News for: Conflict, Rights, And Security

Whitaker Institute member Professor Ray Murphy, of the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security cluster, was among more than twenty speakers addressing the Oireachtas committee on children and equality this week. The committee is scrutinising a Bill to legislate for the examination and possible exhumation of mass graves at mother and baby homes, such as at Tuam in County… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Ray Murphy, of the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security cluster, spoke to RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland about what an Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality will hear today in relation to draft legislation on the Mother and Baby homes. Listen back below.

Whitaker Institute member Professor Ray Murphy, of the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security cluster, spoke to Scope on Indus News, a Pakistani TV news channel, about the Iran nuclear deal. Watch the interview here @11.23

On 15 February, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host Aggression and its Victims: Exploring Recent Developments in International Law. International law has not traditionally recognised individuals as victims of the crime of aggression. Recent developments may precipitate a departure from this approach. The activation of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the crime… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Ray Murphy, of the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security cluster, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article explores whether a new UN treaty can work to ban nuclear weapons. Can a new UN treaty help to ban nuclear weapons? Opinion: while none of the current nuclear powers are willing… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Ray Murphy, of the Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security cluster, has written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The piece looks at Ireland’s role in resurrecting the Iran nuclear deal on the UN Security Council. Can Ireland help to get the Iran nuclear deal back on track? Analysis: Ireland is well placed on… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Shane Darcy, cluster leader of Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article looks at the relationship between business and human rights, a key topic in international organisations now. Whose business is human rights? Analysis: the relationship between business and human rights is now on… | Read on »

Future judicial appointments: Whitaker Institute member, Dr Eoin Daly of the Conflict Humanitarianism and Security Cluster spoke to the Business Post about future judicial appointments and the damage to the court system after the Justice Séamus Woulfe debacle. Read the article here.

Book overview Whitaker Institute member Dr John Morrissey (Geography) has published his fifth book, Haven (Edward Elgar 2020), which presents a transformative understanding of security in responding to the Mediterranean refugee crisis by drawing critically on the UN concept of ‘human security’. The book was supported by the Academic Council on the United Nations System, an NUI Publications Prize and… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Prof Niall O’Dochartaigh, cluster leader of Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security, has written an article for the Business Post about the late John Hume. Read it here.