"Far more important perhaps, this Act also seems (to me at least) to
have major implications for ALL of the citizens of the Republic of Ireland: who
are of course all fully entitled, at all times, to be properly
SERVED by our laws, by our law-enforcement agencies, and by our
entire legal
system."
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"Nobody
told us" excuse decommissionedby W. Finnerty. Sat Nov 10, 2007
11:43 A few days ago I received an
e-mail from a Republic of Ireland politician who read the above information
regarding our
"CRIMINAL JUSTICE (UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE)
ACT, 2000" legislation, and who was obviously very pleased to learn of
it.
The politician in question also expressed the belief that
there are people "in positions of authority" (in the Republic of Ireland) who
are badly in need of reading these particular pieces of information: which is a
view I would VERY strongly agree with.
Yesterday I tried to
ensure that some of our most senior public servants do read it, by sending the
e-mail reproduced at the following address to a selection of them:
http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/ChiefJusticeMurray/9November2007/Email.htm
Prime Minister Ahern TD
(Republic of Ireland) is among those the e-mail at the above address was sent
to; and, for anybody interested, his is the second name in the "CC"
section.
For good measure, and with
Shannon (INTERNATIONAL
Airport) in mind, I also decided to ensure a selection of international
media organisations and personalities were informed regarding this particular
piece of legislation, as well. Full details of the e-mail used can now be viewed
at
http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/Media/10November2007/Email.htm As
can be seen at the address just above,
RTE (State Broadcaster, Republic
of Ireland), and newspaper proprietor
Sir Anthony O'Reilly (Republic of
Ireland) are among those the information has been sent
to.
Consequently, there is now irrefutable evidence on the
Internet (for all the world to see) that all of those listed on the
above-mentioned e-mails have been informed about where,
EXACTLY, the
Republic of Ireland stands regarding the gravely serious "
torture"
issue.
Allowing for the phrase
"with the consent or acquiescence of a public
official" contained in Article 1 of this legislation, it seems to me
that this whole business has major implications for ALL of our public servants:
not least all members of our
gardaí (police) - provided of course that
our CRIMINAL JUSTICE (UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE) ACT, 2000 is
treated with the great care and respect it fully deserves (in my view): by being
UPHELD and ENFORCED in practice.
Far more important
perhaps, this Act also seems (to me at least) to have major implications for ALL
of the citizens of the Republic of Ireland: who are of course all fully
entitled, at all times, to be properly
SERVED by our laws, by our
law-enforcement agencies, and by our entire legal
system.
Have we put "the cart before the horse"
again? Instead of
FIRST getting our
human-rights "legal infrastructure" into good working order for the third
millennium, we seem instead to be inappropriately giving such things as "road
transport infrastructure" (for example) a much, much higher
priority?
Hopefully, it's still not too late to reverse this
shocking error (as I see
things)?
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The
above text has been copied from the following
Indymedia (Ireland)
location:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/84853#comment211989 =======================
For
future reference purposes a copy this e-mail will later today be placed
at the following Internet address:
http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.com/ChiefJusticeMurray/15November2007/Email.htm
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You're not bound to your email address, it's a snitch to switch.
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