Private Property 9 June 2003

2003 June 9: CORI Justice Commission publishes its submission on private property. This submission has been sent to the All-Party Committee on the Constitution

In making this submission we approach the issue:

· A social justice perspective drawn from Catholic Social Thought 

which has a long tradition of addressing this and related issues.

· From a rights-based perspective believing that every person

has a range of human rights that incorporates civil, political,

economic, cultural and social rights.

With a special concern for the issue of social housing, the lack 

of which is now reaching crisis proportions in Ireland and has 

the potential to undermine much of the progress that has been 

made on a wide range of fronts over the past decade.

The Full Document can be downloaded below