Roundup: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

15th July 2014

This week, Fourth Periodic Examination of Ireland by the UN Human Rights Committee of the ICCPR discussed Ireland’s human rights record in relation to prisoners.  IPRT Executive Director Deirdre Malone travelled to Geneva to provide expert evidence in relation to Ireland’s treatment of prisoners and use of imprisonment.  IPRT has criticised the State’s failure to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture or tackle issues of overcrowding and degrading conditions faced by Irish prisoners.

Here are some of the media highlights following IPRT’s engagement with the UNHRC;

Publications:

• IPRT Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s Fourth Periodic Examination of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in June 2014.  IPRT submission to Human Rights Committee on ICCPR (June 2014)

• See also the ICCL/Civil Society submission: ICCL/Civil Society Report to the Fourth Periodic Examination of Ireland under the ICCPR (June 2014)

• IPRT: Irish Penal Reform Trust Will Provide Expert Evidence to the UN Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s Compliance with the ICCPR http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2640 (14th July 2014)

• IPRT: Irish Penal Reform Trust Welcomes the Robust Engagement of the UN Human Rights Committee with the State on the Most Pressing Human Rights Concerns in Our Prisons. http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2641 (15th July 2014) 

• IPRT: Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Ireland: http://www.iprt.ie/contents/2644 (24th July 2014)

Read more:

• The Journal.ie: http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-prisons-un-1572930-Jul2014/ (16^th July 2014)
• The Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/long-list-of-un-human-rights-committee-s-concerns-included-prisons-1.1871145 (19th July 2014)
• The Journal.ie: http://www.thejournal.ie/un-report-no-prison-for-not-paying-fines-1588732-Jul2014/ (25^th July 2014)
• RTÉ News:http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0727/633393-prison-service/ (27^th July 2014)