Irish Rule of Law International
The Law Society of Ireland and the Bar Council of Ireland - using law in the fight against global injustice, inequality and corruption
Today in Maula prison there are 489 people awaiting trial, of those there are approx 200 people being held in unlawful detention as their warrants have expired and the pre-trial detention limits have not been adhered to. 63 of those have been in prison since before 2010 having never been to Court (some since 2005). [...]
Due to an ever increasing workload in the aftermath of Judicial Strike we’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately but Ruth Dowling is back today with an excellent article on the new UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in the Criminal Justice System. On 27th April 2012 the 21st session [...]
Later this week I will be leaving these fair shores to spend a year in Malawi working on an access to justice and prison reform project with Irish Rule of Law International, a non-profit rule of law charity established by the Law Society and Bar Council. Myself and my two colleagues, barrister Ruth Dowling and [...]
3 May 2013
Eithne Lynch and Ruth Dowling of IRLI win the Bar Council Human Rights Award at the 2013 Irish Law Awards Read more.
