Ireland signed and ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1989 and is due to be examined by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights in 2015. In light of this examination, FLAC is coordinating a Shadow Report to update and inform the UN Committee on the Government’s progress on key issues such as education, health, housing, social security, workers’ rights, employment, protection of families and cultural life.
FLAC will prepare the Shadow Report over the coming months to help influence the list of issues for consideration by the UN committee and the questions to be raised with the Government in advance of its examination. To inform the Shadow Report and to get a good sense of the issues on the ground, in May FLAC will hold general public consultations in Dublin, Cork and Galway as well as two Dublin-based thematic consultations on cross-cutting issues: housing and social security. FLAC is also calling for written submissions to be sent to the research team by 30 May 2014 –please see our detailed questionnaire for guidance.
For further details, see the FLAC information sheet or contact the research team on icescr@flac.ie to be added to our mailing list.