Commission Provided Legal Representation The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) provided legal assistance to a family, including three children, in their successful challenge to the discrimination they faced due to their status as members of the Traveller community, in their application for social housing to their local County Council. The case focused…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) has welcomed legislative proposals published by Government to give practical effect to the existing right of children to be protected from discrimination in admission to schools, removing the effective “baptism barrier.” The Commission today welcomed the proposal, in line with its own recommendations in 2015 and…
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Addresses Oireachtas Members The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) has told Members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality that the State has an important opportunity to address the long-running human rights issue of access to employment for asylum seekers, and warned that a…
Commission Exercised Amicus Curiae Role in Court of Appeal The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today welcomed the ruling of the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the right of a man detained in a psychiatric institution to initiate a review of his detention on foot of a twelve month…
The EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier has today met with the Joint Committee established under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement to consider human rights issues on the island of Ireland. The meeting discussed the significant risks of differences in rights protections on a North-South basis following the UK’s EU Withdrawal. Representatives of the Joint Committee consisting of…
Commission Issues Formal Guidance for Employers and Employees The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has today published new Guidelines for employers and employees to seek to ensure that older workers, who wish to continue in employment, are not discriminated against in workplaces in Ireland The Guidelines focus on the potential for discrimination…
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…