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Article: A SENIOR United Nations official yesterday branded the Government's decision to slash the budgets of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission as "nothing short of a scandal".
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2009
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Human rights experts blast cutbacks 'scandal'
A SENIOR United Nations official yesterday branded the Government's decision to slash the budgets of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission as "nothing short of a scandal".
Prof Michael O'Flaherty, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), said the 43pc budget cut to the Equality Authority, which prompted the resignation of chief executive Niall Crowley and six other board members, was "beyond belief" and disproportionate.
He also described the decision to cut the Irish Human Rights Commission's budget by a massive 23pc as a scandal.
And Judge Elisabeth Palm, ...