Kenny Visit To Irish Golan heights Troops

December 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Xmas visit by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, and Irelands Defence Minister, Simon Coveney, to Irish peacekeepers deployed as part of the United Nations force on the Golan Heights, between Syria and Israel underlines Ireland’s contribution to world peace

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Records of Genocide Arms Dealings Destroyed

September 3, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE ‘Although one cannot be certain from the time line the CM gives in his reply it would seem that the records were destroyed before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda had completed its work (and indeed

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ILO Urged to Revise Flawed Worker Legislation

July 20, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE We have followed up recent queries about seafarer terms and conditions globally with correspondence to the International Labour Organisation. We have pointed to shortcomings identified in its ‘flagship’ seafarers terms Convention – The Maritime Labour Convention 2006. A

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Alleged Killer of Irish UN Peacekeepers Faces Trial

July 12, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Irish government has welcomed the decision last month of a Military Tribunal in Lebanon to start hearing the case of Mahmoud Bazzi who is alleged to have been responsible for the murder of two soldiers of the

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UNCRC Acknowledge Reports from League

March 5, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE UN CRC ACKNOWLEDGE REPORTS FROM LEAGUE The Committee on the Rights of the Child has responded to recent submissions by the Celtic League in relation to: 1) Armed Forces recruitment of Children – United Kingdom 2) Arrests of

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Positive Change and Social Justice Should Be Our Mantra

February 24, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Operating in the six Celtic countries and as an accredited Non Government Organisation (NGO) via its participation in the NGO Branch of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC) the Celtic League is keen to

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CPT Respond on Maghaberry Prison Concerns

February 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The CPT has responded to concerns expressed by the Celtic League about the ongoing situation at Maghaberry Prison. The League wrote to the both the Council of Europe CPT and the UN Special Rapporteur about the matter. A

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West Tallaght Arrests: Minor Alleges Degrading Treatment By Police

February 13, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The CPT has been asked by the Celtic League to look into the arrest of children by police in the West Tallaght area of Dublin over recent days. The arrests were in connection with anti-austerity protests in the

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League Notify UNCRC About MOD Cadet Sex Abuse Payment

January 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about a £2 million payment by the British Ministry of Defence to victims of physical and sexual abuse in the cadet forces.

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Children’s Commissioner Pressed on Militarisation of Young People

December 14, 2014

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The Celtic League has written to Children’s Commissioners in the United Kingdom and to the Isle of Man Department of Education and Children regarding comments about military cadet forces made by the UN Committee on the Rights of

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