Human Rights (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his views on the situation with regard to LGBTQI persons (details supplied) in Egypt. [Q. No(s) 113 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] I am aware of the worrying situation with regard to LGBTI people in Egypt, to which the Deputy refers. The promotion and protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals globally is a priority for Ireland in our international human...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he has discussed the case with his Filipino counterpart recently. [Q. No(s) 191 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is continuing to do everything it can to support and assist this citizen. However, what the Irish Government can do in the case of an Irish citizen who is involved in a criminal case overseas is limited. The Irish Government cannot inte...

Human Rights - Human rights cases - issues relating to

Sitting date: 04/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if his attention has been drawn to the security situation of persons (details supplied); his views on these cases and the use of criminal charges to obstruct the work of human rights defenders; and if he will raise the issue with his Honduran counterpart. [Q. No(s) 113 to Ministe...

Human Rights - Human rights cases - issues relating to

Sitting date: 04/10/2017
[Written Answers] I am aware of the case to which the Deputy refers, as well as of the difficult situation which currently pertains for human rights defenders in Honduras more generally. While Ireland does not have diplomatic representation in Honduras, officials at my Department raise issues relat...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 03/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to raise concerns with regard to the human rights of civilians in Biafra with the Nigerian government in relation to the ongoing Operation Python Dance II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 215 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 03/10/2017
[Written Answers] I have noted with concern the recent disturbances which have taken place in South-East Nigeria. Ireland recognises the sovereignty and unity of Nigeria: issues relating to Biafra are matters for the Nigerian Government. However, it is also the responsibility of the Nigerian Gover...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...the communications he has had with representatives of the Russian government regarding abuses of human rights of LGBT citizens in that country and in particular in the Chechen Republic. [Q. No(s) 173 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers] The Government closely follows developments in relation to the treatment of members of the LGBTI community in Russia and, in particular, the widespread reports of the persecution of gay men in Chechnya. On 5 May, senior officials of my Department met the Russian Ambassador to conv...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's (details supplied) recent report documenting the long term impact of sexual violence on women during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if he will provide aid to organisations that are offering essential medical, psycho soc...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers] I am aware of Amnesty International’s report “ We Need Support, Not Pity” which gives a very disturbing account of the legacy of wartime violence, and in particular the horrific crimes of sexual violence which were perpetrated against the women and girls of Bosnia during the Balkan...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers]...if his attention has been drawn to the political and human rights issues in Nigeria regarding pro Biafra activists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 183 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 26/09/2017
[Written Answers] I am aware of the disturbances which have taken place recently in South-East Nigeria. Ireland recognises the sovereignty and unity of Nigeria. Issues relating to Biafra, therefore, are matters for the Nigerian Government. It is the responsibility of the Nigerian Government to cr...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] The national plan on business and human rights was approved by Government in July and will be launched by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, within the next few weeks. Ireland will be the 16th country in the world, and the 12th EU member state, to adopt a national plan on business and human ...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 15 and 33 together. I am sure all Members of the House joined with this young man's family and friends on Monday last, 18 September, in welcoming the news from Cairo that he and his three sisters had been acquitted at the conclusion of the trial in ...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Written Answers] I strongly condemn all human rights violations and abuses against refugees and migrants, both in Libya and along the Central Mediterranean Route. I am aware of reports of appalling conditions currently faced by migrants and refugees in Libya. The security situation in Libya is frag...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] The notion that slow and steady progress is being made towards democracy in what was Burma is contradicted by what is happening to the Rohingya people. They are a severely oppressed ethnic minority and they are not recognised as such, unlike 135 recognised ethnic groups in Myanmar. The...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] Ireland very much urges the government of Myanmar to begin implementing all the recommendations contained in the final report of the advisory commission on the Rakhine State as soon as possible. We very much welcome the government's announcement on 12 September of the formation of the.....

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Oral Answers]...his views on the use of detention centres in Libya to address the migrant issue. [Q. No(s) 5 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] My question relates to the detention centres in Libya. I seek the Minister of State's views on these centres being used to address the migrant issue.[O'Sullivan, Maureen]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] I strongly condemn all human rights violations and abuses against refugees and migrants, both in Libya and along the central Mediterranean route. I am aware of reports of appalling conditions currently faced by migrants in Libya. The security situation in Libya is fragile, and the gov...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] There is an irony in depending on the Libyan authorities to sort this out because the situation in Libya is one of turmoil and of chaos. I tabled a Topical Issue matter on this a few months ago and the then Minister said the EU would closely monitor the migrant issue because it recognis...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] The Deputy is correct that EU Foreign Ministers adopted Council conclusions in July, which urge the Libyan authorities to improve humanitarian access to and conditions in detention centres, as well as to look for alternatives to detention. People are making huge profits from smuggling a...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] I question the UNHCR funding because reports are saying that due to difficulties with access and restrictions on personnel on the ground, officials are not in a position to implement and to monitor and, therefore, the funding is not having an impact. There is also a need for monitoring ...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Questions] I am, unfortunately, unable to give the Deputy a breakdown but perhaps I will be able to get that for her. Given the particularly difficult situation in Libya, the monitoring and evaluation of programmes is very much subject to a number of other measures regarding good delivery and prop...

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Oral Answers]...his views on the recent human rights violations of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar; and if Ireland will condemn these actions. [Q. No(s) 17 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Oral Answers]...the efforts being made at international and EU level to end the violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar; the efforts made to protect the Rohingya people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 18 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Oral Answers]...if he has been in contact with his counterparts across Europe to condemn the treatment of the Rohingya people in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 21 to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade ]

Human Rights - Human rights - issues relating to

Sitting date: 21/09/2017
[Oral Answers]...his views on the violence that is being inflicted on the Rohingya minority in Myanmar; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN and NGOs have documented massive human rights abuses and that the violence is likely to constitute ethnic cleansing; if he will speak out ag...