Commission granted leave by the High Court, seeking to compel the State to fulfil its international protection obligations ihrec.ie/commission-gra…

207 recently arrived asylum seekers have not been offered any State provided accommodation since 4 Dec. A total of 229 weren’t initially offered any when they presented seeking international protection but 22 have since been offered a space. Figures from DCEDIY

Delighted to share that the second edition of ‘Family Law’, coauthored with Marianne Joyce has been published today. So much has happened in the last 10 years, all now critically outlined here. Thanks to all in Roundhall for going another round with me! #FamilyLaw

In partnership with Kildare Arts Service & Creative Ireland, we're thrilled to host playwright Donal O'Kelly Maynooth University as Arts & Minds Festival Writer-in-Residence for the coming months. Donal's residency begins with this event, with guests Donnah S Vuma & Liam Thornton 🌟⬇️Free public event!

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has written to Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman to express its 'deep concern' over reports of a shortfall in emergency accommodation for applicants seeking international protection. rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

As promised, a 🧵 below on this key/compelling ECtHR judgment, 1st pilot-judgment in relation to #Poland ’s #ruleoflaw breakdown which ECtHR has rightly described as taking form of “interrelated systemic” RoL violations leading to “state of continued non-compliance” with ECHR!

Funded PhD positions in Maynooth Geography, researching migration and care, and working with me. Deadline for applications: 11 December 2023. Further details here: tinyurl.com/5n6w4am8

Brilliant & timely article by PROPERTY inJUSTICE colleague Dr. Amanda Byer just out in TWAIL Review highlighting how SIDs are not 'mere mascots' but 'a corrective to the law’s dismissal of landscapes', forcing climate law to reckon with 'particular & complex people-place relations'.

More children have now been killed in 6 weeks in Gaza (5,600) than the total number of all civilians killed in the siege of Sarajevo (5,434) which lasted almost 4 years.

Noon to 5pm Thu 30 Nov 2023
#Lanyon Building Queen's University Belfast 🎓

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SAR-Ireland has published this statement regarding the ongoing conflict in Israel/Palestine and threats to members of academic communities universitiesireland.ie/scholars-at-ri… #AcademicFreedom #HigherEd Scholars At Risk

FLAC Managing Solicitor, Sinéad Lucey states that 'As well as being extremely important to our clients, these decisions include a number of important clarifications of the provisions of anti-discrimination law.' (thread)

Do you find yourself in need of a Family Law textbook on UCD campus? #familylawincontext on the library shelves now. Clarus Press Deirdre McGowan

CJEU, asylum law

Advocate General's opinion: Taliban treatment of Afghan women and girls amounts to persecution on grounds of gender, ie a ground for refugee status

A reminder that, last year, every Irish university suspended the exchange of students, researchers, and scientific personnel, ceased all financial transactions, and the exchange of research material, with universities in Russia and Belarus

m.independent.ie/irish-news/iri…

Letter from 600+ academics and scholars in today's irish times

'War in the Gaza Strip: Academics call on Irish universities to suspend ties with Israeli institutions'

irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

I wrote this for Hot Press , about Gaza, the past 3 weeks, the targeting of paramedics & survival within all the grief.

#cease

Public statement by over 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies, warning of the possibility of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip twailr.com/public-stateme…

Statement by President Higgins on ongoing violence in the Middle East president.ie/en/media-libra…

Independent human rights experts:

“We remain convinced that the Palestinian people are at grave risk of genocide.

The time for action is now.

Israel’s allies also bear responsibility and must act now to prevent its disastrous course of action.”

ohchr.org/en/latest