribunal finds school admission policy discriminates against Travellers
- ECtHR refuses Grand Chamber hearing for same-sex marriage case; EU to legislate for mutual recognition of civil marriages and partnerships; EU Fundamental Rights Agency report on LGBT rights; Evan Wolfson MarriagEquality Advocate of the Month
- UK Supreme Court rules lies told by asylum seekers may be relevant to asylum claims
- UK to extend vote to prisoners as ECtHR gives 6 months to comply with judgment
- Fawcett Society refused leave to challenge budget; NWCI say Budget 2011 “bad for women”; HRI Blog on Budget 2011 and women
- Historic ruling as High Court Judge says deaf person can sit on jury
- FLAC: Michael Mansfield QC delivers 4th Annual Dave Ellis lecture
- Canada: Court of Appeal overturns ruling that witness must remove niqab to testify
- Australia: High Court finds denial of fair procedures to offshore asylum seekers
- ECHR: Court rules breach of Article 14 with Article 8 where parental leave denied to military serviceman
- UK: Government propose cuts to free legal aid and legal advice law
- UK: Supreme Court rules UK Courts required under Article 8 ECHR to consider proportionality of eviction orders requested by local authorities
- PILA launches report on costs and public interest litigation
- Kenya: new Constitution and court case herald developments in public interest litigation
- ECHR: Interights intervenes in immigration case on alleged discrimination on the basis of HIV/AIDS
- UK: Detention and questioning without access to lawyer breaches ECHR
- Pro Bono group “New Beginning” to represent defendants in repossession cases
- Irish Human Rights Commission calls on government to establish enquiry into “Magdalen Laundries”
- PILA in the news!
- ECJ: periods of residence completed prior to April 2006 may count towards permanent residence right; EU freedom of movement seminar 5 November 2010
- UK: National Pro Bono Centre launches 19 October 2010
- Northern Ireland: High Court finds no damages awardable in IVF case
- ECHR: 60th Anniversary European Convention on Human Rights
- France: Constitutional Court approves burqa ban
- UK: High Court rules Control Order unlawful
- Dolphin House residents launch report on right to adequate housing
- Galway City Council not in breach of statutory duty under Traveller Accommodation legislation
- UK: Court of Appeal grants protective costs order in environmental case; UN environmental
- The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) publishes guide for victims and NGOs on recourse mechanisms in cases of corporate-related human rights violations
- ECHR: The European Court of Human Rights rules that the UK violated the human rights of short-term tenants whose leases had been terminated
- ECHR: European Court of Human Rights rules freedom of expression violated by seizure of journalists’ confidential source material
- Spain becomes first country in Europe to ratify new treaty allowing access to justice for economic and social rights
- EU Commission may not proceed with legal proceedings against France on recent deportations of Roma
- Lord Bingham
- UK: UN Aarhus Compliance Committee says UK courts are prohibitively expensive
- PILA welcomes its new Manager, Larry Donnelly!
- FLAC: Success of Dr Lydia Foy helped break down gender stereotypes and showed how ECHR Act 2003 could be used to defend rights not adequately protected in Constitution and existing laws
- USA: Federal Judge in California rules “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy towards gay members of military unconstitutional
- ECHR: Commissioner Hammarberg makes first ever oral intervention in European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber hearing of case involving transfer of asylum seeker to Greece
- FLAC responds to proposed changes in the Civil Law Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2010
- ECHR: Commissioner Hammarberg welcomes the decision of the Irish government to recognise transgender woman Dr Lydia Foy as female
- ECHR: European Court of Human Rights says Irish law provides no effective remedy for unjustified delays in criminal proceedings
- UK: Government announce intention to abolish marriage “certificate of approval” scheme
- ECHR: Decision applying new admissibility criterion of “no significant disadvantage”
- France: Roma deportations commence following Presidential announcement of tougher policy on crime and illegal immigration
- UK: Court of Appeal rules person’s “value to the community” relevant consideration in proportionality balancing exercise in deportation cases
- UK: Ministry of Justice budget cut will result in reduction in provision of legal aid
- Northern Ireland: High Court judge refuses developers summary judgment for specific performance to compel defendant to purchase apartment he can no longer afford
- FLAC: Cautious welcome for Financial Regulator’s proposals, meanwhile public given rare opportunity to shape mortgage arrears policy
- International: ICJ rules Kosovo’s declaration of independence lawful
- UK: Fixed retirement age to be abolished
- UK: Fawcett Society seeks leave to judicially review UK budget over failure to conduct equality impact assessment
- UK: Home Office Scheme to deport jobless rough sleepers could face legal action at European Court of Justice
- UK: High Court rules fast-track deportation system illegal; Supreme Court rules UK must provide minimum standards to asylum seekers including right to work; UK asylum seeker commits suicide upon losing legal aid
- Belfast Féile: Northern Ireland High Court judge praises progress in human rights
- Irish Refugee Council partakes in Europe-wide project on asylum seekers being transferred under Dublin II Regulations
- Item by Donncha O’Connell on “EU to accede to European Convention on Human Rights”
- Government repeals restrictions on EU citizen family members working following recent High Court order
- FLAC: Judicial Review on Access to Social Welfare Decisions
- International: Sudanese President Bashir charged with three counts of genocide
- Updates on same-sex marriage in the US and Argentina
- ECHR: Protocol 14 to the ECHR entered into force – 1 June 2010
- France: French Parliament passes bill to ban burqa
- UK: National Pro Bono Centre to open in London late summer
- UK: Highly classified documents reveal government involvement in abduction and torture of UK citizens, meanwhile ECHR violation of Article 3 case sends strong signal on absoluteness of ban on torture
- UK: Landmark concession by government that EU Charter of Fundamental Rights can be relied on in Court of Appeal case on asylum seekers
- Environmental group urges President to refer planning act to Supreme Court over costs issue
- FLAC welcomes decision to quash jury ban on deaf woman
- Community Legal Education: Respond Housing Association running three courses on Housing, Applied Social Studies and Development, autumn 2010
- International update: Presidential pardon releases gay couple from Malawian prison
- UK: Video available online of Amicus mock trial of US death penalty
- International: Human Rights Council adopts resolution condemning “outrageous attack” by Israeli forces
- Clarification on issue of stamp duty under Civil Partnership Bill
- Equality and Rights Alliance makes oral submission to European Parliament over cutbacks
- Amendments to Immigration Bill to be introduced by Autumn
- Fines bill becomes law