Seanad debates
Wednesday, 18 June 2003
European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Second Stage.
Another solution which at first seemed attractive was for the convention to have the force of law in the State or to make the convention part of the law of the State. This view is held by a number of interested organisations, including the Human Rights Commission, and it deserves serious scrutiny. Most of the debate in the other House – and in the committee of the other House – centred on that particular issue and many amendments were tabled to the Bill accordingly.
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