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Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been presented with a human rights award at the US première of a new film about the Guantanamo Bay torture camp. The Irish legal academic, who as UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism was the first UN investigator granted a

The board of Cuan, the new domestic, sexual and gender based violence agency, has convened for the first time.

Proposals on how a global agreement on biodiversity will be monitored risk undermining the rights of indigenous peoples, Amnesty International has said. Current plans regarding how to measure progress towards the Global Biodiversity Framework – a conservation agreement which involves guarantee

An autistic chip shop worker has settled a disability discrimination case brought against his former employer with support from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland for £8,000. Oisín McKerr, who was a school pupil when he applied for his first part-time job at Mak's Plaice in Ma

LK Shields has appointed Judith Curran as a partner in the firm's employment, pensions and employee benefits team. Dual-qualified in Ireland and in England and Wales, Ms Curran has specialist experience in advising organisations on the employment considerations of international acquisitions, managin

DLA Piper has appointed Stefano Marino, former head of legal department at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), as a senior consultant. Mr Marino — who will not be based in Dublin — brings with him an intimate knowledge of EU pharmaceutical law and familiarity of Union practice and proce

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A judge has told a man running a sex club that he may continue organising group sex parties but should not refer to them as club activities. Calgary man Matthew Mills was ordered in 2019 to cease hosting sex parties with $30 CAD tickets (around €20 or £17.50) at his home following complai

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Adam Finlay as head of the firm's technology and innovation group. Mr Finlay succeeds Paul Lavery, who led the group since 2007 and will continue to practice as a partner in the group.

Spain's High Court has ruled that former Spanish football federation head Luis Rubiales should face trial for sexual assault after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso last year. Mr Rubiales held Ms Hermoso's head and kissed her on the lips after Spain's historic win in the 2023 Women's World Cup in foota

A&L Goodbody is the largest Irish law firm by number of practising solicitors for a second year running, according to new figures from the Law Society. The firm had 365 practising solicitors at the end of 2023, up from 348 in the previous year and ahead of Matheson on 361 and Arthur Cox on 326,

A coalition of civil society groups has urged the government to press ahead with its hate crime bill following new statistics showing a rise in recorded hate crime for a second consecutive year. The Coalition Against Hate Crime, comprising 23 civil society organisations which represent communities i

Russia violated the rights of a schoolteacher who was sacked in 2014 over social media posts including photos of her kissing other women, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The teacher, AK, began working as a music teacher in a state school for children with special needs in her home town

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has been re-accredited by the United Nations as an A-status national human rights institution in spite of concerns over budget cuts. The watchdog received an emergency funding boost last September after an independent review found its budget was "

The necessity of amending Ireland's equality laws to include socio-economic status as a ground of discrimination is being highlighted at a conference hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in Dublin Castle today. The 'Achieving Equality at Work: Promoting Socio-Economic Equality in