Very pleased to share Part II of this guest post by Gerry Liston, a legal officer with the Global Legal Action Network and Sadaka – the Ireland Palestine Alliance, who has […]
The following is a guest piece which I was very pleased to be asked to write for the bi-monthly Public Interest Law Alliance Bulletin. You can find an archive of […]
On 24 March 2017, the Irish Centre for Human Rights hosted a one-day conference at NUI Galway entitled: ‘Exploring litigation as a business and human rights remedy’. The conference looked at […]
In advance of the business and human rights litigation conference on 24 March at NUI Galway, I am reposting this blogpost from 2013, which looked at the potential liability of software companies for […]
On 24 March 2017, the Irish Centre for Human Rights will host a one day conference entitled ‘Exploring litigation as a business and human rights remedy’. The programme for the […]
The Irish Centre for Human Rights is pleased to announce this one-day conference on Friday 24 March 2017 which will examine the opportunities, challenges and barriers to pursuing cases in Irish […]
The Irish Examiner reports that Ryanair is to sue Channel 4 over the airing of a ‘Dispatches’ programme in which pilots claim that passengers are put at risk by the company’s fuel […]
This past few weeks have been tough for human rights advocates taking on companies in court. Most prominent was the United States Supreme Court decision in Kiobel v. Shell, where the Court restricted the […]
The newly-established Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for Human Rights will launch their new blog in the coming days. Ceartas are a very welcome addition to civil society in Ireland, being a “non-profit […]
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