May 2024 – Irish Centre for Human Rights
2 posts published by irishcentreforhumanrights during May 2024| Irish Centre for Human Rights
2 posts published by irishcentreforhumanrights during May 2024| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Dr Anita Ferrara is Assistant Professor at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, and the Leader of the Research Cluster on Transitional Justice and Peace Building (TJPR). – On July 15-16 2025, representatives and delegates from approximately 30 nations, along with UN officials such as Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur for the Occupied… Continue reading Rethinking the Global Legal Order from the South: The Bogotá Conference→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Dear Taoiseach Micheál Martin, We, the undersigned, members of the legal profession and academy, are writing to express our deep concern at the Irish Government’s continued failure to take the necessary steps to comply with its international legal obligations in relation to the crisis in Palestine. The daily atrocities in Gaza carry an appalling human… Continue reading Open letter from lawyers and academics on Ireland’s international law obligations concerning Palestine →| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Vebi Levni is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association and currently pursuing an LLM in International Migration and Refugee Law and Policy at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. Nicole Cumiskey holds an LLB from the University of Limerick and is currently pursuing an LLM in International Human Rights Law at the Irish Centre… Continue reading Revocation of Shamima Begum’s Citizenship: What Happened and What Comes Next?→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Jennifer Hough is a social justice & human rights advocate who seeks to address injustice using strategic law, policy and communications to bring about change. – Late last year, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, delivered powerful testimony on the world stage about the catastrophic climate consequences facing small island states. Evoking the existential… Continue reading Barbuda: A case study in disaster capitalism and resistance→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Kirsten Larson, Ph.D. Researcher, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway – Over the past few months, the international community has witnessed the most significant shift in power in the Syrian Arab Republic in decades. The fall of the Assad regime has sparked widespread debate about the future of the country, with questions of… Continue reading All Eyes on Syria: Protecting the Children in the Northeast→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Amanie Issa is a PhD Researcher and Hardiman Scholar at Irish Centre for Human Rights and Centre for Disability Law and Policy. – In recent years, Israel has been lauded internationally for its advocacy in disability rights. Its policies are often held up as models of inclusion, accessibility, and care for the disabled. But as… Continue reading Gaza’s Genocide and the Fragility of Israel’s Disability Rights Claims→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Vebi Levni is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association and currently pursuing an LLM in International Migration and Refugee Law and Policy at the Irish Centre for Human Rights. – “Today, women’s leadership is a cause. Tomorrow it must be the norm”.(António Guterres 2021) UN Secretary-General. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights… Continue reading Gender Quotas: Towards a Greater Representation of Women in Leadership Positions in Politics?→| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Kirsten Larson, Ph.D. Researcher, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway – Yesterday marked the release of the joint study “Child Trafficking and Armed Conflict,” conducted by the United Nations (UN) Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC) and the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and… Continue reading UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and U...| Irish Centre for Human Rights
In this post, Dr Maeve O’Rourke discusses key arguments in her recently published book, Human Rights and the Care of Older People: Dignity, Vulnerability, and the Anti-Torture Norm (Oxford Universi…| Irish Centre for Human Rights
School of Law, University of Galway| Irish Centre for Human Rights
Alessandra Cao and Réann O’Neill are recent graduates in International & European Law and Anglophone Studies respectively, and are currently pursuing an LLM in International Human Rights …| Irish Centre for Human Rights
