{"id":22106,"date":"2023-07-17T20:18:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=22106"},"modified":"2024-01-19T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T23:02:24","slug":"personal-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/personal-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/personal-rights\/#A403\" title=\"A.40.3\">A.40.3<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/personal-rights\/#Fair_Procedures\" title=\"Fair Procedures\">Fair Procedures<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A403\"><\/span>A.40.3<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Article 40.3.1 expressly and by implication protects personal rights.\u00a0 The unenumerated rights that are implied in the Article are the subject matter of\u00a0 separate chapters.\u00a0 Similarly, individual property rights are protected by Article 40.3 as well as Article 43.\u00a0 These are dealt with separately.<\/p>\n<p>In Article 40.3.2 the State pledges to protect from unjust attack and in the case of injustice done to vindicate, the personal rights, including the right to life of every citizen.\u00a0 The constitution was amended to insert a prohibition against the death penalty<\/p>\n<p>Article 40.3 protects the right to a person&#8217;s good names.\u00a0 This principle is given expression by the requirements for procedural and constitutional justice where findings which bear upon a person&#8217;s good name are involved.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fair_Procedures\"><\/span>Fair Procedures<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In the famous of Re Haughey (taken by Charles Haughey\u2019s brother in 1970), the powers and procedures of the Dail\u2019s Public Accounts Committee were challenged.\u00a0 The Supreme Court declared the constitutional rights of a person whose good name and character are impugned in proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>They should be furnished with a copy of evidence that reflects on their good name. \u00a0They should have the right to cross-examine (by counsel in this context), their accusers<\/p>\n<p>They should have a right to give rebutting evidence. They should be permitted to address the committee, by counsel (in this context) in their defence.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-22106\" data-postid=\"22106\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-22106 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.40.3 Article 40.3.1 expressly and by implication protects personal rights.\u00a0 The unenumerated rights that are implied in the Article are the subject matter of\u00a0 separate chapters.\u00a0 Similarly, individual property rights are protected by Article 40.3 as well as Article 43.\u00a0 These are dealt with separately. 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