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A State delegation will appear before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, later today (File pic)

Ireland 'comes up short' on children's services - IHREC

Current waiting lists and access to services for children are not appropriate to where Ireland is as a nation, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human …

Ireland • 25 Jan

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaking about the protests (Pic: Iranian leader press office)

Iran intensifies crackdown amid UN criticism

Iran is weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent, and its execution of protesters without due process amounts to state-sanctioned killing, …

World • 10 Jan

People walk past a World Cup countdown clock in the Qatari capital Doha

Amnesty in bid for compensation fund for Qatar workers

Amnesty International is calling for a €446m compensation fund for workers to be set up after the 2022 World Cup is held in Qatar.

World • 23 Oct 22

Ukrainian soldiers adjust a national flag atop a personnel armoured carrier on a road near Lyman earlier this month

People of Ukraine awarded EU's top human rights prize

The EU's top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, has been awarded to the people of Ukraine and their representatives.

Europe • 19 Oct 22

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said that anti-abortion activity can act as 'a real barrier for women in accessing abortion services'

Call for laws on safe access zones near health premises

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for safe access zones to be legislated for without further delay.

Ireland • 06 Oct 22

Fawzia Koofi described how painful it was 'to advocate for our basic rights, the right to be visible, the right to not be erased'

Afghan women being 'erased from public life'

An exiled former member of the Afghan parliament has told an urgent debate at the UN Human Rights Council that women there are in danger …

World • 01 Jul 22

The EU's justice commissioner Didier Reynders said the region could no longer turn a blind eye to what happens across company supply chains

EU proposes environmental checks on some suppliers

The European Commission has proposed a law to make large companies operating in the EU check that their suppliers around the world respect environmental standards …

Business • 23 Feb 22

The charity said restrictions imposed in prisons during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to 'considerable hardship'

Charity seeks fair system to repatriate Irish prisoners

The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas has called for a well-resourced, transparent, fair and expeditious repatriation system to allow prisoners abroad serve the remainder of …

Ireland • 26 Aug 21

More than 20% of workers were earning below €12.16 per hour in 2019

Under-25s six times more likely to be in temporary work

People aged under 25 are almost six times more likely to be in temporary work than their older counterparts, according to a new study on …

Business • 02 Jun 21

Vaccination is the key to unlocking the summer

The national vaccination campaign is under scrutiny like no project before in Ireland.

Analysis and Comment • 10 Apr 21

Filipinos take part in a protest over a new anti-terrorism law in November 2020

Human rights defenders faced new risks in 2020

An Irish-based human rights advocacy group has said that 2020 created significant new risks for human rights defenders working across the world as the Covid-19 …

World • 11 Feb 21

Julian Assange faces a possible 175-year sentence if convicted

Human rights groups call for US to drop Assange case

Human rights groups have urged the new US administration to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

World • 09 Feb 21

An Indonesian boy sits inside a cage, where he has been locked up in the middle of rice fields for 7 years by his parents because he suffers from mental illness

People 'shackled globally for mental health issues'

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children with mental health conditions are living chained up in roughly 60 countries, according to a new Human …

Human Rights • 06 Oct 20

Joseph Lowery was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2009

US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98

US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery, a key ally of Martin Luther King, has died aged 98.

US • 28 Mar 20

Carrie Lam leaves the chamber for the second time while trying to give her annual policy address

Hong Kong leader abandons policy speech after heckles

Hong Kong's embattled leader abandoned a State of the Union-style speech after she was heckled by opposition lawmakers during chaotic scenes inside the city's legislature.

World • 16 Oct 19

Emily Logan says the crises in housing and Direct Provision shows how far we have to go to eliminate discrimination

Disability discrimination is biggest concern - IHREC

Disability discrimination constituted almost a third of all equality-related concerns last year, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission's annual report for 2018.

Ireland • 24 Jun 19

The report's authors point out that Ireland has not renewed its National Action Plan against racism since 2008

New strategy needed to tackle racism, prejudice - ECRI

A European human rights organisation has raised serious concerns about housing provision for Travellers, refugees and what it calls other vulnerable minorities in Ireland, and …

Ireland • 04 Jun 19

The report lists 50 countries worldwide where anti-NGO laws have been implemented or are in the pipeline

Global assault on NGOs at crisis point - Amnesty

Governments around the world are stepping-up their attacks on civil society organisations and human rights defenders, according to a new Amnesty International report.

World • 21 Feb 19

Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson appointed as chair of The Elders

Mary Robinson has been appointed as chair of international NGO The Elders, which was founded by Nelson Mandela and works in the areas of peace …

World • 02 Nov 18

Almost 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine State

Myanmar military 'planned' Rohingya atrocities - US

A US government investigation has found that Myanmar's military waged a "well-planned and coordinated" campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the …

News • 25 Sep 18

Turkey has launched three air offensives in the region so far this week

36 dead in latest Turkish air strikes in Syria

Turkish air strikes killed at least 36 pro-regime fighters backing Kurdish militia in Syria's northwestern Kurdish enclave of Afrin.

World • 03 Mar 18

Amnesty says the growing movement of activists campaigning for social justice provides real hope

Amnesty warns of dangers of state-sponsored hate

Amnesty International has warned that state-sponsored hate threatens to normalise massive discrimination against marginalised groups.

World • 22 Feb 18

IMF urged to abandon its 'outdated' insistence on 'Wild West' privatisation, market deregulation and austerity

IMF 'undermining UN human rights and development goals'

The International Monetary Fund's lending policies are actively undermining the United Nations' human rights and development goals, according to an independent expert commissioned by the …

News • 19 Oct 17

Rodrigo Duterte has implemented a strict anti-drug policy

Philippine leader cuts budget for rights agency to €17

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's critics and allies in the Senate have vowed to block a lower house move to slash the annual budget of a …

World • 13 Sep 17

Death for Democracy Series2 EP12

“You cannot believe Government doing such things to their own people. You cannot believe a human being could do such things to another human being..."

Voices • 28 Nov 16