Home OPCAT OPCAT Database Ireland OPCAT Situation

Ireland - OPCAT Situation

Updated 11.04.2013

Ireland signed the OPCAT in 2007. It made clear that ratification will only take place  once the National Preventive Mechanism has been established.

A draft NPM legislation is currently being prepared by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Opcat status
OPCAT Signature October 2, 2007
UNCAT Ratification April 11, 2002
Information
Population 4 062 235
Area (sq km) 68 890
Number of prisons 14
Prison population 4 214
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (May 2011)

CPT: Report (February 2010)

Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe): Report (2007)