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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...to be binding in Ireland, but it is not. What is binding in Ireland is the European Convention on Human Rights. I examined its laws.In all of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, the overriding consideration of the court is on the substance of the relationship between the social or biological parent and the child, not the biological link. This is clear. Nowhere in...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...before the court are present in the court room. It is also clear that a child-friendly environment described by international standards of best practice and the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, in cases such as T v. UK and V v. UK are not being implemented. Privacy is central to the creation of this environment. In the cases I mentioned, the ECHR expressly recognised the adverse...