18th March 2024
IPRT alongside eight other Irish organisations contributed to the Liberties EU Rule Of Law Report 2024. The international report lays out the most striking developments concerning justice, corruption, civic space, media freedom, checks and balances, and systemic human rights issues across 19 states. A national country report for Ireland was coordinated by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).
In its fifth annual edition, the Liberties Rule of Law Report 2024 identifies the most striking violations of the rule of law in the European Union in 2023.
In the report, IPRT particularly supported the need to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) and to ensure the independence of the new Office of Inspection under the Places of Detention Bill. The ratification of OPCAT through the passing of the Place of Detention Bill would provide for the effective prevention of torture through international and national monitoring of all places where people are deprived of their liberty. This not only includes prisons but it would go wider than this such as Garda custody suites, the Central Mental Hospital (CMH), military detention facilities and potentially wider.
Last year, Liberties and its members reviewed the Commission’s previous 2023 report and produced a gap analysis to highlight areas where national-level organizations, including Ireland, highlight ongoing problems that could and should have been addressed by the Commission in its 2023 analysis. Read more about the EU Rule of Law 2023 report here.
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Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.