Overwatch Report

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] New Amnesty report, 'Laws designed to silence', on states' laws interfering with civil society groups' right to freedom of association, including Ireland's Electoral Act

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Invitation to meet women human rights defenders during their visit to Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Martin', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Marcella Corcoran Kennedy', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Meeting with visiting women human rights defenders

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Sean D. Barrett', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'} {'name': 'Seán Crowe', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ivana Bacik', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Foreign Affairs] Implementation of the Brunei Darussalam Syariah Penal Code that will violate human rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Health] Drug Control and Human rights - decriminalisation of drugs for personal use

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Catherine Byrne', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Health] Drugs control and human rights

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Amnesty's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill, and need for regulation of digital tourism in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, including Airbnb Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Frances Black', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Micheál Martin', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] Amnesty's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Niall Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Noel Grealish', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Local Government] Bill to reform 'third party' provisions of the Electoral Act 1997 to remove interferences with civil society groups' rights to freedom of expression and association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Clare Daly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Trade] PMB to reform 'third party' provisions of the Electoral Act 1997 so as to remove interferences with civil society groups' rights to freedom of expression and association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

January–April

[Local Government] PMB to reform 'third party' provisions of the Electoral Act 1997 so as to remove interferences with civil society groups' rights to freedom of expression and association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Alice-Mary Higgins', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Joint letter to Chair, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, with Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Front Line Defenders re civil society space and rule of law in Europe and globally

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letter to Tánaiste invitiing him to Women Human Rights Defenders event Helsinki in advance of Gymnich meeting

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Meeting at joint press launch of Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019, which is a PMB proposing to reform 'third party' provisions of the Electoral Act 1997 so as to remove interferences with civil society groups' rights to freedom of expression and association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Lynn Ruane', 'role': 'Senator (Seanad)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Letter forwarding Amnesty's submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality's public consultation on Direct Provision and the international protection process

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'} {'name': 'Carol Baxter', 'role': 'Assistant Secretary (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letter urging EU leaders to urgently press for release and evacuation to safety for refugees and migrants in Libya

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Local Government] Meeting to outline Amnesty's support for for Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019, so as to remove interferences with civil society groups' rights to freedom of expression and association

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Patricia Ryan', 'role': 'Special Adviser (Department of Children and Youth Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letter sharing Amnesty and Human Rights Watch joint proposals for a fair and predictable rescue system in the Mediterranean Sea

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Defence] Letter regarding Irish Naval Service humanitarian operations in the central Mediterranean Sea

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)'} {'name': 'Paul Kehoe', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Defence)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Joint Amnesty and Irish Council for Civil Liberties letter calling for independent public investigation into 1976 Sallins case

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Justice and Equality] Signatory to joint letter submitted by Sex Workers Alliance Ireland regarding Department's 3-year review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Charles Flanagan', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Justice and Equality)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letter to share report on attacks on the judiciary in Poland and Hungary

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[Foreign Affairs] Letter to Chair and Vice-Chair of Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence regarding Amnesty report on attacks on the judiciary in Poland and Hungary

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

May–August

[EU Affairs] Letters to newly elected MEPs to share recommendations for building a European Union where human rights are placed front and centre

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Billy Kelleher', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Matt Carthy', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Luke "Ming" Flanagan', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Mairead McGuinness', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Ciarán Cuffe', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} {'name': 'Frances Fitzgerald', 'role': 'MEP (European Parliament)'} + 5 more

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[EU Affairs] Letter submitting Amnesty International report, "Defending defenders? An assessment of EU action on Human Rights Defenders"

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Coveney', 'role': 'Tánaiste and Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)'} {'name': 'Helen McEntee', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Foreign Affairs)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[EU Affairs] Amnesty International report, "Defending defenders? An assessment of EU action on Human Rights Defenders"

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Brendan Smith', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Maureen O'Sullivan", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'}

Amnesty International Ireland

September–December

[Health] Joint letter, and follow-up letter, from member organisations of the Abortion Working Group calling for legislation on safe access zones around healthcare facilities

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Joan Collins', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Ruth Coppinger', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Louise O'Reilly", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 1 more

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