UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concluding Observations 2015

Recommendations following on the third periodic examination of Ireland under the International Covenant read more »

 

LIVEBLOG: UN examination of Ireland, Geneva

Stay informed as the UN questions an Irish gov't delegation on its compliance with ICESCR - civil society groups are on the ground in Geneva to present concerns on the protection of basic rights read more »

 

Civil society delegation to meet UN Committee

The group will raise concerns around economic, social & cultural rights in Ireland read more »

 

Our Voice Our Rights: An independent view on rights in Ireland

This report from Irish civil society is part of the UN review of economic, social and cultural rights - learn more about this process and what you can do to highlight the issues read more »

Our Voice, Our Rights - Parallel Report

 

UN documents

  1. UNCESCR Concluding Observations 2015 (June 2015)
  2. List of Issues from UN Committee for Irish State (December 2014)
  3. General Comments from the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (various years)
  4. International Covenant ESCR 76 (1966)

Irish government reports to UN:

  1. Irish State Response to List of Issues (April 2015)
  2. Annex to Irish State Report (2012)
  3. State Report to the Committee on ESCR (2012)

Civil society reports:

  1. Our Voice Our Rights (September 2014)
  2. Update to Our Voice Our Rights (May 2015
  3. Other civil society reports on Ireland under ICESCR (2014-2015)

Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission reports

  1. IHREC Report to UN ESCR Committee (May 2015)
  2. IHREC Report to UN ESCR Committee - List of issues stage (October 2014)

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