IPRT Submissions
IPRT Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
16th December 2016
IPRT has made a submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.
IPRT Submission on Life-Sentenced Prisoners
18th November 2016
IPRT made a Preliminary Submission to the IPS Working Group on Life-Sentenced Prisoners, informed by feedback received from life-sentenced prisoners at seminars held by IPRT in Midlands, Portlaoise, Mountjoy Prisons and the Training Unit over 2015 and 2016.
NGO Submission to the Cross Grade Working Group of the Consultation of The Statement of Strategy for The Department of Justice and Equality
13th September 2016
IPRT made a submission as NGO Stakeholder to the Department of Justice and Equality in relation to the Statement of Strategy 2016-2019.
IPRT Submission on Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012
20th January 2016
IPRT has updated its submission, including suggested amendments, on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012.
IPRT Submission on Heads of Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2015
22nd September 2015
IPRT made a submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in August 2015, published here.
IPRT Submission to Ireland's second UN Universal Periodic Review
21st September 2015
The IPRT submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review highlights issues relating to the Irish State’s promotion and protection of human rights in prisons and places of detention.
IPRT Submission on General Scheme of the Bail Bill 2015
1st September 2015
IPRT made a submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee in August 2015, published here.
IPRT Submission on Ireland’s approach to possession of limited quantities of certain drugs
7th August 2015
IPRT Submission to the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on Ireland’s approach to the possession of limited quantities of certain drugs in August 2015.
IPRT Submission to the Human Rights Committee on the ICCPR
20th June 2014
IPRT has made a Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s Fourth Periodic Examination of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
IPRT Submission on Women in the Criminal Justice System
12th May 2013
A submission intended to assist the Irish Prison Service and the Irish Probation Service in the development of a Strategy for Women Offenders. It was prepared by the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) and the Women in Prison Reform Alliance (WIPRA), of which IPRT is a member.
