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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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Annual Report 2018
Commission Events
Changing Places facility now available at Commission offices
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- Asylum Seeker Refused Driver Licence Experienced Discrimination on the Grounds of Race 16 January 2020
- Supreme Court Establishes the Importance of Parental and Family Rights in Dublin City Council’s Assessment of Children’s Housing 19 December 2019
- UN Conclusions: Ireland Needs to Do More to Tackle Racism 13 December 2019
- Ireland Falling Down on Obligations to Tackle Racial Discrimination UN Told in New Report 28 November 2019
- Human Rights and Equality Commission Welcomes Clarity Set Out in Significant Right to Fair Trial Case 12 November 2019
Media Library
Recent Publications
Implementing the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty in Local Authorities
Review of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989
Easy to Read | Ireland and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Submission to United Nations
European Survey Data on Attitudes to Equality and Human Rights
Ireland and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination