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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
Annual Report 2018
Commission Events
Changing Places facility now available at Commission offices
Press Releases
Recent Posts
- 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
- Human Rights and Equality Commission Granted Role in Significant Supreme Court Case on Revocation of Irish Citizenship 28 January 2020
- 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
Media Library
Recent Publications
MAM and KN v Minister for Justice and Equality
Submission to the UN Committee against Torture on the List of Issues for the Third Examination of Ireland
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