The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has recently published Observations on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. Download the document here
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has recently published Observations on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. Download the document here
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) welcomes the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 (2014 Bill) as an important legislative development that needs to be further strengthened to fully safeguard the rights of Transgender and Intersex people. The Commission has set out its concerns in a letter to Joan Burton TD, Tánaiste and Minister for…
Express Yourself! is a CSPE student art project developed by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to give voice to young people’s concerns on issues of human rights and equality. Earlier this year we invited students across the county to participate in the project by creating images and words that illustrate a human rights…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the Commission) today notes the decision of the Supreme Court in the legal proceedings entitled Christian Brothers High School Clonmel v Mary Stokes (on behalf of John Stokes, a minor). The Commission considers that a response is now needed from the State and calls for the awaited admission to…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (The Commission) today welcomed the decision of the High Court in the judicial review proceedings entitled McDonnell v. The Governor of Wheatfield Prison which held that the Applicant’s constitutional rights were breached as a result of being on 23 hour lock-up since February 2014. The Commission appeared as amicus…
A Women’s Place is in the World! In 1995, 189 countries including Ireland came together in China for the 4th UN World Conference on Women. The Conference adopted the United Beijing+20 marks the 20th anniversary of the BPFA. In March 2015, the UN Commission on the Status of Women met in New York to review progress…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the Commission), today, published its policy statement on access to civil marriage. Welcoming the proposed referendum, the Commission believes that the opening out of civil marriage to two persons, without distinction as to their sex, is a matter of equality and human rights. The Commission stated that to…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will today appear before the High Court as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the judicial review proceedings entitled McDonnell v. The Governor of Wheatfield Prison. The IHREC was granted leave to appear in the proceedings on 12 January 2015. The Applicant, a prisoner in Wheatfield…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) today appears before the High Court as amicus curiae (friend of the Court) in the judicial review proceedings entitled P. v. The Chief Superintendent of the Garda National Immigration Bureau & Ors (2013/795/JR). In this case, the Applicant is a Vietnamese woman who has been charged with…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) welcomes the publication, today, of the Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters by Mr James O’Reilly T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and the thorough consultation process that informed the drafting of the Terms of…