Publications
Cuireann Coimisiún na hÉireann um Chearta an Duine agus Comhionannas a Thuarascáil Bhliantúil i láthair do 2020, ár séú bliain iomlán oibre mar chomhlacht náisiúnta um chearta an duine agus comhionannas na hÉireann. Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2020
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is Ireland’s national human rights institution and makes these submissions to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers under Rule 9(2) of the Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments and of the Terms of Friendly Settlements with regard to the execution of the judgment of…
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (‘the Commission’) exercised its amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) function in an important case on the rights of accused persons and procedural safeguards required for a fair trial.
This joint IHREC/ESRI research report published in June 2021 develops a set of indicators for monitoring and then provides baseline figures on access to, and experience of, decent work across different groups in Ireland. Monitoring can provide evidence for policymakers, highlighting at-risk groups; it can inform the assessment of Ireland by UN international treaty monitoring;…
The Commission submission to the Joint Committee on Justice’s deliberations on whether the appropriate balance between the fundamental rights of members of Irish society and the State’s duty to protect public health was struck during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s legislative observations and recommendations to the Minister for Justice on the General Scheme of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2020
Following our engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (“UPR”) process in 2015 and 2019, the Commission makes this submission to the Human Rights Council as part of the third cycle review of Ireland, the content for which is drawn from the Commission’s ongoing programme of research, monitoring and legal casework.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s recommendations to the Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht on the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s recommendations to the Joint Committee on Justice on the General Scheme of the Smuggling of Persons Bill 2020
Request for Quotation for Strategy Statement
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s recommendations to Government on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community, published February 2021
New research published by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has found that the Government has persistently blurred the boundary between legal requirements and public health guidance in its COVID-19 response. The study, a first of its kind evaluation of Ireland’s use of pandemic related emergency powers, also sets out significant concerns that human…
The Commission welcomes the opportunity to provide the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration with its submission on the General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (the ‘General Scheme’). The Commission has previously raised concerns about the human rights and equality issues arising in connection to this piece of legislation….
The Commission welcomes the opportunity to provide the Committee on Justice with submissions on the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 which it hopes will assist the Committee in its scrutiny of the Bill. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is both the national human rights institution and the national equality body for Ireland, established…