PILA Bulletin 19 September 2012

Articles

• Justice Minister defers closure of asylum-seeker accommodation in Galway; Habitual Residence Condition Guide updated
• Report on child trafficking launched; Irish children’s rights referendum date announced
• Recent European Transgender Council in Dublin prompts Minister update on transgender legislation
• New Irish research on Minimum Income Standards
• Irish High Court refuses judicial review of stateless person citizenship application
• New Irish public petitions system established
• New UK legislation criminalising squatting; homeless people’s possessions protected by US constitution
• Free Movement Directive - CJEU considers free movement of other family members
• ECHR publishes new edition of admissibility criteria guide; ‘Justice Scoreboard’ for EU Member States.
• China amends civil procedure laws making public interest litigation more accessible
• Doras Luimní Seminar - Recognition of Foreign Marriage and Divorce in Ireland – 3 October, Limerick
• Irish Penal Reform Trust Annual Lecture - 20 September, Dublin
• PILA & Marriage Equality International Bar Association Event - 4 October, Dublin
• Public Law Project Judicial Review event – 15 October, London
• Migration, Domestic Workers and Human Rights Conference – 19 October, Cork
• Save the Date: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Conference - 22 November, Dublin
• Legal Officer, Irish Refugee Council Independent Law Centre – deadline 21 September
• INTERIGHTS Executive Director, London - deadline 15 October

Barriers to Public Interest Legislation

• China amends civil procedure laws making public interest litigation more accessible

Events

• Doras Luimní Seminar - Recognition of Foreign Marriage and Divorce in Ireland – 3 October, Limerick
• Irish Penal Reform Trust Annual Lecture - 20 September, Dublin
• PILA & Marriage Equality International Bar Association Event - 4 October, Dublin
• Public Law Project Judicial Review event – 15 October, London
• Migration, Domestic Workers and Human Rights Conference – 19 October, Cork
• Save the Date: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Conference - 22 November, Dublin

Jobs

• Legal Officer, Irish Refugee Council Independent Law Centre – deadline 21 September
• INTERIGHTS Executive Director, London - deadline 15 October