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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.
Highlighted Areas
How to implement the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty
Changing Places facility
Ireland and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- Commission Takes on New Role as Ireland’s National Rapporteur on the Trafficking of Human Beings 22 October 2020
- Legislation Promised on Driving Licences Fundamental to Access to Employment for Asylum Seekers 21 October 2020
- Human Rights and Equality Grants 2020 Announced 16 October 2020
- The UK Internal Market Bill Must Address Human Rights and Equality Concerns 14 October 2020
- Supreme Court Rules that Procedure to Revoke Irish Citizenship is Unconstitutional 14 October 2020
Media Library
Recent Publications
A Guide the Employment Equality Acts
A Guide to the Equal Status Acts
Letter to Assistant Commissioner Dublin Metropolitan Region re Use of Anti-Spit Guards by An Garda Síochána
Submission to the Special Committee on COVID-19 Response Regarding the Adequacy of the State’s Legislative Framework to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic and Potential Future National Emergencies
Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women on the follow-up procedure to Ireland’s combined sixth and seventh periodic report