Writing Rights: Fine Gael and Labour form a Coalition, March 1973, by Martina Evans
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the poet and author goes back to her schooldays to explore the right to education
Writing Rights: Because Privacy, by Sarah Bannan
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the author of Weightless reflects on how poverty and disadvantage impinge on the right to privacy
Writing Rights: A Privileged Position, by Martina Devlin
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the author and newspaper columnist reflects on the responsibility that comes with the power of the press
Writing Rights: Not in History. Not in Another Country, by Eoin McNamee
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the author remembers as a boy reading his solicitor father’s files on the notorious case of ‘the Hooded Men’
Writing Rights: The Turnip Slave, by Nuala O’Connor
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark International Human Rights Day, the author of Miss Emily responds to Article 4, which prohibits slavery, with this refugee story
Writing Rights: 5 x 5 Rooms by Anakana Schofield
As part of a series by Irish writers to mark Human Rights Day, the author of Malarky explores in 5 Micro-Fictions on Article 5 the degrading treatment of migrant workers
Writing Rights: authors mark Human Rights Day 2015
Seven well-known writers have contributed a piece of original writing inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of the Make Rights Real campaign
Writing Rights: On the Freedom to Write Irresponsibly by Sara Baume
As part of a series by writers to mark Human Rights Day, the award-winning author explains how writers from conflict zones taught her the true luck of the Irish
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