My main concern relates to the lack of remedies provided for in the Bill, particularly for the mentally ill, prisoners and children. One of the most important provisions of the convention is Article 13, which states that there must be a right to an effective remedy. Everyone whose rights and freedoms set forth in this convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity. I became even more concerned when I read a paper presented to the Law Society of Ireland in October 2002 by Anna Austin, a lawyer in the Registry of the Court of Human Rights, which states: