Every day, between 10 and 12 women and girls living in Ireland travel to England for an abortion. The majority of the women are aged between 20 and 34. Their reasons for terminating their pregnancies vary; however, their ...

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (the Committee) ahead of its examination, in July 2017, of Ireland’s second periodic report on the implementation of the UN ...

This report is published on 26th June 2009, International Day Against Torture, as the recent practice of rendition has been so inextricably linked with torture or other ill-treatment. The gross human rights violations ...

This submission is made on behalf of Amnesty International Ireland. The contents of this submission relate to comprehensive sexuality education and information delivered at primary and post-primary levels, and in non-formal ...

Since the announcement of the government’s plan to convene a Citizens’ Assembly to examine, among other issues, the Eighth Amendment to Ireland’s Constitution, Bunreacht na hÉireann, Amnesty International Ireland has ...