Second Annual Report to the Houses of the Oireachtas Report highlights – key legal interventions by Commission; almost 1800 concerns raised by public to the Commission; public bodies warned of legal obligations; statutory role in shaping Irish legislation, direct engagement with regional and international monitoring mechanisms in the form of the Council of Europe and…
“I’ve met so many who have lost so much. But they never lose their dreams for their children or their desire to better our world. They ask for little in return – only our support in their time of greatest need” — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres On this, World Refugee Day, the Irish Human Rights and…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) welcomes today’s decision by the Supreme Court in the case of NHV v Minister for Justice and Equality on the right of an individual living in direct provision to earn a livelihood. Describing the case as a test case, the Supreme Court ruled that, in circumstances…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) welcomes today’s Supreme Court judgment in the case Kim Cahill v. Minister for Education and Science. The test case focused on the nature of the duties owed by the Minister for Education towards students with disabilities, and in particular the scope of the duty to make…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Laurence Bond as its new Director, following an open recruitment process carried out by The Public Appointments Service (PAS). Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said: “It is a great pleasure to…
The contribution of older persons in providing key supports to their extended family and communities, such as financial assistance, childcare and volunteering, evidenced by the 2017 Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) has been highlighted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) in its submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on the human rights…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has today published a notification about the application of blanket anonymity rules to decisions of the Workplace Relations Commission (“the WRC”). The Commission’s notification makes clear that there is no statutory requirement that all decisions of the WRC arising from complaints of discrimination be published in…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has welcomed the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Culkin v Sligo County Council, in which the Commission appeared in its independent role as amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’). Mr. Culkin had brought both a complaint of discrimination before the former Equality Tribunal (now…
Ten years after Ireland signed the key International Treaty on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) is calling on the State to explain, to people with disabilities, the continuing delay in Ireland’s ratification. Ireland today stands alone as the last remaining EU Member State, and among…
Thursday (30th March) will see the inaugural meeting of the new Worker and Employer Advisory Committee established by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) to advise the Commission on issues relation to human rights and equality in the workplace, and in service provision. The Advisory Committee which is made up of worker…