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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.
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Recent Posts
- Government’s Blurred Lines on COVID Emergency Powers Exposed in New Research 25 February 2021
- Commission Granted Legal Role in Case Where Asylum Seekers Challenge State’s refusal to issue Driving Licences 23 February 2021
- Dignified Burials Law Must Be Part of Transitional Justice for Mother and Baby Home Victims 21 February 2021
- Supreme Court Rules that Sections of Law Revoking Citizenship Are Unconstitutional and Need Revision Through Oireachtas 10 February 2021
- Any Law on Physician-Assisted Dying Must Meet Highest Human Rights and Equality Standards and Obligations 3 February 2021
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Recent Publications
Ireland’s Emergency Powers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Factsheet – Ireland’s Emergency Powers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Submission to the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration on the General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill
Submission to the Committee on Housing, Local Govt and Heritage on the Electoral Reform Bill Feb 2021
Submission to the Committee on Justice on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020