MakeRoom highlights Human Rights Concerns in Ireland - Joint NGO Report to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
March 23, 2011
Ireland still fails to deliver on its human rights obligations, in particular in relation to the Right to Housing and the Right to Health. The origins for these violations lie in the significant lack of protection for and promotion of social and economic rights in Ireland.
This is the result of a recent report submitted by MakeRoom and four other Irish NGOs to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of Ireland's examination under the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR was established by the Human Rights Council of the UN in June 2007 and is a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. Ireland is one of the last countries to be examined. The review will take place in October 2011 and will be based on three different reports, including a stakeholder report compiling submissions from NGOs and national human rights institutions.
The NGO report to which MakeRoom contributed sets out the main issues in both health and housing as highlighted by the persons most affected by these rights violations, including people experiencing homelessness, and recommends specific targeted actions to the Irish government. In addition to MakeRoom, the other contributing organisations include Age Action Ireland, Disability Federation Ireland, Mental Health Reform and the Women's Human Rights Alliance.
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