The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, today (Monday 17th April) said she is very pleased that two members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child accepted her invitation to visit Ireland ahead of the UN Committee’s review…
Respecting Children is the theme of the Ombudsman for Children’s second annual report published today (Tuesday). The report, which covers the period from April 2005 to December 2006, details the main areas of work across the complaints, research and policy, and communications…
Best interest must be a primary consideration in public policy decisions regarding children Public policy decisions regarding children must have the best interest of the child as a prime consideration, Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has said today (Wednesday) in…
The State needs to support families, consider the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and set out a clear, unambiguous position of children’s rights in the Constitution, the Ombudsman for Children said in her advice…
The Ombudsman for Children is currently preparing advice to Government on the proposed Constitutional referendum on children’s rights. The Ombudsman for Children has a statutory mandate to offer advice to the Government on any matter relating to the rights and…
Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, will today (Monday – Universal Children’s Day), launch a cross-border project as part of the Media Initiative for Children in association with the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, NIPPA, the…
For immediate release Realising Children’s Rights – Human Rights Conference Saturday 14th October 2006 Achieving Rights Based Child Law is the theme of tomorrow’s public conference organised by the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Law Society of Ireland in…
Government must act to promote rights, and safeguard welfare, of children and young people with disabilities – Logan It has often been said that disability is a human rights issue. Today, on United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons, it’s…
Mr Chairman, members of the Committee, let me start by thanking you for the invitation to meet with you today. I know that you are working to a tight time frame and I appreciate the complexity of the issues you…
UN report on children’s rights is a comprehensive assessment of the reality of children’s lives in Ireland – Ombudsman for Children The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child report published today (Friday) is a very comprehensive assessment of…