Asylum Seeker Left Disappointed However As State Seeks to Appeal Ruling The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has welcomed as significant the decision of the Workplace Relations Commission (“the WRC”) in a case of an asylum seeker who was refused a learner driver licence. The Commission provided legal representation to the man…
UN Committee Identifies Priority Matters for State Action on Eliminating Racism The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) has welcomed the publication today of the UN’s detailed recommendations on the action Ireland needs to take to meet its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Ireland…
Ireland’s Rights Record on Combatting Racial Discrimination Under International Scrutiny The State is failing to sufficiently tackle racism and discrimination and to live up to its international human rights obligations in combatting racial discrimination, a new report from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) to the UN sets out today. The comprehensive…
Commission Exercised Amicus Curiae Role in Supreme Court Case Holding EU-Wide Significance on European Arrest Warrants The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the ‘Commission’) has welcomed today’s Supreme Court judgment in an internationally significant case relating to the European Arrest Warrants system and the right to a fair trial. In its judgment in Artur Celmer…
Commission Exercises Amicus Role in the Supreme Court The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has today exercised its amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) function before the Supreme Court in a case, which seeks to clarify how separated parents exercising joint custody of their children are treated when applying for social housing assistance…
Statement from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) welcomes the open process for eight upcoming appointments to the Commission, now underway through the Public Appointments Service (PAS). In August, the Commission wrote to the Minister for Justice and Equality to emphasise that upcoming appointments to…
Representatives of the Joint Committee consisting of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission met today at Farmleigh House and Estate to review human rights issues on the island of Ireland, in light of recent Brexit proceedings. The Joint Committee discussed the publication of the draft agreement for…
Commission Exercises Amicus Curiae in Supreme Court Case 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 focused on marriage and family rights. The Commission, in its legal submissions to the Supreme Court published today, has sought to assist the…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (“the Commission”) has today welcomed the State’s formal apology to women and their families impacted by the cervical smear controversy, enacted through a Dáil statement made by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. The Taoiseach acknowledged the litany of failures and disrespectful treatment of women and their loved ones…