Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Engagement with the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I want to add to what Deputy Stanton said about looking at domestic legislation in some EU states. Mr. Walsh might be able to give us a practical manifestation of what would happen if, for example, a human rights abuse occurred in the Amazon and the remedy was in a court in Dublin. How would he see that working out practically, with particular reference to the conduct of the hearing but also, and perhaps more importantly, in the enforcement of a judgment either way?