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The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and imposes sanctions including fines and prison sentences on those who contravene it. It also stipulates a five-year transitional period for modifying public buildings, structures, and automobiles to make them accessible and usable for people with disabilities.

This submission focuses on ill-treatment in government-run detention centers, corporal punishment, the right to education, unregistered marriages, and the repatriation and reintegration of Iraqi children detained in northeast Syria.

On 25 March 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement during the 55th session of the United Nations (UN) (...)

The Social Democrats leader called the Taoiseachs comments inflammatory

9 March 2024 By Bryan McCarthy bryan@TheCork.ie Today’s referendum result (No, No) is a direct consequence of a rushed and confused campaign by the Government, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns. The Cork South West TD, Holly Cairns said: “The defeat of both the family and care referendums is the result of a rushed…

Constitutional questions on Care and the Family both look set to fail following Friday's vote

As Thailand marks today the first anniversary of the entry into force of the groundbreaking Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) calls on the Thai authorities to do much more to make its protections real in practice. Whil

By prioritising equality, independence, transparency, and accountability, we can build a legal system that upholds the principles of justice and human rights

Inequitable treatment of Māori in places of detention, and a call for a moratorium on sterilisation of disabled children or adults in Aotearoa were two of the issues New Zealand independent monitoring mechanisms raised with United Nations member states ...

“While there has been some progress on the recommendations of the last UPR, the NGO written submissions made in October 2023 highlighted ongoing human rights issues still requiring action. Since the coalition government took office in November there ...