Statement by President Connolly on International Women’s Day 2026Date: Sun 8 Mar, 2026 | 11:16
On International Women’s Day, President Catherine Connolly said that the catastrophic consequences of violating the UN Charter cannot be ignored.
"The violations of international law we are witnessing are shocking and numbing, but we cannot afford inaction.
What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for eighty years. We must name them as such, without euphemism and without equivocation."
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#PresidentConnolly's statement on #InternationalWomensDay 2026 was about peace, and Ireland's #Article29 constitutional commitment to international law.
#CatherineConnolly's statement begins: "The violations of international law we are witnessing are shocking […]
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