Conor O’mahony
Biographic Data
| ID | 4091998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conor O’mahony |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conor |
| FAMILY NAME | O’mahony |
| SIGNATURE | O’MAHONY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5145-4200 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The rights of the child in voluntary care in Ireland: A call for reform in law, policy and practice
Voluntary care agreements form a significant part of child protection systems in many jurisdictions. From a children’s rights perspective, they enjoy numerous advantages over court-ordered removals of children. However, when loosely regulated, voluntary care agreements can give rise to significant concerns in respect of compliance with international children’s rights law. This paper will present findings from the Voluntary Care in Ireland Study, …
Private Family Arrangements’ for Children in Ireland: The Informal Grey Space In-Between State Care and the Family Home
The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, where a child is cared for by relatives but is not formally in the legal care of state authorities. In Ireland, these placements, when facilitated by state authorities in lieu of a care order or voluntary care agreement, ar…
Child Protection and the echr: Making Sense of Positive and Procedural Obligations
The European Court of Human Rights has generated a significant volume of case law that imposes demanding standards on States Parties to prevent, investigate and remedy ill-treatment of children at the hands of private actors. However, confusion and inconsistency is evident on a number of key points. Similar cases are decided on different grounds; and the approach to whether the right to an effective remedy under Article 13 has been violated is er…
Constitutional Protection of Children’s Rights: Visibility, Agency and Enforceability
While almost every state in the world has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is less consensus around the manner in which the rights protected by it should be protected in national constitutions. To say that a constitution makes provision for children’s rights is just a starting point: the extent to which a national constitution takes a genuine child rights approach will depend on the quality of the constitut…
Falling short of expectations: The 2012 Children Amendment, From Drafting to Referendum
In November 2012, the Irish electorate approved a new provision in the Constitution dedicated to children’s rights. The popular portrayal of the referendum campaign was that it was largely uncontroversial, albeit with a sting in the tail. However, this over-simplifies the reality of a political struggle that was vigorously contested for almost a decade before the actual referendum campaign. While the idea of a children’s rights amendment was neve…
O'Keeffe v Ireland and the duty of the state to identify and prevent child abuse
Ireland's sad history of child abuse is now well documented (Ryan, 2009). Following numerous inquiries and reports, the state took various steps to vindicate the rights of the survivors (Kilkelly
AoifeNolan, Children's Socio‐Economic Rights, Democracy and the Courts, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011, 366 pp, hb £60.00
Irreconcilable Differences? Article 8 ECHR and Irish Law on Non-Traditional Families
While the concept of de facto family life has been a feature of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights for over three decades, Irish law has always had a somewhat uneasy relationship with the concept. At a constitutional level, Irish law clearly places the marital family on a pedestal and excludes non-marital families from recognition. However, case law in the 1990s showed a willingness by the courts to indirectly recognize de fa…
The rights of the child in voluntary care in Ireland: A call for reform in law, policy and practice
Voluntary care agreements form a significant part of child protection systems in many jurisdictions. From a children’s rights perspective, they enjoy numerous advantages over court-ordered removals of children. However, when loosely regulated, voluntary care agreements can give rise to significant concerns in respect of compliance with international children’s rights law. This paper will present findings from the Voluntary Care in Ireland Study, …
Falling short of expectations: The 2012 Children Amendment, From Drafting to Referendum
In November 2012, the Irish electorate approved a new provision in the Constitution dedicated to children’s rights. The popular portrayal of the referendum campaign was that it was largely uncontroversial, albeit with a sting in the tail. However, this over-simplifies the reality of a political struggle that was vigorously contested for almost a decade before the actual referendum campaign. While the idea of a children’s rights amendment was neve…
Irreconcilable Differences? Article 8 ECHR and Irish Law on Non-Traditional Families
While the concept of de facto family life has been a feature of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights for over three decades, Irish law has always had a somewhat uneasy relationship with the concept. At a constitutional level, Irish law clearly places the marital family on a pedestal and excludes non-marital families from recognition. However, case law in the 1990s showed a willingness by the courts to indirectly recognize de fa…
