Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Constitutional Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Amnesty International Ireland

1:15 pm

Ms Pia Janning:

The Constitutional Convention recommended using the wording used in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These state the state shall progressively realise these rights, subject to the maximum available resources and that these rights shall be enforceable by the courts. The Constitutional Convention also recommended that certain rights, such as those pertaining to housing, social security and access to health care should be referenced explicitly within the Constitution.