Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN

Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UN
Institutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committee

Wed, Feb 15, 2017
Kitty Holland

A Government delegation to the United Nations has been criticised as “vague and unhelpful” in its responses to questions about abortion.

Ireland was examined on Wednesday by a UN committee on women’s rights, on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). It is the first time Ireland has faced questioning by the Geneva-based CEDAW committee since 2005.

The delegation also heard calls for an international inquiry into symphysiotomy, for guarantees to protect the human rights of sex-workers and for measures to protect lone parents from poverty.

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