An examination of Ireland’s performance by the UN in Geneva gives us one of the few available opportunities to have a thorough and wide-ranging discussion about what is meant by the solemn commitment which is legally binding on our Government to protect, promote and fulfil rights to housing, health, education work, culture and more. These rights are barely scrutinised in our courts. There is no human rights committee or other specific forum for discussion in the Oireachtas. There is no other mechanism whereby the State can be asked to account for how it has implemented these fundamental rights – a promise that remains valid and necessary even in a recession – or perhaps particularly in a recession. Ahead of todays launch of the parallel report on Irelands peformance under ICESCR,read FLAC Director General Noeline Blackwells call for the government to focus on a social as well as an economic recovery bit.ly/1qpHQIC
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:14:02 +0000
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