Social Justice Matters is a podcast from Social Justice Ireland. We are an independent justice advocacy think tank that advances the lives of people and communities through providing independent social analysis and effective policy development to create a sustainable future for every member of society and for societies as a whole.
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Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
To mark United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, in this episode Susanne Rogers chats to Donal Leader - Advocacy Officer at Christian Brothers European Province, John McGeady - Justice Officer for the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles - Irish Province and Brian O'Toole - Director of the Interprovincial Justice Desk for the Presentation Sisters about how they came together to create a civil society submission to the Universal Periodic Review, looking at Ireland's Human Rights obligations and responses to human trafficking measures, domestic and gender based violence and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
The submission can be read here: https://www.olaireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/UPR-Submission-on-Human-Trafficking-Domestic-Gender-Based-Violence-and-Rights-of-Refugees-Asylum-Seekers-ERI-IPA-OLA-18-03-2021.pdf