From migration to tackling online violence against women and girls, all these issues require a united European response. Through multilateralism and instruments such as the ECHR and the Istanbul Convention, we can deliver concrete outcomes for the democratic security of our continent.
The upcoming Council of Europe Ministerial Meeting in Chișinău is crucial, and Ireland, as a founding member, plays a key role. Thank you for a very engaging discussion, Minister @OCallaghanJim.
@DeptJusticeIRL
.@OIP_Ireland welcomes the publication of the new Government legislative programme, which - at long last - includes the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill for priority publication in the Summer session this year.
#OPCAT
“Mentally ill people in prisons are being failed”
@OIP_Ireland Chief Inspector Mark Kelly makes clear that the difficulties facing mentally ill prisoners are not news to those working on the front lines … @irishexaminer https://t.co/jcDIVw6PIp
In-cell alarms deliberately muted by prison staff, @OIP_Ireland finds during follow up inspection of Cloverhill Prison in Dublin https://t.co/6WoHfPKlrV
“Inmates living in ‘deplorable’ conditions at Mountjoy and Cloverhill Prisons” @OIP_Ireland finds in two newly published reports. https://t.co/mfRfEom9jr
Newly-published @OIP_Ireland inspection reports paint “stark picture of Irish prison conditions”.
Full reports on five inspections, of Cork, Cloverhill, Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Men’s Prison and the Training Unit available here: https://t.co/aaDrxJoxJG
"At the launch, the Chief Commissioner of IHREC Liam Herrick outlined how the rights of trans and non-binary people are protected under national and European law.
He said that while EU law provided strong protections for transgender rights, gaps remain in Ireland's laws."
Glad to be able to spend International Human Rights Day in the company of #Fiosrú colleagues including Police Ombudsman Emily Logan and Deputy Ombudsman Brian Docherty. An occasion to reflect on the need for fundamental #ECHR human rights to underpin all criminal justice practice
Overcrowding, fights and abuse – the Irish Government has ‘failed’ to address ‘degrading’ prison conditions, says European anti-torture watchdog, the @coe @CoE_CPT https://t.co/QGxNhYkz8n