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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Averil Power: ...issues, but especially on the fact that the forced divorce provisions are not only legally unnecessary but could be in breach of the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights, ECHR. I read Dr. Fergus Ryan's paper in advance of the meeting and we discussed the issue. The point has been well made about how the provisions are arguably disproportionate based on the German...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Averil Power: ...Contrasting opinions have been put forward by Fergus Ryan and FLAC. There is a letter from the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, on the ECHR context of all of this. It is a big legal issue and for us to discuss it meaningfully as a committee we should all be working off the same information. I therefore make that...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Averil Power: ...states such as Russia. Russia has signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Council of Europe meeting this week was convened specifically to consider whether previous judgments against ECHR members are being implemented. One case on the agenda is a case against Russia. It is a judgment of some years back against the Russian Government's ban on gay pride parades. Russia...