Browsing by Subject "Human rights"
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Amnesty International Ireland submission to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the review of the Relationships and Sexuality Education Programme
(Amnesty International IrelandIE, 2019-01-30)This submission is made on behalf of Amnesty International Ireland. The contents of this submission relate to comprehensive sexuality education and information delivered at primary and post-primary levels, and in non-formal ... -
Body politics : a primer on criminalization of sexuality and reproduction
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Breaking the chain : ending Ireland's role in renditions
(Amnesty International IrelandIE, 2009-06-26)This report is published on 26th June 2009, International Day Against Torture, as the recent practice of rendition has been so inextricably linked with torture or other ill-treatment. The gross human rights violations ... -
Downstream Human Rights Due Diligence: Informing Debate Through Insights from Business Practice
(2023)The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights conceive of human rights due diligence (HRDD) as covering potential impacts across value chains, including downstream. The proposed EU Corporate Sustainability ... -
Establishing a Right to Housing in Irish Law
(Trinity Free Legal Advice CentreDublin, 2015)This research project was conducted by Trinity FLAC in association with the Mercy Law Resource Centre. The project argues for the perception of housing as a basic human right and examines how such a right could be established ... -
The European Union's Forced Labour Regulation: Putting the `Brussels Effect' to work for international labour standards
(2023)In September 2022, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market. This arises in a context of rising concern over many years about breaches of workers’ ... -
Hard borders and soft agreements: Evaluating governance within the Global Compact for Migration
(Routledge, 2023)Welcomed as a milestone in the governance of transnational migration, the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration marked a significant step forward in international cooperation on migration ... -
Homeless experiences and support needs of transgender people: A systematic review of the international evidence
(2021)Aim: To examine the experiences and support needs of homeless transgender people by synthesizing the existing evidence. Background: Transgender people face many challenges in society in terms of people's knowledge, ... -
A human right to health?
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Human rights compliant framework for abortion in Ireland : submission to the Citizens' Assembly
(Amnesty International IrelandIE, 2016-12-16)Since the announcement of the government’s plan to convene a Citizens’ Assembly to examine, among other issues, the Eighth Amendment to Ireland’s Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann, Amnesty International Ireland has ... -
The Human Rights Impact of Gender Stereotyping in the Context of Reproductive Health Care
(2018)Gender stereotypes surrounding women's reproductive health impede women's access to essential reproductive healthcare and contribute to inequality more generally. Stereotyping in healthcare settings impedes women's access ... -
Ireland : submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture, 61st Session, 24 July to 11 August 2017
(Amnesty International IrelandIE, 2017-07-24)Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (the Committee) ahead of its examination, in July 2017, of Ireland’s second periodic report on the implementation of the UN ... -
IRISH BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS: Benchmarking compliance with the UN Guiding Principles
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La situación de las prisiones y los centros de menores en España: Analizando las observaciones del CPT
(2019)The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) is responsible for evaluating the treatment of persons deprived of their freedom in the 47 member States of the Council of Europe. To do so it visits detention ... -
A mixed methods evaluation of a gender affirmative education program for families of trans young people
(2019)Research evidence suggests that education can play an important role in a family’s acceptance and support of a trans(gender) young person. However, there is a lack of robust evidence around the impact of education programs ... -
New analytical tools and frameworks to understand dementia: What can a human-rights lens offer?
(2021)The biomedical model has traditionally informed the dominant discourse on dementia and has significantly shaped practitioners’, policy makers’ and researchers’ responses. This model contextualises dementia as a progressive ... -
Pregnant Box: What Happens When Opera Enacts an Embodied Analysis of Concealing Pregnancy
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2023)This chapter discusses a project that originated as policy-commissioned research initiated by Health Service practitioners to address concerns about recurring presentations of ‘concealed pregnancy’ to health care settings ...