News and Opinions
04 Nov 2024
The TEJP will run our 'Rights Aware ECHR' seminar series in November.
The TEJP is pleased to announce a series of seminars on the European Convention on Human Rights and the rights it affords Travellers and Roma, specifically focusing on how the European Court of Human Rights has applied these within its judgments. These events will be of interest to Travellers and Roma, Community Organisations, Legal Clinic staff and lawyers. They aim to provide key information regarding relevant Council of Europe rights frameworks, including the ECHR, and provide an understanding of the experiences of taking such cases from a practice based perspective.
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27 Sep 2024
The TEJP Welcomes Appointment of Marc Willers, KC as an Adjunct Professor within the School of Law, UCC.
Marc is currently Chair of the TEJP's Advisory Board and has been a valuable supporter of the TEJP since our development.
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13 Sep 2024
High Court finds that a young Traveller family were subject to an “unfair” Circuit Court discrimination appeal.
The TEJP welcomes the recent High Court judicial review, O'Neill v. Atlantic Troy Ltd [2024] IEHC 541 where Mr Justice Barry O'Donnell found that a young Traveller family were subject to an “unfair” Circuit Court discrimination appeal.
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06 Sep 2024
The TEJP is delighted to be funded by the Council of Europe Roma and Traveller Unit for September-December 2024.
The TEJP has received funding from the Council of Europe, Roma and Travellers Division for September-December 2024 for activities under the 'Rights Aware,' project, which seeks to build capacity for Roma and Traveller Civil Society organisations to use Council of Europe standards and mechanisms for promoting rights of Roma and Travellers.
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The Traveller Equality and Justice Project is funded by the Council of Europe, Roma and Travellers Division for September-December 2024 for activity 'Rights Aware,' Capacity Building for Roma and Traveller Civil Society organisations to use Council of Europe standards and mechanisms for promoting rights of Roma and Travellers.
The Traveller Equality and Justice Project was funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) under Grant Agreement number: 963353 — TEJP — REC-AG-2020 / REC-RDIS-DISC-AG-2020 from January 2021-September 2023.