Publications
On the 9th October 2018, the Human Rights and Equality Commission was granted liberty to appear before the Supreme Court as amicus curiae on in the below case. The Commission made three sets of legal submissions to the Supreme Court, listed below:
Submission Re O’Keeffe v Ireland 14 March 2019
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By order of Mr Justice Barniville dated 15 October 2018, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission(“the Commission”) was given liberty to intervene as amicus curiase in these proceedings. The case centres on the request from the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) for an immediate moratorium on the grant or renewal of work permits under…
Implementing the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty [English] Dualgas na hEarnála Poiblí um Chomhionannas agus Cearta an Duine a chur i bhfeidhm [Gaeilge]
The Commission has set out its recommendations in its role as Ireland’s National Human Rights and Equality body, in light of concerns that application of the 1997 Electoral Act (as amended) may be having a chilling effect on the funding and activities of civil society organisations involved in legitimate advocacy. The Commission sets out the…
This report presents an in-depth analysis of discrimination in the labour market to ascertain if certain ethnic groups experience higher rates of work related discrimination than others. Using data from the Equality module of the Quarterly National Household Survey and the Labour Force Survey, this report examines if labour market outcomes differed across ethnic groups…
On the 10th of December 2018 the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. This Declaration is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by…
Supplemental Submission by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission In Relation to the Independent Assessment of Claims for Ex Gratia Payment Arising from the Judgment of the ECtHR in Louise O’Keeffe v. Ireland
The HateTrack Project is an experimental, exploratory research project that combines social, scientific and computational methods to understand online racist speech in the Irish context. The project used insights from civil society and experts in the field of race, racism and hate speech to build a computational tool that harvests and classifies Facebook and Twitter…
The Commission was grant liberty to appear in these appeals as amicus curiae. The test cases ‘MAM’ and ‘KN’, which are being heard jointly, involve significant human rights issues. In both, the Minister for Justice and Equality refused applications for family reunification from individuals who had been granted refugee status under the Refugee Act 1996…
The research, commissioned by the Joint Committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, was carried out by academics at Newcastle University, Durham University and the University of Birmingham. It recommends that both the Irish and UK Governments should look to secure a “gold standard” approach through…
On the 1st of October 2018, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission sought liberty to intervene as amicus curiae. In granting liberty to the Commission to intervene by order on the 2nd of October 2018, the High Court identified the specific areas upon which the Commission might seek to assist the Court in submissions regarding…
Disability and Discrimination in Ireland Report – Easy to Read Summary This easy to read document is a summary of a report. The report looked into discrimination against people with disabilities in Ireland between the years 2004, 2010 and 2014. Discrimination is when people are not treated fairly compared to other people or groups. The…
This report provides a detailed account of the experience of discrimination for people with disabilities in Ireland. Using the Equality module of the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), this report examines the extent to which people with disabilities experience higher rates of discrimination across a range of life settings or domains compared to people without…
In this paper, the Commission would like to focus on two specific themes that arise in the context of this scheme of the Bill: conscientious objection; and equality of access to services