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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
The 2020 Student Bursary Scheme is now closed
Changing Places facility
Ireland and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- Commission Seeks Inclusive Process to Inform COVID-19 Critical Care Prioritisation Framework 3 July 2020
- Statement on eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms in Ireland 29 June 2020
- Human Rights and Equality Commission Challenges Government to Acknowledge Responsibility on Housing Rights 28 June 2020
- Significant Supreme Court Judgment in Family Reunification Cases Vindicates the Family Unit as Right of Refugees 19 June 2020
- Human Rights and Equality Commission Appears Remotely Before Supreme Court in Revocation of Irish Citizenship Case 16 June 2020
Media Library
Recent Publications
Observations on National Guidance on Prioritisation in Access to Critical Care in a Pandemic
Comments on Ireland’s 17th National Report on the Implementation of the European Social Charter
Legal Submissions Damache v Minister for Justice and Equality
Legal Submissions in the Cunningham v Irish Prison Service High Court Case
Letter to Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Regina Doherty T.D.