The Amnesty International LGBTI Group meet once a month at the Amnesty International offices, Sean MacBride House, 48 Fleet Street, Dublin 2. The next meeting is Wednesday 19 June at 6pm. If you plan to attend please let us know by emailing lgbtireland@amnesty.ie or phoning 01 863 8300.
Amnesty International Ireland and Mental Health Reform commissioned this independent report in order to provide an economic assessment of the progress on implementation of A Vision for Change, which set out a programme of radical reform of the provision of mental health services in Ireland.
Amnesty International Ireland co-hosted a conference with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway, exploring how the new capacity legislation should include supported decision-making in theory and practice.
Amnesty International Ireland convened a 'Citizens’ Jury' to inform the Government’s proposals to introduce capacity legislation to replace the Lunacy Act of 1871, which is still law in Ireland.
Amnesty International Ireland strongly welcomes the development of an overarching policy for consent in health and social care and has written to the National Consent Advisory Group expressing its recommendations.
It is well established internationally that the prevalence of mental health problems is disproportionately high in the prison population when compared to the general population.
Amnesty International Ireland and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway have teamed up with 15 organisations to write a set of key principles the new capacity law must reflect.
