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Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: ...that their agents abroad comply with international and national law are not enough. Formal guarantees and enforcement mechanism need to be set out in agreements and national law in order to protect ECHR rights'; —the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a report from Senator Dick Marty to the effect that the United States has...

Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: ...Convention on Human Rights, the United Nations committee against torture, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission on the legal obligations of the signatories of the ECHR, and to say it wants to be able to show it has implemented the requirements of those bodies? The Irish Government has decided to place the assurance it received above its clear obligations...

Human Rights Issues. (10 Nov 2005)

Michael D Higgins: ...the UN Convention against Torture requires random or regular checks to be made on planes that are possibly being used for what is called "extraordinary rendition"? This is a serious matter and the ECHR aspect is being raised at the level of the European Commission. Questions are also being asked by the UN Committee against Torture. A simple assurance, such as that referred to by the...