Business and human rights has come a long way in Ireland. From little to no engagement by either the Irish government, civil society or business with the late John Ruggie’s […]
I am very pleased to share this guest post by Dr. Rachel Widdis of Trinity College Dublin who has been working with the Irish Coalition on Business and Human Rights […]
This year’s Galway Business and Human Rights Symposium takes place on Thursday 29 April 2021 at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway. This […]
This is a cross-post of a piece I wrote for the new Irish Centre for Human Rights blog. The Centre, which is based in the School of Law at the National University […]
For anyone interested to learn more about the relationship between Irish companies, fossil fuel extraction, environmental damage, human rights violations and tax avoidance, look no further than Christian Aid Ireland’s […]
Ireland appeared before the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in early December in Geneva. The Committee was considering the consolidated fifth to ninth reports submitted by Ireland. […]
I am delighted to have this guest post by Siobhan Curran, Policy and Advocacy Advisor on Human Rights and Democratic Space with Trócaire, on her return from the recent discussions in […]
Irish civil society organisations are continuing with their push for states to adopted a binding business and human rights treaty. In a letter in today’s Irish Times, a number of […]
Four UN special rapporteurs on human rights have written to the Irish Government highlighting their concerns that the recently introduced working scheme for migrant fisherman is not in line with […]
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 […]
Business & Human Rights in Ireland 