Ireland may be required to compensate women who have travelled abroad to procure abortions, a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has suggested. Following the case of Amanda Mellet, who is set to secure €30,000 from the Irish Government after the UNHRC ruled that her inability to access abortion in Ireland was a breach of her human rights, Prof. Sarah Cleveland, an independent member of the UN committee said that other cases in which women felt compelled to travel to Britain could result in similar compensation results. “If the same facts arose, the same obligation would apply,” she said, adding, “the Irish Government is under obligation to prevent another such situation from occurring in the future.” At least one other case is currently before the UNHRC.