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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
Ireland and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Changing Places facility now available at Commission offices
Annual Report 2018
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- €350,000 Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2020 Opens for Applications 11 March 2020
- Citizens’ Assembly told Gender Quotas for State and Company Boards Need Statutory Backing 6 March 2020
- Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Welcomes Recommendation of Sinéad Gibney as Chief Commissioner 19 February 2020
- Successive WRC Decisions Highlight Continuing Race Discrimination by Drivers Licence Agency Against Asylum Seekers 11 February 2020
- Human Rights and Equality Commission Appears before Supreme Court in Family Reunification Cases 6 February 2020
Media Library
Recent Publications
Legal analysis of incorporating into UK law the birthright commitment under the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998
Continuing EU Citizenship Rights Opportunities and Benefit in Northern Ireland after Brexit
Letter to An Taoiseach in relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Submission to the Department of the Taoiseach on the European Semester 2020 and the National Reform Programme
Scéim Deontas Chearta an Duine agus Comhionannais 2020-21 Foirm Iarratais ar Dheontas – Word Doc