The Government’s restrictions on families of refugees in Ireland eligible for re-unification with their loved ones, and the threats facing unaccompanied migrant children, will put in the spotlight tomorrow (February 1st) by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) at an international event entitled “Ireland’s Response to the Global Refugee and Migration Crisis: […]
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) has today (Monday) been granted liberty by the Court of Appeal to appear as an amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) in relation to four cases involving conditions of detention of at the Oberstown Detention Centre in Co. Dublin. All four cases involve allegations by children […]
Ahead of Ibrahim Halawa’s next scheduled hearing date of the 13th December, a date which also marks Mr. Halawa’s birthday, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) has expressed its deep continuing concern in relation to his situation and detention. Mr. Halawa has now been detained without trial in Egypt since August 2013, […]
A Council of Europe evaluation of Ireland’s action against trafficking in human beings is to be told that the State is failing to act to sufficiently protect trafficking victims in Ireland. With the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“The Commission”) pointing to a “deficit in the protection of, and assistance provided to victims of […]
-State Now the Last EU Member to Ratify UN Treaty for People with Disabilities – Advice to government, published today from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has warned that people with disabilities in Ireland risk being further excluded from decisions, which impact their daily lives, from employment to voting. Ireland today […]
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has today welcomed An Taoiseach’s historic backing for the recognition of Traveller ethnicity by the State, but has warned that delays must not creep into the process. The reported statement from An Taoiseach comes just a day after the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Nils […]
Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 – The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights has heard, on the first day of his four-day country monitoring mission to Ireland, of the need for the Irish Government to act on recognising Traveller ethnicity. Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, met this afternoon with Members of […]
Ahead of the Dáil debate on the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has published its recommendations, warning that further action is needed to ensure that access to schools avoids discrimination. The Commission has also focused, following on from their work through to the Supreme Court […]
“No legal impediment to recognition” states Chief Commissioner Continued inaction by the State on recognising Traveller ethnicity diminishes the State’s international credibility, the Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has today warned. Just over one year on from the deaths of 10 people at a temporary halting site in […]
The Government is facing the prospect of its treatment of survivors of child sexual abuse being scrutinised further by the Council of Europe, following action taken this week by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’). The Commission has submitted a request to the Council of Europe that the case of O’Keeffe v […]