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Civil society organisations in the UK and Ireland are concerned that the new Council of Europe political declaration on migration released on the 15 May at a Council of Ministers summit in Moldova reflects a growing pattern of political pressure on how human rights are interpreted and applied. While

Civil society organisations, academics and human rights activists from Northern Ireland and Ireland have come together to write jointly to the UK Prime Minister and the Taoiseach, urging both governments to publicly reaffirm their commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to r

FLAC has raised concerns that proposals in the Civil Reform Bill constitute a radical curtailment of access to judicial review and are likely to have a disproportionately negative impact on ordinary people. On foot of a meeting requested by FLAC, Department of Justice officials have provided it with

Plans to restrict judicial reviews in the name of speeding up infrastructure delivery will impact cases concerning social welfare, social housing and education, FLAC has highlighted. Eilis Barry, chief executive of FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), appeared before the joint Oireachtas committee on j

Investment in civil legal aid would "improve the lives of women in a practical way", FLAC has said in the run-up to International Women's Day. The independent legal, human rights and equality organisation has written to members of the Oireachtas to highlight the barriers to justice faced by women in

Ireland's leading legal rights charity has hit out at the "entrenched cliché that legal aid is just ‘more money for lawyers’" as it warned the civil legal aid system is at risk of collapse. FLAC's chief executive, Eilis Barry, appeared before the joint Oireachtas committee on just

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded €40,000 to a Deaf man who faced discrimination in a recruitment process after finding that a statutory €13,000 limit on compensation was inadequate under EU law. Noel O'Connell, who was represented by FLAC, succeeded in a disability disc

Government officials are still considering the recommendations of two rival reports on civil legal aid reform published more than six months ago, Jim O'Callaghan has said. The justice, home affairs and migration minister told a major conference on Monday that reform was on its way, but said he was u

Ireland's civil legal aid system could be pushed "from a state of crisis to one of collapse" this year unless "radical reform" is implemented, FLAC has warned as a major conference gets under way. The independent legal, human rights and equality organisation is today hosting a conference on civil le

FLAC has recognised dozens of volunteers and human rights defenders with its annual Golden Pin awards. The awards are presented every year as part of FLAC's annual justice lecture, delivered last week by renowned human rights lawyer and academic Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide.

A new “know your rights” guide for trans and non-binary people has been published by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), in collaboration with ShoutOut and Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI). Know Your Rights: A Guide for Trans and Non-Binary People is the first compre

Renowned human rights lawyer and academic Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide will deliver FLAC's annual justice lecture next week. This year's event celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell and will include a reading from his speeches by actor Stephen Rea.

FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) is seeking lawyers to support its free legal advice clinics by volunteering as little as two hours a month. The independent legal, human rights and equality organisation is hosting its next volunteer induction on Tuesday 30 September.

A beauty salon has been ordered to pay €1,500 in compensation after discriminating against a Traveller mother and her two daughters. FLAC represented the mother and daughters, who have not been named, in the proceedings before the Workplace Relations Commission.

Proposed new equality legislation should also ban discrimination on the grounds of socio-economic status and gender identity, FLAC has said. The legal rights group appeared before the joint Oireachtas equality committee yesterday morning as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme