CASES
D. v. Ireland / Amici (European Court of Human Rights; Ireland)
NEWS
D. V. IRELAND DECLARED INADMISSIBLE ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS
July 2006
On July 5, the European Court of Human Rights declared the Irish abortion case, D v. Ireland, inadmissible. D v. Ireland centers on an Irish woman who decided in 2002 to have an abortion after receiving a diagnosis of fetal impairment. In her application to the Court, she argued that Ireland’s restrictive abortion law, specifically its prohibition of abortion in cases of fetal impairment, violated her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court’s decision not to admit her case does not address whether Ireland’s restrictions on abortion in fact violate the Convention, but rather focuses on procedural issues. According to the Court, the woman had not exhausted all of her legal options for relief in Ireland before submitting her case—a requirement of the European Court and other human rights systems.
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