The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission) today published its policy statement on welfare indexation. The report sets out twelve key recommendations. The index-linking of welfare payments is the practice of increasing social welfare payments (including pensions), and / or tax credits and tax bands, in line with inflation and has been identified…
Commission Provided Legal Representation to Two Men in Long-Running Legal Battle to Successfully Challenge Age Discrimination The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) has welcomed important determinations issued by the Labour Court this week confirming that regulations providing for a maximum age of 35 for recruitment to An Garda Síochána are discriminatory…
Commission calls current situation ‘unacceptable, both legally and morally’ The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today written to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, to express its view that Ireland is currently in clear breach of its international obligations regarding newly arrived applicants for International…
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting with State representatives in Geneva today, beginning a two day public meeting examining children’s rights in Ireland. The interactive dialogue session is the first review of Ireland since 2016 and is taking place during the 92nd session of the Committee. The State delegation will…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has been granted leave by the Court of Appeal to exercise its Amicus Curiae (‘friend of the court’) function, in an important case relating to anti-social behaviour orders. The case centres on the operation of Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which allows for…
Following the alarming rise in the number of women killed in Ireland in 2022, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has called for the urgent implementation of a multi-agency Domestic Homicide Review in its submission this week to the Group of Experts on Action Against Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)….
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) recently provided legal assistance to a US national and disability advocate, who was granted leave last October by the High Court to challenge an immigration decision by way of judicial review. The applicant sought to challenge the decision of the Minister for Justice to refuse an…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to exercise its Amicus Curiae (‘friend of the court’) function, in an important case relating to adoption and the constitutional rights of the child. The case centres on the adoption of a minor known as B, who has…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today launched a significant national awareness campaign entitled Care About Equality. This is the third in the “Because we’re all human/ Means we’re all equal” series of campaigns. While previous campaigns focussed on attitudes to racism and disability, Care About Equality challenges entrenched societal attitudes towards…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) has argued before the Supreme Court that there is a duty on police officers applying for a search warrant to be clear about their intention to search for and to seize electronic devices. The Commission argued that this “duty of candour” ensures that the person deciding…