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Children’s Rights Behind Bars is a collaboration between 16 European and International organisations that work for children’s rights, led by Defence for Children International (DCI). The goal of the project is to increase the respect of human rights of children deprived of liberty and improve the implementation of international juvenile justice standards to protect the rights and needs of incarcerated children.
The project is financed by the European Commission within the framework of the Criminal Justice Programme.
This legislation will address an issue of unconstitutionality recently identified by the High Court in which the Court ruled that a child who commits murder but turns 18 years old before sentencing should not be subject to the mandatory life sentence for murder.
MEDIA RELEASE: Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomes the publication of Health Information and Quality Authority’s (HIQA) most recent inspection report on Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus published today (9 October 2024) but highlights concerns noted in the report.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today, 9 October 2024, published an inspection report on Oberstown Children Detention Campus.
Oberstown Children Detention Campus has published its Annual Report for 2016/2017.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) welcomes the passage today of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 as another important step towards ending the detention of children in adult prisons in Ireland.
IPRT welcomes the publication by HIQA of its reports on two inspections of the Oberstown children detention school campus, which took place 28-30 October and 4 November 2014. The inspection reports were published alongside an Action Plan, which includes details on actions already taken to address issues of concern.
IPRT launched a new report on monitoring mechanisms in places where children are detained on 11th December 2014. This formed part of an EC-funded project.
This seminar explores whether Ireland's children detention system is meeting its goal as model, particularly in the area of monitoring and complaints. A national report on monitoring complaints mechanisms in places where children are detained was launched at the event.
Children’s Rights Behind Bars is a collaboration between 16 European and International organisations. Its goal is to increase the respect of human rights of children deprived of liberty and improve the implementation of international juvenile justice standards to protect the rights and needs of incarcerated children.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.