The initial findings of a review of human rights in Ireland will be revealed today.
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, is assessing children's rights, juvenile justice, migrants' rights and measures against discrimination.
Mr Hammarberg will today present the preliminary observations of his five-day official visit to Ireland when he met Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Government ministers as well as the Garda Commissioner and senior judges.
Mr Hammarberg's trip also included visits to facilities for youth offenders, an accommodation centre for asylum seekers, a women's shelter, a psychiatric unit and travellers' halting sites.
The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent, non-judicial office within the Council of Europe and was formed to promote awareness of, and respect for, human rights in the 47 member states.
The commissioner will present his observations at a press conference today in Dublin.
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