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  • 5 January 2007
  • Type: Press Release

  State needs to support families in upcoming children’s rights referendum

  The State needs to support families, consider the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and set out a clear, unambiguous position of children’s rights in the Constitution, the Ombudsman for Children ...

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  • 22 November 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement in Relation to the Proposed Constitutional Referendum on Children’s Rights

  The Ombudsman for Children is currently preparing advice to Government on the proposed Constitutional referendum on children’s rights. The Ombudsman for Children has a statutory mandate to offer advice to the Government on any matter relating ...

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  • 20 November 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Cross-border Pre-school Project Aims to Promote Diversity – Children’s Ombudsman

  Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, will today (Monday – Universal Children’s Day), launch a cross-border project as part of the Media Initiative for Children in association with the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and ...

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  • 13 October 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Realising Children’s Rights – Human Rights Conference

  For immediate release Realising Children’s Rights – Human Rights Conference Saturday 14th October 2006 Achieving Rights Based Child Law is the theme of tomorrow’s public conference organised by the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Law ...

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  • 11 October 2006
  • Type: Statement

  Presentation by the Ombudsman for Children to the Joint Committee on Child Protection

  Mr Chairman, members of the Committee, let me start by thanking you for the invitation to meet with you today. I know that you are working to a tight time frame and I appreciate the complexity ...

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  • 11 October 2006
  • Type: Statement

  Government must act to promote rights of children with disabilities

  Government must act to promote rights, and safeguard welfare, of children and young people with disabilities – Logan It has often been said that disability is a human rights issue. Today, on United Nations International Day ...

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  • 29 September 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  OCO – UN Report on Children’s Rights

  UN report on children’s rights is a comprehensive assessment of the reality of children’s lives in Ireland – Ombudsman for Children The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child report published today (Friday) is a ...

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  • 18 June 2006
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by Emily Logan at the Macgill Summer Summer School

  The full text of the speech is attached below: Download Attachments: Speech at Macgill Summer School

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  • 1 June 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement of clarification by the Ombudsman for Children

  The Ombudsman for Children wishes to clarify comments made publicly about a letter sent to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on May 24th 2006. Contrary to public comments and reports the Ombudsman for ...

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  • 31 May 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children following the Supreme Court Judgement on Statutory Rape

  The Ombudsman for Children, under Section 7(4) of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002, has a statutory mandate to offer advice to any Minister on matters relating to the rights and welfare of children. The Ombudsman ...