Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
4:05 pm
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I wish to follow up a little. I appreciate the answer. Similar answers have been given to many parliamentary questions, etc. What is the position of sovereign immunity vis-à-visinternational human rights law? What if there were someone on an airplane coming from another country who had been tortured or was being brought to a place to be tortured? Where do the rights of these individuals sit under international law vis-à-visa state's right to sovereign immunity? Where is our role as a state in policing the international human rights of an individual?
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