PILA Bulletin 12 July 2012

Articles

• Who pays costs when a case is moot & delay in the Irish legal system
• Calls for revision of the legislation & rules setting up the IHREC and of the Constitutional Convention
• Involuntary detention of psychiatric patient not invalidated by lack of full physical examination
• Body-searching of prisoners in Northern Ireland, UK prisoner votes and Irish prison standards.
• Extradition of parents & the interests of children under Article 8 ECHR - 3 UK decisions
• New Special Account created for ECtHR Fundraising
• German court says religious circumcision of a child is unlawful
• Statelessness and Roma rights before the ECtHR
• Immigration Developments in the US
• Irish review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy (Issue 3) - now available
• Ireland Ratifies Environmental Convention that provides support for public interest litigation
• Respond! Education, Certificate in Housing Practice - September - November 2012
• Reprieve Death Penalty Vacancies in London - deadline 13 July
• Nasc, Legal Intern - deadline 18 July
• INTERIGHTS - Internship for Women’s Property Rights Lawyer - deadline 18 July
• Vacancies at Northside and Limerick Community Law and Mediation Centres - deadline 20 July
• Legal Officer – Scottish Human Rights Commission - deadline 23 July
• Director, Irish Traveller Movement - deadline 26 July

Barriers to Public Interest Legislation

• Ireland Ratifies Environmental Convention that provides support for public interest litigation

Events

• Respond! Education, Certificate in Housing Practice - September - November 2012

Jobs

• Reprieve Death Penalty Vacancies in London - deadline 13 July
• Nasc, Legal Intern - deadline 18 July
• INTERIGHTS - Internship for Women’s Property Rights Lawyer - deadline 18 July
• Vacancies at Northside and Limerick Community Law and Mediation Centres - deadline 20 July
• Legal Officer – Scottish Human Rights Commission - deadline 23 July
• Director, Irish Traveller Movement - deadline 26 July