The Joint Committee will meet with the Northern Ireland Under Secretary of State in Belfast today (Friday 27th April) to discuss the human rights and equality impacts of the UK Withdrawal from the EU. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Lord Duncan, will meet with the Joint Committee, which was established under the […]
Commission Exercised Amicus Curiae Role in Case of Two Families The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has welcomed today’s Supreme Court ruling on the rights of the families of Non-EEA nationals registered in Ireland before 1 January 2011 and who have been permitted to work and study in the State. The Commission […]
Commission Exercises Amicus Role Following Supreme Court Approach The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today appeared before the Supreme Court as an amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) in a case focusing on contempt of court issues. The case arises from a contempt of court ruling issued against an individual in the […]
Commission Exercised Amicus Role in Court of Appeal Case The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) in its role as an amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) has today noted the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the case of Ali Charaf Damache v the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) & Others. In May 2015 […]
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and ESRI Publish Findings New research, published today, has shown that attitudes to immigration in Ireland became more negative during the recession, and are now lower than the Western European average. Personal experience and social contact are found to promote positive attitudes to immigration and migrants in Ireland. The […]
Without the urgent implementation of safeguarding measures, the EU Withdrawal Agreement risks causing a difference in rights protections on a North-South basis, contrary to the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998. That is the advice contained in a statement released today by the Joint Committee established under the Agreement to consider human rights issues on the […]
Commission Exercises Amicus Curiae Role in Court of Appeal The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today appeared before the Court of Appeal as an amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) in a case concerning the right of a person detained in a psychiatric institution to initiate a review of his detention. The […]
The passing of today’s formal Dáil motion on Ireland’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has been met with a commitment to participation in the monitoring of the Convention by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”). The Commission has marked today’s Dáil motion on ratification […]
Seven members, including five new members of the Commission have been nominated to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’). Following an open competitive process run by the Public Appointments Service, the following seven individuals have been nominated for appointment by President Michael D. Higgins to the Commission, for a five-year term: Tony […]
Commission Exercised Amicus Curiae Role in Case The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) welcomes today’s final order of the Court of Appeal, in which it appeared as amicus curiae (“friend of the Court”). The case focused what it means to be a “voluntary patient” in a psychiatric hospital. The core issue in […]