UN Committee against Torture: Concluding Observations (2011)

7th June 2011

The United Nations Committee against Torture has published its Concluding Observations following Ireland's first periodic review under UNCAT.

The Recommendations cover a number of areas, including (but not limited to):

• Prison conditions
• Detention of refugees and asylum seekers
• Complaints and investigations mechanisms
• Children in detention
• Follow-up to the Ryan report
• Magdalene Laundries

The Concluding Observations can be downloaded by clicking the icon above.

Read more:

• UN Committee against Torture: 46th session (9 May - 3 June 2011)
• IPRT Press Release
• ICCL Press Release
• Dept of Justice Press Release

Watch:

The hearings, which took place in Geneva on 23/24 May, were webcast by IPRT/ICCL here: www.ustream.tv/channel/iprt

The recordings of the sessions are available here:

• Session 1 – 23 May 2011
• Session 2, Part 1 – 24 May 2011
• Session 2, Part 2 – 24 May 2011