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Ireland Tag

09 Mar

[William Worster has taught public international law, the law of international organizations and international migration and refugee law at The Hague University of Applied Sciences for more than seventeen years] Introduction In February 1977, at the climax of Ireland v. United Kingdom, the UK Attorney-General stood before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and gave an “unqualified undertaking” that the so-called “five techniques” – wall-standing, hooding,...

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08 Nov

“In April 2017, the Human Rights Committee had reiterated its concerns about the Irish performance  regarding the accountability for Church-related institutional abuses, and had recommended that Ireland  conducted an independent and thorough investigation and prosecuted and punished the perpetrators of  abuse and ill-treatment at the Magdalene Laundries.” Committee against Torture considers report of Ireland, 28 July 2017 Victims of Magdalene Laundries have...

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12 Feb

[Natasa Mavronicola is Professor of Human Rights Law at Birmingham Law School.] ‘it is the position of the State Party that, the acts complained of have neither the required level of intensity or cruelty nor the impermissible purpose to permit them to be defined as torture. Further, the acts complained of do not meet the standard so as to fall within...

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