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Senator Ivana Bacik The Houses of the Oireachtas will next year host a series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which gave Irish women the right to vote and run in parliamentary elections.

International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

Dr Luke Moffett A new report published by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) at QUB School of Law examines the legality of anti-personnel mines, booby traps and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The High Court has ordered the extradition of a man who claimed he would be exposed to inhumane and degrading treatment if he was surrendered to Northern Ireland. Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 40, was arrested in Donegal on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by Northern Ireland authorities earlier

Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.

Dominic Grieve MP UK ministers have been forced to back plans to preserve EU human rights measures in domestic law after Conservative MPs threatened to rebel over the issue.

Updated profiles of the 48 serving members of the Law Society of Ireland Council for 2017/18 have been published online.

An asylum seeker who had adverse credibility findings against him in the Refugee Appeal Tribunal has been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the Tribunal’s decision. Overturning the decision of the High Court to uphold the Tribunal’s findings, the Court of Appeal found that, in making an a

Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness has rejected criticism of short prison sentences for sex offenders, saying that prison is ineffective in rehabilitating them.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will today set out the Government's proposal to extend the right to work to asylum seekers following the landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.

Maurece Hutchinson A prominent personal injury lawyer has welcomed moves to protect children's rights in claim cases.

The convictions of 14 people in Northern Ireland for tampering with their electronic tags will be reviewed after it emerged the tags were faulty. The Department of Justice has written to the 14 people - of whom one was given a one-month prison sentence - to advise them that their convictions will be

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will have no British judges for the first time ever after the UK government withdrew its candidate. The candidacy of Sir Christopher Greenwood, who sought re-election for a second nine-year term, was withdrawn after 11 rounds of voting to fill the last vacanc

Declan McGeown The chief executive of the Youth Justice Agency (YJA) has highlighted the Agency's restorative approach to young offenders to mark the start of Restorative Justice Week.

William Nee The conviction and sentencing of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to two years in jail is utterly unjust and he should be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International has said.