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The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is Ireland’s national human rights and equality institution. We are an independent public body that accounts directly to the Oireachtas.
Our purpose is to promote and protect human rights and equality in Ireland and build a culture of respect for human rights, equality and intercultural understanding in the State.
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Continued Existence of the Special Criminal Court 29 July 2022
- UN Committee Identifies Priority Matters for State Action 27 July 2022
- Workers’ Rights Need Addressing, Commission Reports to Council of Europe 19 July 2022
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Annual Report 2021 Published 12 July 2022
- Commission Notes Supreme Court Decision to Dismiss Case Focused on Access to Care Allowance 4 July 2022
Media Library
Recent Publications
Comments on Ireland’s 19th National Report on the implementation of the European Social Charter
Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2021
Annual Report 2021
Trafficking in Human Beings in Ireland
Ireland and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Ireland’s 5th Periodic Report