Private Family Arrangements’ for Children in Ireland: The Informal Grey Space In-Between State Care and the Family Home
The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, where a child is cared for by relatives but is not formally in the legal care of state authorities. In Ireland, these placements, when facilitated by state authorities in lieu of a care order or voluntary care agreement, ar…
Child Protection and the echr: Making Sense of Positive and Procedural Obligations
The European Court of Human Rights has generated a significant volume of case law that imposes demanding standards on States Parties to prevent, investigate and remedy ill-treatment of children at the hands of private actors. However, confusion and inconsistency is evident on a number of key points. Similar cases are decided on different grounds; and the approach to whether the right to an effective remedy under Article 13 has been violated is er…
Constitutional Protection of Children’s Rights: Visibility, Agency and Enforceability
While almost every state in the world has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is less consensus around the manner in which the rights protected by it should be protected in national constitutions. To say that a constitution makes provision for children’s rights is just a starting point: the extent to which a national constitution takes a genuine child rights approach will depend on the quality of the constitut…
O'Keeffe v Ireland and the duty of the state to identify and prevent child abuse
Ireland's sad history of child abuse is now well documented (Ryan, 2009). Following numerous inquiries and reports, the state took various steps to vindicate the rights of the survivors (Kilkelly
Irreconcilable Differences? Article 8 ECHR and Irish Law on Non-Traditional Families
While the concept of de facto family life has been a feature of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights for over three decades, Irish law has always had a somewhat uneasy relationship with the concept. At a constitutional level, Irish law clearly places the marital family on a pedestal and excludes non-marital families from recognition. However, case law in the 1990s showed a willingness by the courts to indirectly recognize de fa…
O'Keeffe v Ireland and the duty of the state to identify and prevent child abuse
Ireland's sad history of child abuse is now well documented (Ryan, 2009). Following numerous inquiries and reports, the state took various steps to vindicate the rights of the survivors (Kilkelly
AoifeNolan, Children's Socio‐Economic Rights, Democracy and the Courts, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2011, 366 pp, hb £60.00
Falling short of expectations: The 2012 Children Amendment, From Drafting to Referendum
In November 2012, the Irish electorate approved a new provision in the Constitution dedicated to children’s rights. The popular portrayal of the referendum campaign was that it was largely uncontroversial, albeit with a sting in the tail. However, this over-simplifies the reality of a political struggle that was vigorously contested for almost a decade before the actual referendum campaign. While the idea of a children’s rights amendment was neve…
Child Protection and the echr: Making Sense of Positive and Procedural Obligations
The European Court of Human Rights has generated a significant volume of case law that imposes demanding standards on States Parties to prevent, investigate and remedy ill-treatment of children at the hands of private actors. However, confusion and inconsistency is evident on a number of key points. Similar cases are decided on different grounds; and the approach to whether the right to an effective remedy under Article 13 has been violated is er…
Constitutional Protection of Children’s Rights: Visibility, Agency and Enforceability
While almost every state in the world has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there is less consensus around the manner in which the rights protected by it should be protected in national constitutions. To say that a constitution makes provision for children’s rights is just a starting point: the extent to which a national constitution takes a genuine child rights approach will depend on the quality of the constitut…
The rights of the child in voluntary care in Ireland: A call for reform in law, policy and practice
Voluntary care agreements form a significant part of child protection systems in many jurisdictions. From a children’s rights perspective, they enjoy numerous advantages over court-ordered removals of children. However, when loosely regulated, voluntary care agreements can give rise to significant concerns in respect of compliance with international children’s rights law. This paper will present findings from the Voluntary Care in Ireland Study, …
Private Family Arrangements’ for Children in Ireland: The Informal Grey Space In-Between State Care and the Family Home
The literature on alternative care focuses overwhelmingly on formal, court-ordered placements; voluntary care placements are discussed less frequently. Least attention of all has been given to informal kinship care placements, where a child is cared for by relatives but is not formally in the legal care of state authorities. In Ireland, these placements, when facilitated by state authorities in lieu of a care order or voluntary care agreement, ar…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works)