United Nations Treaties
Reporting to: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Key Dates:
- February 28 2025: State submitted their report
- December 2026 (tbc): List of Issues Prior to Reporting due (tbc)
- May 2027: IHREC’s List of Themes report due
- July 2027 (tbc): IHREC report due (tbc)
- August 2027: Ireland tentatively scheduled for review
Reporting to: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Key Dates:
- May 19 2025: IHREC’s parallel report and additional submission submitted
- June 16 2025: Committee held an informal public meeting with NHRIs
- June 20 2025: Review of Ireland took place on 20 June 2025
- July 2025: Concluding observations published
Reporting to: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Key Dates:
- March 2025: European Union reviewed by the Committee
- June 2025: Conference of State Parties took place
- June 20 2025: IHREC’s list of issues report submitted
- November 2025: Expected date for adoption of list of issues.
- January 6 2026: List of issues published
- June 2026: Conference of State Parties to take place
- August 13 2027: Tentatively date for review dialogue
Reporting to: Human Rights Committee
Key Dates:
- July 28 2025: Deadline for Ireland to provide information on the implementation of recommendations 12 (Accountability for past human rights violations), 18 (Non-discrimination, hate speech and hate crime) and 42 (Freedom of religion) of the Committee’s Concluding Observations
- Q2 or Q4 2026 (tbc): Follow-up report likely to be considered
- July 31 2028 (tentative): Tentative date for Ireland to receive the List of Issues for the sixth periodic reporting cycle
Reporting to: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Key Dates:
- March 31 2026: Deadline for the State to provide updates on the follow up to the three recommendations from the concluding observations.
- October 31 2028: Ireland’s fifth periodic report due
Reporting to: Human Rights Council
Review Cycle: Every 4.5 years
Key Dates:
- April 10 2026: IHREC’s report submitted
- July 1 2026: State’s 4th Cycle national report due
- August 25 2026: Pre-sessions for NHRIs and CSOs due to take place
- November 10 2026: Ireland’s 4th Cycle review
- 2027: Formal adoption of Ireland’s report by HRC
- 2028: Mid-term parallel report due