Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Caroline Dwyer:

We submitted our case and the commission lodged it with the Bolivian authorities, which was supposed to have 90 days to respond but it sought an extension, which brought it up to August. We received the response last night. As I mentioned, the commission has indicated that we have not made an official complaint but the process from here is that we have 30 days to make a counter-response and then the commission will make a decision on admissibility. We believe from our work with the commission that we should get through this process. The commission struggles itself with resources and funding. We were given a commitment by the head of the commission that we would be prioritised but because of the lack of resources it could take another six months before we get to admissibility.

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