Cork TD launches report on Ireland’s human rights record

CORK North Central TD and newly appointed Minister of State, Kathleen Lynch, launched a report on Ireland’s human rights record in Dublin earlier this week.

The launch was organised by ‘Your Rights. Right Now’, a coalition of 17 leading non-governmental organisations and trade unions.  In February and March of this year, the coalition organised a nationwide series of information and consultation meetings on human rights in Ireland.  In the wake of this process, ‘Your Rights. Right Now’ submitted a report to the United Nations (UN), calling for reform of the promotion and protection of human rights in Ireland.

 

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