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 […]
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 […]