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Illicit drug use in Ireland & Northern Ireland has been growing since the mid-1970s. [citation needed] The use by young people of psychedelic drugs, including LSD and cannabis, was recognized at that time. Opiate abuse was uncommon until the 1980s, following events in the opium production centres of Afghanistan and Iran. Government task forces ...
Human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates (6 C, 8 P) Human rights abuses in the United Kingdom (19 C, 14 P) Human rights abuses in the United States (26 C, 32 P)
The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions usually run by Roman Catholic orders, [1] which operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. They were run ostensibly to house " fallen women ", an estimated 30,000 of whom were confined in these institutions in Ireland.
Relying on surveys and other data, the UN estimated that 1 in 20 adults — a quarter-billion people around the world — used at least one drug in 2014. These maps show how dangerous illegal ...
A total of 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine with a street value of 157 million euro has been seized from a cargo vessel off the south-east coast of Ireland.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has teamed up with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to run this campaign as a focus on how corruption hinders efforts to achieve the internationally agreed upon MDGs, undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to human rights violations, distorts markets, erodes quality of ...
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is an independent public body, "established under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014," to, "protect and promote human rights and equality in Ireland and build a culture of respect for human rights, equality and intercultural understanding in the State."
Chetnik war crimes in World War II; Children in the military; Human rights violations by the CIA; Conversion therapy; Corporate accountability for human rights violations; COVID-19 lockdowns; Cruel and unusual punishment; Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment