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Amnesty Welcomes Ireland's Intent to New Human Rights Treaty
Source: Amnesty International Ireland
Amnesty International Ireland has warmly welcomed the announcement today that the Irish Government has decided to sign a new human rights treaty, which should strengthen protections for people living in Ireland. The treaty establishes a system to allow people living in Ireland whose rights like housing,…
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Amnesty International Ireland Foundation
$5,100,262
Resource type: Grantee
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic's 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland
Source: Philanthropy Ireland
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on 'The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland'. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
Source: Gara LaMarche
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
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Budget cuts put rights at risk, says Amnesty
Source: Irish Times
by OLIVIA KELLY THE DECISION to cut funding for two key human rights organisations in last week's budget could spell their demise, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Colm O'Gorman has said. The Government's decision not to proceed with plans to merge the Equality Authority…
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Our Rights, Our Future: Human Rights-Based Approaches in Ireland
Source: International Human Rights Network
Amnesty International (Irish Section) commissioned the International Human Rights Network to provide this framework document that would outline the internationally agreed core minimum principles for human rights based approaches, and examine them in an Irish context. Amnesty International anticipates that this document will be of…
Resource type: Research Report
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Atlantic Quietly Closes Its Doors in Ireland After 30 Years of Philanthropy
Source: The Irish Times
Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.
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In Plain Sight: Responding to the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports
Source: Amnesty International Ireland
The abuse of tens of thousands of children is called “perhaps the greatest human rights failure in the history of the State” in this report by Amnesty International Ireland (AI). The absence of accountability in key institutions, the need for recognition of children’s human rights…
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Not In My Back Yard - A Look At The Undocumented In Ireland
Source: Irish Examiner
By Aisling Ryan Saint Patrick's Day brought the usual bowl of Shamrock from Ireland, to the White House this year. But despite the festive mood on March 17, the Irish delegation was focused on developments in the immigration debate, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepared…
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